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c a s c a d i a ThisWeekA glance at this week’s happenings

WEDNESDAY [07.01.15]

MUSICDowntown Sounds: 5:30pm, Bay Street Dana Lyons, Anne Feeney: 7pm, Roeder Home

COMMUNITYGreen Drinks: 5-7pm, Kulshan Community Land Trust’s Birchwood homes

FOODWednesday Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market: 3-7pm, Hammer Heritage Park Brewers Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Bay

THURSDAY [07.02.15]ONSTAGE Bard on the Beach: Though September, Vanier Park, Vancouver, BC Commedia in the Park: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Park Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre

DANCEFolk Dance: 7:15-10pm, Fairhaven Library

ONSTAGEThe Audience: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

MUSICBlues, Brews & BBQ: 5-9pm, Hotel Bellwether D’Vas & Dudes: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park

WORDS Holiday Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Blaine Library

Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, historic Fairhaven

VISUAL ARTS Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham

SATURDAY [07.04.15]ONSTAGECommedia in the Park: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Park

MUSICGrovestock: 12-11pm, Tatlow Lane, Ferndale Rock the Dock: 5:30-10pm, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes

COMMUNITYOld Fashioned 4th of July: 8am-10pm, throughout Blaine Haggen Family 4th of July: 10am-11pm, Zuanich Point Park July 4th Celebration: 10am-11pm, throughout Anacortes Community 4th of July: 12pm-10pm, La Conner Loggerodeo: Through Monday, throughout Sedro-Woolley

GET OUT Northwest Tandem Rally: Through Monday, throughout Bellingham5 on the 4th: 9am, Lake Padden Park Great Sedro-Woolley Footrace: 9:30am, Sedro-Woolley High School Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, downtown Bellingham

FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, United Church of FerndalePancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Blaine Senior Center Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Water-front Plaza Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square Independence Day Dinner: 5-9pm, Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine Yes, We Can! Craft Beer Festival: 6-10pm, next to Elizabeth Station

SUNDAY [07.05.15] ONSTAGE The Audience: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

MUSICLost Highway Band: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Chamber Music by the Bay: 4pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal

COMMUNITYLoggerodeo: Through Monday, throughout Sedro-Woolley

FOOD Ferndale Public Market: 2-7pm, Pioneer Park

VISUAL ARTSDynamic Duo Reception: 1-4pm, Good Earth Pottery

MONDAY [07.06.15] ONSTAGE Neighborhood Playhouse Drama Camp: Through Friday, Bellingham Theatre Guild Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog

MUSICDrayton Harbor Music Festival: 7m, Blaine Per-forming Arts Center

GET OUTNorthwest Tandem Rally: Through Monday, throughout Bellingham

FOOD Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street

VISUAL ARTSFirst Thursday Art Walk: 5-8pm, downtown Mount Vernon

FRIDAY [07.03.15]ONSTAGE Commedia in the Park: 7pm, Maritime Heritage ParkAn Improvised Musical: 9pm, Upfront Theatre

DANCE Friday Night Dance Party: 7:30-10pm, Bellingham Dance Company

MUSICMotown Cruisers: 8pm, VFW Hall Festival of Music Kickoff: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU

COMMUNITYLoggerodeo: Through Monday, throughout Sedro-Woolley

GET OUT Northwest Tandem Rally: Through Monday, throughout BellinghamFriday Ferry Flotilla: 5pm, Community Boating Center

Acclaimed soprano Katie Van Kooten will be one of the many guest artists taking part in Bellingham Festival of Music concerts happening July 3-19 at WWU’s Performing Arts Center and the Bellingham Cruise Terminal

Masked comedy and well-known stock characters can be seen at free Commedia in the Park performances July 2-4 at

Maritime Heritage Park

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VIEWS & NEWS 4: Mailbag

6: Gristle and Views

8: District discussions

10: Last week’s news

11: Police Blotter, Index

ARTS & LIFE 12: Grateful bookshelf

14: Urban stream series

16: Curtains up!

18: Awards and art

20: Downtown Sounds

22: Clubs

24: He’s back (yawn)

25: A swan song

26: Film Shorts

REAR END 27: Bulletin Board

28: Wellness

29: Crossword

30: Free Will Astrology

31: Advice Goddess

32: Comix

33: Slowpoke, Sudoku

34: Fun with freezers

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TOC LETTERS STAFF

MULTIPLE SINSYou said “multiple” four times in a short para-

graph. Multiple is any number from two to infin-ity. It tells the reader nothing. When you wrote it the police knew the exact number of shooters and the exact number of people in the car.

You’re lazy. Please start using old-fashioned words such as a couple, a few, several and many, which aren’t precise but are much better than multiple.

Do you really think anyone doesn’t know they’re Mexican gangsters and that you help the cause of mass migration by not saying? Illegal Mexicans, doing the crimes Americans won’t do.

—David Williams. via email

YES, WE CAN DO EVEN BETTERBellingham is lucky to have so many good local

craft beers available at breweries and stores. And the upcoming craft beer festival is a great way to celebrate this bounty. I applaud our regional breweries for their move to cans for numerous environmental reasons, as stated in the promo-tional article in the Weekly.

There is one serious problem that was unchar-acteristically omitted from that story: BPA (bis phenol A). Most canned goods in this country are still lined with a plastic that contains BPA. BPA is a highly toxic estrogenic endocrine disruptor that also adversely affects the neurological and immune systems. It is suspected of being car-

cinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic. Recent studies have shown that drinking one beer from a can lined with BPA containing plastic immedi-ately increases serum concentrations of BPA by up to 1,600 percent!

Some can manufacturers have already switched to other compounds.

Unfortunately BPS, BPC, and others are no bet-ter. Many European countries, often far ahead of the United States in removing toxics from our food, have mandated healthier alternatives.

We need to pressure our food and beverage suppliers to invest in these safer can liners, and I hope to see our local craft beer artisans leading this movement. Until then, I will not buy canned beer. I hope everyone concerned with your health will join this boycott.

Yes, we can make a difference.—Water Dragon, Bellingham

RETURNING WHAT’S BEEN TAKENIn her thoughtful letter about acknowledg-

ing the cultural and physical genocide of Native Americans, Klara Schwarz does more than shed light upon an aspect of American history often glossed over in school and everyday life with a pat on the back. She sheds light upon an attitude that seems necessary toward any kind of healing.

Such things as plaques and public apologies come from an awareness of the horror white America committed, a horror that if looked in

THISWEEK

Lois Garlick passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, June 28. She and her beloved husband George were true environmental heroes and wildlife enthusiasts. They were involved with the early development of Shoreline Management and later the Clean Water Alliance. They also helped found the North Cascades Audubon Society in the 1970s and worked to protect birds and wildlife in the area. Energetic to last, Lois ran for Whatcom County Executive against Pete Kremen in 2007.

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the eye—the re-education schools, the government bounties for scalps, the stealing of land, live and culture of mil-lions of the indigenous people—cou-pled with a desire for forgiveness has the possibility of working toward some sort of emotional, physical and spiri-tual restitution. However, I think such things and moments, while important steps, are often forgotten.

We need to go further with Klara’s ideas. Such atrocity should be looked at with an intellectual and emotional honesty. If we do this, white America would get down on its metaphorical knees to beg forgiveness at the entrance to every reservation. And it needs to happen more than just annu-ally, biannually or monthly. It should hap-pen everyday. Then, maybe, we might get somewhere down the road towards trying to give back what’s been taken.

—Jonathan Brechner, Portland

SUPPORT A HUMANE JAILBack in the ‘60s, asylums were dis-

established, with no real effort to train adequate numbers of mental health spe-cialists to take up the slack. Now, in 44 American states including ours, “the big-gest mental health institution is a pris-on,” and police spend much of their time dealing with the effects of untreated mental illness. We’re not unique. Across Europe, 40-70 percent of prison inmates are mentally disturbed.

These illnesses require far more than increased numbers of police officers.

As health insurance begins to cover mental health care, we will need to hire more social workers and psychologists. Treatment and consultation rooms will be needed as well.

Voting in our new 521-bed jail in No-vember becomes an absolute imperative.

—Nick Criscuola, Bellingham

NO HOSTAGES AT JAILCongratulations to County Executive

Jack Louws for moving ahead with our jail on a reduced budget and reduced bed ca-pacity. Also to the four council members who voted to put the 0.2 percent sales tax increase on the November ballot. The small cities and unincorporated areas of Whatcom County should not be held hos-tage by the Bellingham City Council and its questionable minions.

Mayor Kelli Linville should be encour-aged to move ahead with the jail to avoid some very uncomfortable consequences for our city. Being left out of the entire jail solution may be legally catastrophic for us and our council. Liability does not go away simply because you continue to bloviate on problems and stand in the way of solutions. The jail has been and continues to be a crisis.

The voters of Whatcom County will now have a chance to put an end to this crisis by approving the sales tax increase. All of

the other issues that have been brought forward these past six months were known and discussed by the Jail Plan-ning Task Force. Programs to deal with these issues have been implemented, and efforts to improve and expand them are ongoing. Yes, criminal justice and mental health and social services programs need improvement. But delaying the solution of the jail crisis while studies are done to improve those two complicated systems is risky and wrong.

—Joan Browning, Bellingham

PRICING CARBONNo single solution exists for a threat as

complex as climate change, but curbing carbon-based fuels is essential.

The Carbon Pollution Accountability Act proposed late last year by Governor Inslee is a cap-and-trade approach. A lim-it is set on total carbon emissions. Per-mits are sold via auction to major carbon emitters and the permits can be traded as needed. The limit and available permits are reduced annually. Although cap-and-trade has been successfully enacted in California and other countries, its fate in our state legislature is uncertain.

Another approach is Initiative 732 by Carbon Washington, a statewide nonpar-tisan grassroots group. Initiative 732 would put an annually increasing tax per ton of CO2 produced by most carbon fu-els used in the state, assessed at the manufacturing source but likely passed on to consumers.

Initiative 732 would also lower the state sales tax by one full percentage point, improving Washington’s regressive tax system. Carbon-based energy would cost more and anything subject to the sales tax less. These would roughly bal-ance out for most people and state reve-nue would remain essentially unchanged. This approach is called “revenue-neutral” because, unlike cap-and-trade, it does not increase revenue for publically fund-ed activities—a plus in the view of some.

Initiative 732 would also virtually eliminate the B&O business tax and as-sist low-income working households. It is modeled on the successful revenue-neu-tral carbon tax enacted in British Colum-bia in 2008.

Carbon Washington hopes to collect enough signatures by the end of the year to present the initiative to the legisla-ture. If the legislature fails to adopt it, the initiative would be on the ballot in 2016 and become law if approved.

Although curbing carbon-based fuels will lessen the impact of climate change, it is not enough. Pope Francis in his re-cent encyclical is among many others to point out much more is needed to avert serious consequences. But Initiative 732 is a step in the right direction.

—John Whitmer, Bellingham

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THE GRISTLE

VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY

viewsOPIN IONS THE GRISTLE

A lmost lost by the wave of responses to the Supreme Court’s decisions last week

upholding the Affordable Care Act and allowing gays and lesbians to marry was the significance of the Court’s third decision—on housing discrimination.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Court found that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 requires plaintiffs to show only that the effect of a policy is discrimina-tory, not that defendants intended to discriminate.

The decision is important in the fight against economic apartheid in America—racial segregation on a much larger geographic scale than ever before.

The decision is likely to af-fect everything from bank lending practices whose effect is to harm low-income, non-white borrowers, to zoning laws that favor higher-income white homebuyers.

First, some background. Ameri-cans are segregating ever more by income in terms of where we live.

Thirty years ago most cities con-tained a broad spectrum of resi-dents from wealthy to poor. Today, entire cities are mostly rich (San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle) or mostly impoverished (Detroit, Bal-timore, Philadelphia).

Because a disproportionate num-ber of the nation’s poor are black or Latino, we’re experiencing far more segregation geographically.

Which is why, for example, black students are more isolated today than they were 40 years ago. More than two million black students now attend schools where 90 percent of the student body is minority.

According to a new study by Stanford researchers, even many

middle-income black families re-main in poor neighborhoods with low-quality schools, fewer parks and playgrounds, more crime, and inadequate public transportation. Blacks and Hispanics typically need higher incomes than whites in order to live in affluent neighborhoods.

To some extent, this is a mat-ter of choice. Many people prefer to live among others who resemble them racially and ethnically.

But some of this is due to housing discrimination. For example, a 2013 study by the Department of Housing and Urban Development found that realtors often show black families fewer properties than white fami-lies possessing about the same in-come and wealth.

The income gap between poor mi-nority and middle-class white com-munities continues to widen. While the recovery has boosted housing prices overall, it hasn’t boosted them in poor communities.

That’s partly because bank loan officers are now more reluctant to issue mortgages on homes in poor neighborhoods—not because lend-ers intend to discriminate but be-cause they see greater risks of fall-ing housing values and foreclosures.

But this reluctance is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It has reduced demand for homes in such areas—resulting in more foreclosures and higher rates of vacant and deterio-rating homes. The result: further

declines in home prices. As prices drop, even homeown-

ers who have kept current on their mortgage payments can’t refinance to take advantage of lower interest rates.

Others who owe more on their homes than their homes are worth have simply stopped maintaining them. In many poor communities, this has caused the housing stock to decline further, and home prices to follow.

Adding to the downward spiral is the fiscal reality that lower hous-ing values mean less revenue from local property taxes. This, in turn, contributes to worsening schools, fewer police officers and junkier infrastructure—accelerating the downward slide.

All of which explains why hous-ing prices in poor neighborhoods re-main about 13 percent below where they were before the recession, even though prices in many upscale neigh-borhoods have fully rebounded.

And why about 15 percent of the nation’s homes worth less than $200,000 are still underwater while just 6 percent of homes worth more than $200,000 are.

Worse yet for poor communities, most of America’s new jobs are be-ing created in areas where hous-ing already is pricy, while fewer jobs are emerging in places where housing is cheapest.

The toxic mixture of housing dis-crimination, racial segregation over wide swathes of metropolitan areas, and low wages and few jobs in such places, has had long-term effects.

If we want to reverse the vi-cious cycle of economic apartheid in America, that decision offers an important starting place.

BY ROBERT REICH

Economic ApartheidHOUSING COSTS ARE CREATING A DIVIDED SOCIETY

FOUR PROMOTING FIVE: Despite the long and preten-tious, preening moment of silence and quiet reflection the conservative caucus of the Whatcom Charter Re-view Commission invokes at the start of their meetings, caucus members nevertheless failed to gain divine in-sight on several key realities:

First, Whatcom County Council is the recognized au-thority able to affirmatively place charter amendment proposals on the ballot for voters in November. County Council also holds the legal authority to consider other petitions or requests to place matters in front of vot-ers, and indeed may propose their own amendments to the county charter. Finally, County Council is under no duty or obligation to place unlawful, ill-advised or just plain stupid charter amendments on the ballot.

In short, the charter review process is a bit of a joke, made even more of a joke by the scheming clowns who thought to confer permanent political advantage to their worldview by tinkering with the county’s govern-ing documents.

In 1978, freeholders proposed a home rule charter to govern Whatcom County. Every 10 years voters elect a 15-member Charter Review Commission intended to ex-amine that document to ensure its structural efficiency and suitability to the needs of the county. Never did freeholders imagine this advisory review body would smash apart that document and sift through its flinders in a forensic search of weaknesses they could exploit to deny others their voice in county government.

Activists issued a reminder of who actually controls that government last week by proposing four amend-ments to the county charter and requesting County Council forward them on to the ballot. The proposals, arriving just hours before the meeting began, sent par-oxysms of panic and cries of anguish through the cham-ber as supporters of the conservative caucus tumbled to the realization their schemes had been outmaneuvered.

Council Chair Carl Weimer framed the discussion with a question to legal counsel—“So our charter outweighs the state constitution?” he asked. No, counsel sput-tered, it does not.

One proposal simply affirms Article IX, Section 4 of the state Constitution, reminding us all that document “places the authority solely with the legislative author-ity of the county, the County Council, to propose charter amendments to the voters, and that legislative discre-tion and authority granted by the state Constitution can-not be amended by charter amendment.” Imagine that!

A second lowers the threshold by which citizens can petition for changes to the charter, aligning it with ( surprise! ) state law and doing an end-run around the Charter Review Commission, which earlier this year high-handedly rejected a similar proposal to bring the county into alignment with state law.

A third calls for the end of district-only election of the commissioners as a means to curb the nonsense seen this year by the inane tyranny of the conservative cau-cus, who abused their office to game permanent advan-tage in elections. As noted by supporters, the CRC is elected through a different mechanism than other elect-ed county representatives; the proposal would end that.

The fourth is the most intriguing, proposing division of the county into five representative and cohesive districts.

We’ve noted before that Whatcom’s three voting districts are artifacts from the county commissioner structure in place prior to the adoption of the charter in 1978. Centered on Bellingham as an easy way to ap-

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THE GRISTLEportion roughly equal populations, they are otherwise representative of very little—certainly not the compact, co-hesive “communities of interest” called for in the state constitution. These dys-functional, nonrepresentative artifacts are the weakness the conservative cau-cus of the CRC seeks to rig in their pro-posals for district-only voting.

The fourth proposal introduced last week bows to the wisdom of electing representatives from each district, but it proposes five intelligent districts—a district for populations in the north-west county, one in the central farming communities, another for communities in eastern Whatcom, and two centered around the population nucleus of Bell-ingham (literally, two-fifths of the county). Two at-large positions would round out a seven-member council.

The CRC’s majority caucus wouldn’t even consider putting it to a vote.

Partisan jiggery-pokery of the sort imagined by the majority caucus was the subject of a divided opinion issued this week by the U.S. Supreme Court, which found that voters may appro-priately create mechanisms to help draw district boundaries and relieve partisan control of elections. Wash-ington voters adopted just such a tool through referendum in 1983, and the court ruling (while focused on Arizona) upholds the state system. And, by ex-tension, the fourth proposal.

In the opening notes of her majority opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comments on the “the current climate of heightened partisanship” that has created such division and election rig-ging to impose minority control over majorities of people. Perhaps no local body more clearly represents this con-dition than the conservative caucus of the CRC, which abuses its “authority” to reshape the county to an image of its own liking. In affirming the power of the direct democracy of citizens, Ginsberg cites the seminal work on this topic co-authored by Western Wash-ington University Professor Todd Don-ovan, a candidate for Whatcom County Council who currently serves in the mi-nority on the Charter Review Commis-sion. While Donovan has proved per-suasive to the nation’s highest court, he and other accomplished members of the CRC were unable to steer the com-mission from obstreperous folly.

Donovan encouraged County Council to consider the submitted redistricting proposal, noting it was a more sensible approach than his commission had pro-duced. Its review functions corrupted, whatever the CRC might do, County Council does better.

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currentsals made by this Charter Review Com-mission that struck me as out-of-whack. Voters trusted the Charter Review Com-mission to carefully review our County Charter and recommend common-sense changes. Instead, they proposed chang-ing our charter to require prayer before meetings, and cut county funding to nonprofits like the Food Bank, victims of domestic violence and mental health services in the jail.

But imagine a new map, one that has five compact districts and meets state law by keeping communities of mutu-al interest together. Here’s how it can look: one of the districts has rural lands and small cities that are oriented to the saltwater (Lummi, Ferndale, Blaine), one contains our richest farmlands and vibrant small towns (Lynden, Sumas, Everson), one contains the foothills and the homes around our lakes (Kendall, Acme, Lake Whatcom, and Lake Samish)

and then two districts for Bellingham, North and South.

There would still be seven County Council members—one per dis-trict, and two elected at-large. If you live in a rural area your dis-trict will no longer in-clude part of Belling-ham—you’ll have your own representative. By the same token, there have been years when no County councilmem-ber lived in Bellingham. With Bellingham 40 per-cent of Whatcom Coun-ty, it’s important that the voices of those cit-izens and taxpayers are

also represented in county government. If we choose 5 Fair and Equal Districts, every community will have a voice and be represented on our council.

Those who promote district-only vot-ing for our three long, triangular dis-tricts, are now saying that this is an end-run around the Charter Review process. But the state constitution provides that only the County Council can place char-ter amendments on the ballot for voters to consider.

Voters should have options.People from across Whatcom County

have asked for better representation and we should have the opportunity to vote for it this November.

Please join us at 7pm Tues., July 7, as we call on the County Council to place 5 Fair and Equal Districts on the ballot. Everyone in Whatcom County deserves the opportu-nity to vote on better representation.

Tim Douglas is a former mayor of Bellingham and dean at Western Washington University.

BY TIM DOUGLAS

The Drive for FiveFAIR REPRESENTATION WITH FIVE EQUAL DISTRICTS

W hatcom County has breathtaking landscapes—from the islands in the Salish Sea, to the foothills of the North Cascades, and between them, the rich farms and waters that provide berries, milk, salmon and shell-

fish to the world. The breadth of our landscapes are matched by the diversity of our people—from software engineers in Bellingham, to fishermen and women in our coastal communities, to the farmers of Lynden. Unfortunately, the diversity of our people, and what matters to them most, is not reflected in our current three County Council districts.

That’s why citizens from every corner of Whatcom County are calling on the County Council to place the “5 Fair and Equal Districts” proposal on the ballot so voters can choose voting districts that give everyone in Whatcom County better representation.

We’re one of seven counties in Washington state with the home rule form of county government, and the only one that has only three voting districts. It’s a relic of an older, ineffective system of three county commissioners we left behind in the ‘70s—and for good reason. We have three very long, triangular districts, each containing part of Bellingham. That means two things: if you live in a rural area, your representative may live in the city, but if you—like 40 percent of What-com residents—live in Bellingham, there may be no representative from your city.

This is fair to nobody; every community deserves to be represented.

For the past six months, citizens from all parts of the County came forward to the Charter Review Commission to ask for bet-ter representation. They called for voting districts that reflect their community and representatives who would understand their needs. Unfortunately, the Tea Party majority arrived at the first meeting in January with an agenda that was out of step with the fair representation people asked for, and pushed it through. Their proposal doesn’t provide better represen-tation—sadly, it’s only about politics.

The Charter Review Commission pro-poses we keep our antiquated Coun-ty Commission districts but switch to district-only voting. This move would divide the county into regional and po-litical factions, producing more parti-sanship, conflict and gridlock. In fact, Washington state law prohibits districts from dividing communities of mutual in-terest, and requires districts to be com-pact. Unfortunately, neither is true of their proposal.

This is just one of a number of propos-

ATTENDWHAT: Fair and Equal WhatcomWHERE: Whatcom County Council Public Hearing, Whatcom County CourthouseWHEN: 6pm Tues., July 7INFO: www.fairandequal whatcom.com

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FAIR AND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION

Through either naiveté or intent, the current Charter Commission conservatives forgot that we have a state constitution. These folks were elected by a district-only process and liked it so much they intend to make it permanent, hence district-only voting for Whatcom County Council.

Yes, I like voting for a neighbor, but all of Whatcom County is my neighbor. Isn’t it?

Once equal in population, today the three districts vary in population num-bers, and dividing Bellingham into these three pieces, these districts are no longer compliant with the state constitution and laws. There is a simple solution, vote for everyone at-large and avoid redistricting.

Voting at- large can create a majority from either political party, Republicans in 2009 and Democrats in the 2013 election. It provides enough competition that no party is locked out. Three political districts do not allow competition for political change.

District-only voting that has been pro-posed by the conservative majority of the Charter Commission, on the surface sounds as American as motherhood and apple pie, but it makes Whatcom County noncompliant with the state. District-only voting divides and maneuvers Bellingham into a position of taxation without repre-sentation. Now that is a cause for dissent.

Five voting districts is an elegant and intelligent compromise and gives an op-portunity for representation for all political persuasions on the county council. It will provide citizens with the ability to vote for one candidate from their district and elect two more at-large, so that the council re-mains at the same total of seven councillors.

With mail ballots available to all regis-tered Whatcom citizens it is so easy to vote. The exception is the citizen with a record of a past felony. This year the Whatcom voter, not the Charter Commission or the County Council, structure the make-up of county council—which is the American way.

So the Whatcom voter has two legal choices on the ballot: Vote “no” and keep at-large voting; the other choice is vote “yes” for five districts voting districts. The commission’s formula using the pres-ent three districts is illegal and will not withstand judicial scrutiny.

—Carole Jacobson, Bellingham

REVIEWING THE CHARTER REVIEW

A special interest group has put four or-dinances before the Whatcom County Coun-cil. The effect of these ordinances would be for the County Council to place measures before the voters this November that would circumvent the intent of the duly elected Charter Review Commission (CRC).

The 15 Charter Review Commissioners are elected from their districts every 10 years. This CRC has met continuously since January 12 to consider amendments for submission to the voters in November. This is one of the principal citizen methods of changing our county charter. The commissioners have given hours of patient attention to public testimony. There has been a high level of cooperation with the public and among the commissioners, despite their disagree-ments. There have been many humorous exchanges, and courteous clarifications. I have witnessed this and appreciate their hard work these last six months.

Every 10 years, the CRC provides a check and balance to the County Council. The most it can achieve is to put an amend-ment on the ballot for voters’ decision. The voters are in control. There is no reason for the County Council to make this diversion-ary maneuver (“end run”) around the entire Home Rule Charter Review function. That they would consider such a step paints the County Council in deceitful colors.

—Jane Sievers, Bellingham

The old, angry white people out in the county—better known as the Regressives or the National Socialist American Work-ers Party (GOP)—are upset that they lost the election to the County Council and that certain nonprofits do indeed exercise their right to sue the county to see to it that the law is followed concerning the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, which, despite the words of Mark Nelson, is a coal terminal, for Washington doesn’t have any potash mines and its wheat farmers al-ready export their crop by barge down the Columbia or rail and ship in Seattle.

To see to it that these nonprofits don’t dare to sue the county or others promoting the GPT, Nelson and others NSAWP members and sympathizers propose cutting off coun-ty funding to nonprofits. Never mind that the county funds services for victims of domestic violence through nonprofits, and never mind that nonprofits have the right to expect the County to follow the law.

The Regressives, unsure if they can re-capture the County Council through the democratic process and unwilling to ad-mit that the voters rejected them at the last election, now propose through a little gerrymandering to permanently seize and hold power through a constitutional coup by amending the County Charter to allow district voting for the Council, with the districts drawn to favor the Regressives.

I’m sure that the voters of Bellingham and elsewhere in the County will see through this blatantly undemocratic and deeply cynical move and reject the Re-gressives’ move for district voting.

—John Gray, Bellingham

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they live. The Affordable Care Act provided for the creation of different types of insurance exchang-es. Fourteen states established “state-based” exchanges, which give them more flexibility and authority in controlling their Obamacare markets. Other states chose not to establish markets. The health care coverage of 6.4 million Americans hinged on the court’s decision. “Congress couldn’t have chosen clearer language to express its in-tent” that all Americans were entitled to the price breaks, justices found.

06.26.15FRIDAY

The U.S. Supreme Court affirms the right of all couples to wed, legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States. The court’s decision comes at a time when support for marriage equali-ty is at an all-time high, and it follows a dramatic shift in public opinion on the emotionally charged issue in a relatively short period of time.

Another shooting near Everson leaves one man dead. According to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s

Office, a transient with apparent mental illness was shot in the chest by a homeowner during a confrontation and struggle.

06.27.15SATURDAY

Gov. Jay Inslee and bipartisan legislative lead-ers finally agree on a 2015–17 state operating budget they agree is sustainable, responsible and makes important investments for Washingtonians in education and other important services. An in-tensive six-hour session in the governor’s office ended weeks of negotiations. While there are still details to be ironed out, all negotiators agreed that the budget will be approved before a govern-ment shutdown on July 1.

Inslee complains that a transportation package contains a “poison pill that pits clean air against transit,” but agrees he will sign the $15 billion multi-modal transportation package authorizing an additional $15 billion for Sound Transit light rail expansion because it creates jobs, safety im-provements and traffic relief.

06.23.15TUESDAY

Whatcom County Council casts a divided vote of confidence for a proposed 521-bed jail near Ferndale. Council votes 4-3 to place a .2 percent sales tax measure on the November ballot, foreclosing on negotiation with the City of Bellingham—primary user and funder of the jail—who had earlier rejected the jail facility use agreement.

Whatcom County Council amends their ordinance regarding fire-works, reducing the amount of time Independence Day celebrants can set off fireworks. It’s now legal to set off fireworks only be-tween 6 and 11pm July 3 and 5, and between 6pm and midnight July 4. The City of Bellingham banned personal fireworks last year.

06.24.15WEDNESDAY

Two Bellingham residents are in custody, in connection with a shooting near Everson. Prosecutors say the shooting was part of a murder plot to gain control of the victim’s $2 million dollar es-tate. They say Esmeralda Martin shot Edward Davidson, 75, because her boyfriend would inherit Davidson’s estate. The boyfriend, Sean Head, showed Martin how to fire the handgun and even gave her ear-plugs, according to prosecutors. The Bellingham Herald reports Head and Davidson are business partners. Davidson is expected to survive.

06.25.15THURSDAY

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Week that WasBY TIM JOHNSON

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LONG DRIVE IN A SHORT BUSOn June 25, a Whatcom County judge ruled an Everett woman must spend a year in pris-on for leading police on a chase in a sto-len school bus, crashing in a Blaine marina park and trying to swim across the border to Canada. On May 1, a short yellow bus, No. 71, went missing from a Stanwood-Cama-no School District bus barn in Snohomish County. Two hours later, the bus was spotted weaving north on Interstate 5 near Ferndale. The bus stopped at a gas station in Blaine, where police tried to detain the vehicle. The woman fled, crashing the bus near the Blaine marina. She ran from the bus and started swimming for Canada across a few hundred yards of shallow tideland. She didn’t get far or deep before she was rescued by law en-forcement. The Bellingham Herald reports her lengthy sentence means she can receive bet-ter mental health services in a state prison than she would receive in county jail.

DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HYDRANTOn June 24, a 78-year-year old man was booked into Skagit County jail on a DUI charge, after his vehicle sheared off a fire hydrant. Anacortes Police arrived to find a sedan had struck a fire hydrant, snap-ping it off at the base, and driven up onto the lawn of a home in the area. Witnesses also stated that they observed the driver attempt to back up and drive off. A police officer contacted the driver of the vehicle, who was slurring his speech and was very repetitive and difficult to understand. He also smelled of intoxicants and was having a hard time maintaining his balance. He was transported to Island Hospital where he consented to a blood draw for investi-gative purposes, as he was unable to phys-ically provide a full breath sample.

EAST MEETS WESTOn July 29, Bellingham Police checked on a man in a Hawaiian shirt with a samurai sword and holstered handgun who was reported strolling around Birchwood neighborhood.

SUMMER RECESSOn June 13, a passing bicyclist called Blaine Police to report that “two juveniles were spending their sunny summer Satur-day afternoon playing on the roof of the middle school,” police reported. ”Officers arrived to find the roof runners no longer in residence. A number of kids playing at ground level nearby were contacted, and they explained the trespassers had climbed down and fled as patrol cars approached.”

On June 27, Bellingham Police checked on

two men reported on the roof of a home on High Street near Western Washington Uni-versity campus.

On June 28, University Police checked on a college-aged male apparently having a nap on the ground. “Person not asleep, and is just fine,” campus cops reported.

SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DOGOn June 27, Bellingham Police rescued a pet dog that had been taken from his yard, tied to a pole and painted red. His tail was cut. Police have no suspects.

On June 21, a Blaine patrol officer spotted a small dog running in the roadway. “The canine was almost struck by several pass-ing cars, and was a danger to itself and to traffic,” police reported. “It was also frantic about not being caught, and the officer was bitten and scratched up by the time he’d rescued and secured the animal. Fido was returned to its owner, along with a civil in-fraction for allowing the dog to be at large.”

NO FREE LUNCHOn June 25, a man was attending a re-ception and free meal offered by the Bell-ingham County Club. He got into a quarrel with several people and fought one. Police escorted the man from the property.

HOME INSPECTIONOn June 25, a man who is in the process of building a home in Sunnyland neighbor-hood told Bellingham Police that another man walked into his home unannounced and claimed to be from a construction company. The homebuilder checked the man’s refer-ences with the construction company, who told him the man did not work for them.

OUR MACHINE OVERLORDSOn June 24, Bellingham Police reported “a drone was commandeered.”

On June 24, Bellingham Police checked on a car near Whatcom Falls Park that had rolled out of a driveway and through a neighbor’s fence.

THE HONEST JUNKIEOn June 16, an Anacortes woman arrived home and heard a noise in her closet. A man emerged from the closet with a backpack be-longing to the woman and ran out to a car parked outside and began to drive away. He stopped and got out of his vehicle to return the backpack. He also returned a few person-al belongings to the woman and apologized for his actions, saying he needed money to “get a fix.” The suspect, who later admitted to being high on heroin, then drove off. He was contacted by Anacortes Police a short time later, who found several white pills in his possession. He was booked into jail for suspected burglary and violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

FUZZ BUZZ

$247.1VALUE, in millions, of fireworks imported from China in 2014, representing the

bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($257.8 million). U.S. exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just $11.9 million in 2014, with Israel purchasing more than

any other country ($5.4 million).

$508.1 $3.6SALE, in millions, of fireworks and firecrackers by wholesalers in 2012. There were 162 wholesalers who sold

these items in 2012.

VALUE, in millions, of U.S. imports of American flags. The vast majority of this amount ($3.5 million) was for U.S. flags

made in China.

150 $1.8ESTIMATED millions of hot dogs Americans will consume on July 4,

2015. That’s about half a hot dog for every man, woman and child in the

United States.

VALUE, in millions, of U.S. flags exported in 2014. Turkey was the

leading customer, purchasing $673,000 worth of American flags.

20POINTS by which America’s attitudes about same-sex marriage have shifted over the past six years. Support for same-sex marriage has risen from 37 percent in 2009 to 57

percent in May 2015.

72 20PERCENT of Americans—including half of those who oppose gay marriage—who said they saw eventual legal recognition of same-sex marriages as “inevitable.”

NUMBER of countries, including the United States, that allow gay and

lesbian couples to wed in all of their jurisdictions. The first nation to legalize

gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so in 2000.

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SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics; National Retail Federation; Pew Research Center

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wordsCOMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS

When the remaining members of the Grateful Dead announced they would be playing a trio of farewell shows in Chicago over the Fourth

of July weekend to mark their 50th anniversary, it was unclear how the news would be received.

Was there still an appetite to hear music played by a bunch of semi-retired grandfathers sporting more than a little touch of gray? Had the legions of Deadheads hung up their tie-dyes and moved on? Would a final run of reunion shows have appeal without Jerry Garcia, the band’s spiritual leader and center of gravity?

When tickets went on sale in February, more than 500,000 people queued up online and the run sold out instantly, setting a new Ticketmaster record. Scalpers moved in, the resale market exploded and suddenly the “Fare Thee Well” concerts were the hottest ticket of the summer.

The band—consisting of the “core four” original members, plus special guests Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, and Jeff Chimenti—heeded the call of despondent ticketless fans by adding two more shows on June 27-28 in the Bay Area. This was an appropriate move, as San Francisco was the wellspring of the Summer of Love that launched their musical careers.

In addition to the sold-out shows, various webcasts and pay-per-views and the forthcoming Martin Scorsese-produced documentary, the golden anniver-sary of one of America’s most endearing and enduring bands has sparked a publishing frenzy too.

Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams and Drugs is the new memoir by drummer Bill Kreutzman, one-half of the Dead’s legendary Rhythm Devils. Born and raised in California, he hooked up with Garcia as a teenager and provided the steady beat that grounded the band’s spacey, jazz-influenced explorations for all 2,300 shows the band played.

This book is worth reading for the insider’s perspective on the long, strange trip of the Dead, from their first gig at a pizza parlor in 1965 through keystone events that have achieved mythical status, like the Merry Prankster’s Acid Tests, Woodstock, Altamont, the 1972 European tour, playing at the Egyp-tian pyramids, and their spectacular rise and fall in the 1990s.

Whereas Kreutzman’s book zooms in, Pe-ter Richardson’s No Simple Highway: A Cul-tural History of the Grateful Dead pans out to take in a broader view. Combing through the newly established Grateful Dead Archive at the University of California Santa Cruz, Rich-ardson ties the history of the band to larger cultural trends like the Beat Generation, the invention of LSD, disco, MTV, Ronald Reagan, and the War on Drugs.

“Pondering the riddle of the Dead’s ap-peal,” Richardson organizes his investiga-tion into three themes: Ecstasy (“the urge to transcend…often involving music, danc-ing, psychotropic drugs and altered states of consciousness”); Mobility (“Garcia sug-gested that the Dead’s nomadic culture was that generation’s archetypal American ad-venture, the equivalent of joining the circus or riding freight trains”); and Community (“tribal as well as utopian…the Dead com-munity is still thriving two decades after the band’s dissolution”).

Finally, So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead, by David Browne, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, finds yet another way to make the historical re-counting unique. Each chapter is based on a significant day in Dead history: “Palo Alto, December 18, 1965,” “Englishtown, New Jer-sey, September 3, 1977,” “Boston, Septem-ber 20, 1991,” and so forth. Conducting over 100 interviews with band members, their families and associates brings fresh infor-mation to light, deftly braided together by Browne in to a rollicking story he calls “comedy, drama and tragedy all in one.”

A long, strange trip indeed.

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WED., JULY 1WHERE’S WALDO?: Kids, parents and Waldo-lovers of all ages can take part in Village Books’ annual “Find Waldo in Fairhaven!” scavenger hunt, which kicks off today and continues throughout July. Pick up a “pass-port” at one of the 25 participating locales in the historic district, get stamped (once you’ve found Waldo, that is). Passports with at least 20 store stamps are eligible to be entered in a drawing for various Waldo books and products. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

THURS., JULY 2POETRY WRITING GROUP: Come meet other writers who can help you get organized, give feedback and assist you with your writing goals at a Poetry Writing Group meeting from 5:30-7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. This group is open to newcomers and drop-ins and meets the first and third Thursday of each month.

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FRI., JULY 3VALLEY WRITERS: Bring pen and paper or a digital device to the bimonthly “Valley Writ-ers” meeting from 1-3pm at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court. Participants write from prompts à la Natalie Goldberg. All adults are welcome.

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JULY 3-4HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: As part of Blaine’s Old Fashioned 4th of July celebrations, attend a Holiday Book Sale from 10am-6pm Friday and 10am-4pm Saturday at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. At the event, you can expect to find some fantastic summer reads while at the same time supporting library programs and services.

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SAT., JULY 4SUMMER BOOK SALE: Pop in for a great opening day selection of used books, movies and other media at the Friends of Island Library All-Summer Used Book Sale from 1-4pm at the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent Rd. The sale will continue through the summer on days the library is open; funds raised sup-port programs and activities at the library.

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SUN., JULY 5WRITING GROUP: A Nonfiction & Memoir Writing Group meets at 3:15pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. New members are asked to attend at least two meetings before submitting their own works for critique. The group meets on the first and third Sunday of each month.

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MON., JULY 6 YA READ!: All readers of teen literature can discuss Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone at a YA Read! book discussion group meeting at 6pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave.

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BOOK GROUP: Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain will be the subject of discussion at a General Literature Book Group meeting at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. All are welcome; the group meeting on the first Monday of each month.

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POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is by donation. P.S. Please use the back fountain entry.

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WED., JULY 8WRITERS THEATER: The Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theatre hosts its monthly Open Mic at 7pm at the Colophon Cafe, 1208 11th St. The event is free and open to all who want to share their poetry or prose—or just listen in.

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THURS., JULY 9BOOK TALK: Librarian Katie Bray leads a bimonthly “Book Talk” at 5pm at the SkillShare Space at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Participants can share their favorite titles, make selections, get reading ideas and hear more about great new books.

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AMERICA INVADES: Christopher Kelly shares ideas from the book he co-authored with British historian and author Stuart Laycock, America Invades: How We’ve Invaded or Been Militarily In-volved with Almost Every Country on Earth, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Kelly is the son of a Korean War veteran and the descendant of Ste-phen Van Rensselaer, the leader of a disastrous invasion of Canada during the War of 1812.

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COMMUNITYWED., JULY 1GREEN DRINKS: Network with likeminded environmentally aware community members at the monthly Green Drinks gathering taking place from 5-7pm at Kulshan Community Land Trust’s new Birchwood homes, 2939 Lafayette St. At the event, you can also tour the new homes, which demonstrate that new construction can be energy-efficient, environmentally compatible and affordable to low-income home buyers.

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JULY 2-6LOGGERRODEO: A chainsaw carving competi-tion, a carnival, a classic car show, parades, a foot race, a logging show, a street dance, food-related events, fireworks, a beard contest and much, much more will be part of the annual “Loggerodeo”—the longest-running 4th of July celebration in Washington State—taking place Thursday through Monday throughout Sedro-Woolley. Prices vary.

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SAT., JULY 4OLD-FASHIONED 4TH: The 15th annual Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration takes place from 8am-10pm throughout Blaine. Festivities kick off with a pancake breakfast, and from there there’ll be a “Show N Shine” car show, a book sale, an arts and crafts street fair, a 4th of July Parade, Plover ferry rides, live music, fireworks and more. Entry to many events is free.

WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM

HAGGEN FAMILY 4TH: A “Hoop it Up” 3 on 3 basketball tournament kicks off the annual Haggen Family 4th of July Celebration at 10am at Zuanich Point Park, 2600 Harbor Loop. Starting at 11am, there’ll be family friendly games (sack races, watermelon rolling, water balloon tossing, etc.), food trucks and more. Live music starts

at noon and ends with a spectacular fireworks display. Parking is limited at the free event, so consider walking, biking or using a free passenger shuttle from Bellingham Technical College.

WWW.HAGGEN.COM

JULY 4TH CELEBRATION: Town photos, a parade, a patriotic program at Causland Park, a “Rock the Dock” gathering at Seafarers’ Memorial Park, fireworks over Fidalgo Bay and more will be part of a July 4th Celebration happening from 10am-11pm throughout Anacortes.

WWW.ANACORTES.ORG

FOURTH AND FIREWORKS: The town of La Con-ner and the Port of Skagit combine forces to cel-ebrate “Fourth of July 2015” the old-fashioned way starting with a noontime parade and continuing with a community picnic and family-friendly games and activities at Pioneer Park, a 5pm concert featuring nationally renowned electric six-string violinist Geoffrey Castle with his all-star band at the La Conner Marina, and a fireworks display over the Swinomish Channel. Entry is free.

WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM

WATERFRONT FESTIVAL: Live music, a barbe-cue, activities for kid, a motorcycle contest and more will be part of Waterfront 4th of July Festival from 2-9pm happening at the Channelside Cafe at Anderson’s General Store on Guemes Island—a five-minute ferry ride across the channel from 6th and I streets in Anacortes. Tickets are $10 and include admission and choice of a cheeseburger or hot dog (children under 12 are free).

WWW.GUEMESISLANDSTORE.COM

WED., JULY 8BAKER EMERGENCY RESOURCES: If you live in the Kendall, Maple Falls, or Glacier area and are worried about what to do in an emergency situ-ation, join the Baker Emergency Resource Team from 6:30-8pm on the second Wednesday of every month at the East Whatcom Resource Center, 8251 Kendall Rd.

(360) 599-1075

THURS., JULY 9 COMMUNITY FORUM: “Oil Trains, Oil Tankers, the Arctic and Our Future” will be the focus of a Community Forum taking place from 7-8:30pm at St. James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St. At the free event, a panel of speakers will give short presentations, followed by discussion and ques-tions from the audience.

ALEX@FORESTETHICS.ORG

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Watch fireworks over Bellingham Bay as part of the annual “Haggen Family 4th of July Celebration” tak-ing place on Independence Day at Zuanich Point Park

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HIKING RUNNING CYCLINGoutside

W e are blessed to have so many streams running through our community: Whatcom, Squalicum, Padden, Chuckanut, and Little Squalicum, to name

a few. These special places are urban sanctuaries where we enjoy flowing water, wildlife and fresh air.

As our city grows, an increased amount of rainwater is routed away from road-ways, parking lots and buildings into a system of underground pipes, and less water is filtered through vegetation and soil. This runoff is called stormwater, and as it flushes over paved surfaces it accumulates an unsavory mixture of metals, bacteria, nutrients, chemicals, dirt and petroleum-containing compounds.

The result of conveying stormwater away is that most of it enters our streams and Bellingham Bay without any treatment, and is routed to these streams every time it rains—often in large volumes, causing erosion and water-quality prob-lems. In fact, stormwater is a problem in all developed areas, not just here; it’s the number-one source of pollution in urban areas of Western Washington. Pol-luted stormwater can impact our streams and bay and pose a threat to salmon and other aquatic life.

Located in the northwest portion of Bellingham, Little Squalicum Creek is one of our shortest urban creeks and runs through Little Squalicum Park, a neighbor-hood gem and a favorite off-leash dog-walking area. The public has been enjoying the trail system in the park area for about 30 years, and in the last five years, hundreds of citizens have worked to establish a healthy native plant community along the creek and wetland areas.

STORY AND PHOTO BY LEE FIRST

Urban Stream Series LITTLE SQUALICUM CREEK NEEDS YOU

By 2011, the park reopened for public use. Projects completed include re-routing Little Squalicum Creek to the clean area of the park, and planting native shrubs and trees along the creek banks. Today, in ad-dition to the Bellingham Technical College campus and several industrial businesses, most of the watershed—80 percent—is residential homes.

As is typical of urban watersheds, there’s been a significant increase in paved sur-faces and stormwater runoff within the last 50 years. In most of this watershed, stormwater is collected in underground pipes and open roadside ditches. This stormwater runoff becomes Little Squa-licum Creek. With the exception of a few small springs, all the water in the creek is stormwater from the Birchwood neighbor-hood. In other words, soap suds and car grime from street-side car-washing in the Birchwood neighborhood flows into the creek, where kids like to play.

Currently, on the beach where Little Squalicum Creek flows into Bellingham Bay, signs state, “No Fishing/No Wading and Shellfishing Not Advised.” These warn-ings are posted because fecal bacteria pol-lution at Little Squalicum Beach exceeds federal water-quality standards.

Seasonal warm weather water sampling indicates high levels of Enterococcus bacte-ria, a sign of fecal pollution, and the pres-ence of pathogens including Norovirus and harmful strains of E.coli bacteria in the creek and at the outlet of Little Squalicum Creek by Bellingham Bay.

Fecal pollution of our urban streams is not unique to Little Squalicum Creek. In streams with large watersheds, sources of fecal bacteria typically include agricultur-al runoff, leaking septic tanks, pets, live-stock, wildlife and stormwater. Because Little Squalicum is a small watershed with mainly residential homes connected to city sewer lines, the likely sources of the fecal bacteria in the creek are stormwater from neighboring streets, yards, pets, wildlife and the park itself.

Since stormwater pollution is caused by us, we all need to contribute to the solu-tion. The most efficient, least-expensive way is to prevent pollution in the first place. We need community involvement to clean up this water and to keep it clean. If we live or recreate in the Birchwood neigh-borhood, we can contribute to the solution.

Here’s how: Neighbors and community members can start stewardship groups, meet regularly, and figure out ways to improve water quality in the creek. With more neigh-bors getting involved, and by making some changes to reduce pollution, we can see im-provements in water quality. What will we gain? Clean water, which we will all enjoy.

This product was funded through a grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. While materials were reviewed for grant consistency, this does not necessarily constitute endorsement by Ecology.

The landscape of this 500-acre water-shed has been transformed in the last 100 years. Beginning in the 1920s, sand and gravel mining operations flourished, changing the topography and creating the ravine that defines the central part of the park landscape today. Municipal waste was buried in what is now the upper area of the park in the 1930s. The Oeser Company be-gan manufacturing treated utility poles in 1929 on the northern side of the park and still operates in the area today.

Until the passage of the Federal Clean Water Act in 1972, few laws existed that prevented discharge of pollution to water and land. The Oeser area was listed as an Environmental Protection Agency hazard-ous waste cleanup site in 1997 due to soil contaminated with wood-preserving chemi-cals, creosote and other chemicals. A clean-up action included removing and relocating large amounts of contaminated soil.

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WED., JULY 1GROUP RUN: All levels of experience are welcome at a weekly Group Run beginning at 6pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit Running Company, 702 First St. The 3- to 6-mile run is great for beginners or for others wanting an easy recovery. Entry is free and no registration is required.

WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG

MOON WALK: Local ladies can join Wild What-com Walks for a “Moon of Ripe Berries” excursion taking place from 7:30-10pm in Whatcom County (the locale will be revealed when you reserve a spot). Explore the ripeness of summer and the full moon during this evening walk along the lakeshore, tasting native berries along the way. Suggested donation is $12.

WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG

JULY1-JULY 8 BOATING CENTER OPEN: The Community Boating Center is open from 12pm to sunset on weekdays, and 10am to sunset on weekends through the summer at their headquarters at 555 Harris Ave. Rentals include kayaks, sail-boats, rowboats and paddle boards. Registra-tion for youth camps and adult classes are currently available online.

WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG

JULY 2-6NW TANDEM RALLY: The multi-day Northwest Tandem Rally takes place from Thursday to Mon-day throughout Bellingham. The event includes organized, supported bicycle rides, a vendor fair, a banquet, Tour de France viewing parties, ice cream sampling, beer-tasting, Bellingham Bay cruising, and more. Registration prices vary.

WWW.NWTR.ORG OR WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG

FRI., JULY 3FRIDAY FERRY FLOTILLA: Discounted rental fees for sailing dinghies and human-powered wa-tercraft (kayaks, rowboats, paddleboards) will be part of a monthly Friday Ferry Flotilla starting at 5pm at the Community Boating Center, 555 Har-ris Ave. Boats of all kinds are encouraged to join the gatherings, which bid adieu to Alaska ferry that departs Bellingham every Friday. Additional flotillas happen Aug. 22 and Sept. 26.

WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG

JUNE 3-4SIN & GIN TOURS: Learn more about the history of vice and sin that helped make the foundation of our urban locales what they are today at the annual “Sin & Gin Tours” at 7pm Friday in Fairhaven next to Skylark’s Hidden Cafe (1308 11th St.) and 7pm Saturday at the Bureau of Historical Investigation (217 W. Holly St.). Tickets to take part in the historical tours are $15 general and $19 with a drink. Tours take place weekends through Aug. 29.

WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM

JULY 3-5PLOVER FERRY: The Plover ferry runs through the summer from 12-8pm Friday and Saturday and 10am-6pm Sunday departing on the hour from the Blaine Visitor’s Dock, Gate II at Blaine Harbor. Suggested donation for the excursions is $1 for kids and $5 for adults.

WWW.DRAYTONHARBORMARITIME.ORG

SAT., JULY 4HOLIDAY RUN: The Keep Running Company hosts a “5 on the 4th” 5K run starting at 9am at Lake Padden Park, 4882 Samish Way. Entry prices vary.

WWW.KEEPRUNNINGCO.COM

SEDRO-WOOLLEY FOOTRACE: As part of “Log-gerrodeo,” take part in the Great Sedro-Woolley Footrace starting at 9:30am at Sedro-Woolley High School, 1235 3rd St. Attendees can sign up for a 5.17-mile race or a two-mile fun run and walk. Entry is $20.

WWW.SEDROWOOLLEYFOOTRACE.COM

SUN., JULY 5RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mount Baker Bicycle Club for a “Rabbit Ride” starting at 8am every Sunday at Fairhaven Bike, 1108 11th St. The 32-mile route takes riders down Chuckanut and back via Lake Samish. The group also holds weekly rides Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG

MON., JULY 6 BIKE MAINTENANCE BASICS: Learn how to lube a chain, fix a flat tire in record time and make other minor adjustments to your ride at a “Bike Maintenance Basics” class at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance for the free workshop.

647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

TUES., JULY 7HAMMOCK BASICS: “Elevated Camping: Ham-mocking Basics” will be the focus of a clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Along with getting hands-on with the hammocks and accessories that can make your next outing more comfort-able, you’ll also learn practical setup advice to keep you off the ground and minimize your impact. Entry is free; register in advance.

647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

ALL-PACES RUN: Staffers and volunteers are always on hand to guide the way at the weekly All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The runs are 20 minutes out and back on two key routes—by the water or through the woods. Entry is free.

WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM

WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham Parks and Rec to help remove invasive plants at a Summer Work Party from 6:30-8:30pm at Squalicum Creek Park. Park in the main lot off Squalicum Parkway, and follow the signs to the worksite.

778-7000

THURS., JULY 9HISTORY CRUISE: Whatcom Museum hosts its first “Sunset History Cruise” of the season to-night starting at 6pm at Island Mariner Cruises, 2621 S. Harbor Loop Dr. Bellingham historian Brian Griffin leads the popular Bellingham Bay excursions, which, in addition to beautiful scenery, includes stories about the region’s fas-cinating history. Tickets are $30-$35; additional cruises happen every Thursday through Aug. 27.

WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

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Get on the water and bid adieu to the departing Alaska ferry Fri., July 3 as part of a monthly Friday Ferry Flotilla at the Community Boating Center

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THEATER DANCE PROFILES

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BY AMY KEPFERLE

Curtains Up!SEASONAL SURPRISES AT THE MOUNT BAKER THEATRE

You know that feeling of relief that can be found when you transition from being uncomfortably ensconced in the sweaty clutches of a hot summer day

into that of a cool, air-conditioned oasis? That sigh of climate-controlled assuagement could be heard by many last week

at “Curtains Up!,” the preview for the Mount Baker Theatre’s 2015/2016 season, which begins July 21 with the sonic stylings of Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers and ends May 14, 2016, with “’50s Dance Party,” an authentic recreation of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Bog Bopper’s final tour.

Before this year, I’d never received an invite to the theater’s preseason par-ty—probably because this is the first time the event was open to the public. (Until now, members of the longtime performance space were the first to hear what was happening in the upcoming season.)

Curiousity was evident in the throngs of people that were munching on com-plimentary popcorn, sipping wine and beer and speculating about what shows would be announced at the thank-god-the-air-conditioning-is-on event.

By the time the house lights dimmed and the stage lights came up, the sizable crowd was ready to hear what Executive Director Brad Burdick had to say. After acknowledging that the “aging movie palace” was in great shape “because of the people who support it”—while also giving props to the 250 volunteers the the-ater relies on and introducing the outgoing and incoming Mount Baker Theatre board presidents and members—Burdick pointed the audience in the direction of a video containing all the secrets of the season.

In addition to the aforementioned performers, the season is chock-full

of a variety of different kinds of enter-tainment options. If you love musical theater, you’ll be happy to hear actress and Broadway staple Patti Lupone will be stopping by to share her “Coulda, Woul-da, Shoulda” show with fans at the sea-son premiere on Sept. 25.

Following Lupone’s gig, expect autum-nal performances by Birmingham’s UB40

(Oct. 2), flute piper Carlos Nunez (Oct. 9), ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro (Oct. 24), and a showing of the song-and-dance musical comedy classic, 42nd Street (Nov. 2).

Come Nov. 14, author and public speaker Da-vid Sedaris will bring his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques to the stage. Later that month, Chris Perondi’s “Stunt Dog Experience” will re-turn to the MBT (Nov. 21), and Academy Award and Grammy-winning singer Melissa Etheridge drops by as part of her “This Is Me” tour (Nov. 23).

Which brings us to the Christmas season, and a “Heartwarming Holi-day Concert” by Grammy Award-winner LeaAnn Rimes (Dec. 5). “Cirque Ziva,” by the Golden

Dragon Acrobats, starts off the new year with a Jan. 15 entertainment extrava-ganza, and, on Jan. 27, “Flashdance the Musical” tells the story of a woman who’s a steel mill welder by day, but longs to be more.

We’re running out of room, but the rest of the season goes something like this: Bullets Over Broadway (Feb. 8), “Hooking Up with the Second City” (Feb. 14), Take 6 (Feb. 20), “A Fiddler’s Feast” (Feb. 27), Solas (March 17), Glenn Miller Orchestra (March 20), “PostSecret: The Show” (April 2), GlobalFEST: Creole Carnival (April 12), Saturday Night Fever (April 14), and Million Dollar Quartet (April 20).

By then, it’ll almost be time for the next “Curtains Up!” I’m assuming that, once again, we’ll all be invited.

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THURS., JULY 2THE AUDIENCE: Helen Mirren reprises her Olivier Award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II at a big-screen National Theatre Live viewing of The Audience at 7:30pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $12-$16; an additional screening takes place at 2pm Sun., July 5.

WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7.

733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

JULY 2-4COMMEDIA IN THE PARK: Western Wash-ington University Department of Theatre and Dance will offer free performances of “Commedia in the Park” at 7pm Thursday through Saturday at Maritime Heritage Park, 500 W. Holly St. “Commedia” is a highly physicalized, masked comedy performance originating from the Italian Renaissance. The show features well-known stock characters such as the tricky servants, young lovers, and foolish old men and women.

WWW.WWU.EDU

JULY 2-8BARD ON THE BEACH: Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors plays in repertory with King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Shakespeare’s Rebel at the 26th annual “Bard on the Beach” through September at Vancouver BC’s Vanier Park, 1695 Whyte Ave. Tickets are $26-$45. Early booking is recommended for best seat selection; many performances sell out in advance.

WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG

FRI., JULY 3AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL: Improvised scenes, songs, choreography and more can be experienced when “An Improvised Musi-cal” opens tonight at 9pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The format will show weekend nights through July. Please note that there’s no show on Sat., July 4, and that summer hours are in effect at the theater through early September—meaning there’s only one show a night on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

SUN., JULY 5THE AUDIENCE: Helen Mirren reprises her Olivier Award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II at a big-screen National Theatre Live viewing of The Audience at 2pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln The-atre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $12-$16.

WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG

MON., JULY 6GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 9:30pm every Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. Entry is free.

WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM

JULY 6-10SUMMER DRAMA CAMP: Sign your kids up

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ATTENDWHAT: Mount Baker Theatre’s 2015/2016 SeasonWHEN: The 29-show season begins July 21 with a perfor-mance by Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers and ends May 14, 2016, with a “’50s Dance Party”COST: Ticket prices varyINFO: 734-6080 or www.mount bakertheatre.com

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for the Neighborhood Playhouse’s 14th annual Summer Drama Camps starting this week at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Kids in 3rd-5th grade can take part in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Young Actor’s Lighthearted Introduction to Shakespeare” (July 6-10). Students in grades 6-12 can take part in “Camp Comedy.” Cost to participate in each workshop is $195. Additional workshops happen later in July.

WWW.THENEIGHBORHOODPLAYHOUSE.NET

THURS., JULY 9STORYTIME FOR GROWNUPS: Award-winning stage and screen actor Megan Cole presents a one-night-only perfor-mance of her one-woman show, “Storytime for Grownups: Turning Points” at 7:30pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The solo piece presented by Western Washington University’s Extended Educa-tion focuses on the various anticipated and unanticipated transitions in one’s life. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM OR

WWW.WWU.EDU/BSN

DANCE THURS., JULY 2FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner Folk Dancers to learn lively folk dances from Eastern Europe, Greece, Turkey, and Israel from 7:15-10pm every Thursday at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is $5; students and first-timers are free.

(360) 380-0456

FRI., JULY 3DANCE PARTY: A mix of swing, Latin and ballroom will be highlighted and danced to with an introductory lesson at the weekly Friday Night Dance Party from 7:30-10pm at the Bellingham Dance Company, 1705 N. State St. Admission is $5-$7.

WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM

JULY 6-17 SWING BOOTCAMP: Sign for a “Swing Bootcamp” for beginners taking place from 6-7:30pm Mon., Wed., and Fri. from July 6-17 at the Bellingham Dance Company, 1705 N. State St. Fees are $95 for students, seniors and members of the military, and $110 general. An inter-mediate-to-advanced Swing Bootcamp happens during the same hours and days of the week from July 20-July 31. As part of the summer series, there will also be a “Latin Bootcamp” beginning Aug. 3.

WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM

TUES., JULY 7SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers for a weekly International Folk Dancing event from 7-9:30pm at the Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St. No partners are needed; just show up and dance. Entry to the drop-in event is free for the first session, $3 afterwards.

WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG

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BY AMY KEPFERLE

Take Your Time NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION THINKS BIG

H ere’s a suggestion for those viewing the “Bellingham National Art Exhibition and Awards” exhibit currently on display at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Build-

ing: Walk through the collection once without reading the attached biographies and explanations accompanying each work of art, and then do so again while paying closer attention to what the artists had to say about their creations.

While the directive is merely a suggestion, it helped me stay focused when I toured the exhibition last month and found myself slightly overwhelmed with the heady messages many of the painters, sculptors, mixed-media artists, videographers and photographers were trying to get across with their art, many having to do with the environment, politics or their personal belief systems.

With 101 pieces from more than 60 artists representing 16 states (including Wash-ington), there’s a lot to take in.

But Scott Lawrimore, the man who juried the exhibit and chose the artists from among the 600-plus who applied, has produced a cohesive show that begs viewers

to take a second look—whether it’s at an overturned chair with bright red toadstools growing out of it; a variety of Ouija boards spelling out hints about another plane of existence; fur-covered assemblages that also include rifles and what appears to be dinosaur spines; a black-and-white pho-tograph of a Native American standing in front of a teepee next to a slender woman holding a “Miss America” sign; a tapestry made out of old electrical wires, a paint-ing of what seems to be an archaic chastity belt; or an acrylic painting about the art-ist’s fear of volcanoes.

Lawrimore, the director of the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery and a longtime curator, writer, art historian and gallerist, says he selected pieces that that not only inspired a sense of wonderment, but also curiosity and reflection about the meaning of art itself.

“There is a strong undercurrent of social justice, gender iden-tity, ecological, hu-man rights and other political issues run-ning throughout the exhibition,” Lawrimore says. “While this rep-resents some of the societal concerns of artists working in the 21st century, I also wanted there to be pure aesthetic reflec-tion and contemplation ‘breaks’…of art with more formal concerns.”

Apparently, Lawri-more didn’t begin his search with specific criteria, but instead al-lowed the 2,000 works he ultimately viewed

throughout the process to reveal themselves as he went along. Soon enough, common threads—whether they concerned climate change or the link between capitalism and community—became clear.

And, when it came to those artists’ state-ments I mentioned before, he read each one carefully before making his final decisions.

When all was said and done and the piec-es comprising the “Bellingham National Art Exhibition and Awards” had been installed throughout the voluminous Lightcatcher gallery, the “awards” element of the ex-hibit found Washington-based artists Alison Bremner and Robert Campbell taking home first and second place—and cash prizes equaling $3,000 (Virginia’s Rengin Holt re-ceived third place, and $500).

Since the exhibit opened, visitors have also been voting on their favorites, and a “popular choice” award of $500 will be an-nounced Aug. 7 during the monthly down-town Art Walk. It’s not too late to cast your own vote. Just take your time looking through what the “contestants” have pro-vided, and the winner will become clear.

SEE ITWHAT: “Belling-ham National Art Exhibition and Awards” WHEN: Through Sept. 6 WHERE: Whatcom Museum’s Light-catcher Building, 250 Flora St.COST: $4.50-$10 (Thursday entry is $5) INFO: www.whatcom museum.org

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UPCOMING EVENTS

THURS., JULY 2 FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK: As part of the seasonal Skagit Valley Art Escape, at-tend a First Thursday Art Walk from 5-8pm throughout downtown Mount Vernon. Visitors and locals alike will be delighted with art, music performances and artist demonstra-tions encompassing a broad range of media. Entry is free.

WWW.SKAGITVALLEYARTESCAPE.COM

FRI., JULY 3ART WALK: Allied Arts, the Alley District, the Bureau of Historical Investigation, Bayou on Bay, Rock & Rye Oyster House, Beauty Boutique, Creative Openings, the Hive, Make.Shift Art Space, Mount Bakery, Fourth Corner Frames, Naked Clothing, Opus Performing Arts, Pickford Art Studios, and more will take part in the monthly Art Walk happening from 6-10pm throughout downtown Bellingham. Entry is free.

WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM

ALLIED ARTS: View “Earthly Delights” from 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The Juried Artist Series exhibit features works by Penny Bamford, Ria Harboe, Chris Romine, Anita Boyle, Gail Coleman and Jean Ferrier. See it through July 31.

WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

THE BUREAU: “Pacific (Mid)West: Art by Karen Blanquart” can be viewed at an opening recep-tion from 6-10pm at the Bureau of Historical Investigation, 217 W. Holly St. The mixed-media pieces can be seen through July.

WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM

FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: Check out Chelsea Davidson’s scenes of off-road racing at a reception for “VROOM! from 6-9pm at Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. A reception featuring a “big surprise” takes place from 4-6pm Sat., July 11, and the paint-ings will be on display through July 31.

WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM

MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for “Close Encounters: The Unseen Editions” take place from 6-10pm at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. The exhibit features movie posters for sci-fi movies created by local artists and designers. See it through July.

WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM

SAT., JULY 4SCULPTURE WOODS: If you’re interested in art with a view, head to Lummi Island to peruse 16 outdoor sculptures by Ann Morris from 10am-5pm at the monthly “Sculpture Woods” tour at 3851 Legoe Bay Rd. The working studio will not be open. Entry is free.

WWW.ANNMORRISBRONZE.COM

SUN., JULY 5DYNAMIC DUO RECEPTION: A reception for “Dynamic Duo”—featuring the work of Peggy Kondo and Larry Richmond—takes place from 1-4pm at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. The duo represent true collaboration in life and art: Larry’s intricately carved ceramics pair perfectly with Peggy’s hand-woven basketry and punch needle embroidery. See the works through July.

WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM

ONGOING EXHIBITS ARTWOOD: Carved wood fish by Phil Skochilich, forged steel fish by Karen Healy, and glass fish by Art Hohl will be highlighted through July at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Paintings by Brenda Lowery will also be on display.

WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM

FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo-rary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St.

714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM

HONEY SALON: “Unbreakable Girls” can be seen through July at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St.

WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM

JANSEN ART CENTER: See the Early Summer Juried Exhibit through July 31 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. Viewers can also check out the third annual Juried Cup Show and exhibits by the Whatcom Artist Guild and painter Amanda Houston.

WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG

MATZKE GALLERY: Check out the “Summer Mo-ments” exhibit from through Aug. 23 on Camano Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way.

WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM

MINDPORT: “Stones & Bones,” featuring found object photography by Kevin Jones, shows through July at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St.

WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

QUILT MUSUEM: “Celebrating 20 Years of Art,” “30 Quilts for 30 Years,” and “Creative Knitting” show through Oct. 4 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St.

WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.ORG

RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related workshops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 N. Forest St. This week, sign up for “Nuno Felted Purses” and “No-Sew Braided Rugs.” See details and registration prices online.

WWW.RAGFINERY.COM

SCOTT MILO GALLERY: The “Women Painters of Washington” exhibit will be featured through Aug. 4 in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave.

WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

SCULPTURE NW GALLERY: “Regional Stone/Regional Sculptors: New Work of the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association” can be seen from 12-5pm every Fri.-Sun. through Aug. 16 at Sculpture Northwest Gallery, 203 Prospect St.

WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG

SMITH & VALLEE: Oil paintings by Becky Fletcher and Kathleen Faulkner, and sculptures by Chris Theiss can be viewed July 3-26 at Edi-son’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. A reception for the artists takes place from 5-8pm Sat., July 11.

WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM

WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Bellingham’s National Art Exhibition and Awards,” “Helmi’s World: Symbol, Myth, Fantasy,” “The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick,” and “Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo Archives” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom Museum campus.

WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

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musicSHOW PREVIEWS › › RUMOR HAS IT

LAST WEEK, WITH absolutely zero fanfare, the Shakedown’s little sister bar, the Racket, opened for business.

Although they didn’t make much of a racket about it (I tried to stop that pun from happen-ing, but it had a mind of its own), the Racket’s owners—Marty Watson, Hollie Huthman, and Spencer Willows—were only too happy to un-lock the front door and invite us all in, not least because now they will never again have to answer the question: “When is the Racket going to open?”

It is true the barely born baby bar will not be a live music venue—that’s the Shakedown’s business and business is good—but it does have one thing going for it that was probably the driving force behind the vast majority of those “are you open yet” inquires: a whole bunch of pinball machines. Despite the fact that I grew up with a pinball machine in my basement, I’m not much of a baller, but I do understand that this town is filled with burgeoning pin-ball wizards all look-ing to test their mettle as early and often as they can. I foresee epic rivalries, possible pinball gangs and potential rumbling in the streets.

I also foresee lunch, as the Racket opens at 11am every day and is serving up the Shake-down’s menu of cheesesteaks and falafel sand-wiches. I’ve waxed enthusiastic about both in the past, and can attest through repeated taste-testing they remain delicious. I’m told more items, specifically sandwiches, will make their way onto the menu in the future, which means that between the Shakedown and Old World Deli (porchetta 4 lyfe), the majority of my sandwich needs can be met in one block of State Street.

The Racket also possesses a claw machine, with cool homemade prizes to be won, and at one point, I was told I could climb inside it (I might’ve mentioned this before one of the times I erroneously predicted the Racket was opening any minute). Thus far, an invitation to do so has not been extended to me, which I’m sure is a grievous oversight on the part of the aforementioned owners of the bar.

In other news, when last I spoke to the Al-ternative Library’s Cullen Beckhorn, he told me the community library/music venue/nonprofit would be moving to a newer, more expansive locale than its former, fairly small Railroad Av-enue space. Move, it did, at the time with a projected reopening date tentatively set for early July. Well, early July is upon us, and the reopening and big reveal have been pushed to September to allow the library to do work to get their new building up to code, which is an encouraging investment in the organization’s longevity. Of course, I’ve been wrong about such predictions before, so it might be best just to wait and see what happens.

Rumor Has It

BY CAREY ROSS

BY CAREY ROSS

Downtown SoundsCALLING OUT AROUND THE WORLD

When Downtown Sounds began 11 summers ago, Bellingham’s down-town core was a different place. No, it was not some burned-out,

rundown hellscape, but it did have more than its fair share of empty store-fronts and was in need of both an image change and some revitalization.

Enter the Downtown Bellingham Partnership.Founded in 2000, the Downtown Bellingham Partnership has one singu-

lar, simple mission: to encourage the general public to engage—and stay engaged—with downtown Bellingham. With a philosophy firmly rooted in accentuating the many positives of the Downtown Business District, the Partnership lures people into wandering the streets via art walks, newly in-troduced wine walks, the Bite of Bellingham, and more. In doing so, it is their hope the public will discover or be reminded of the many delights this downtown has to offer, while also showing them that taking to the streets to scare up some action can be a safe, family-friendly affair.

Personally speaking, owing to the efforts of the Downtown Bellingham Partnership, I have familiarized myself with local artists and visited galler-ies not on my normal radar, tasted food from nearly every restaurant and food truck with a downtown address at the Bite of Bellingham, handed out candy to kids (yes, I really did that—once) on Halloween as part of my role as a downtown employee—basically, I have been a wholehearted partici-pant in nearly all of their undertakings, as have many of you,.

I’m sure it comes as no surprise that of all the many activities the

Downtown Bellingham Partnership devis-es for my amusement, Downtown Sounds holds the biggest place in my heart.

Eleven years ago, when I heard the ru-mor the Partnership had devised a plan to stage concerts in what had been a smelly alley between the Wild Buffalo and Mind-port, my first thought was something along the lines of, “Oh hell, yes,” and I haven’t deviated from that viewpoint since.

But I’m far from the only fan of this con-cert series, as it outgrew its alley locale within just a few years and moved to Bay Street, where exponentially more people could enjoy it. Along with a bigger “venue” and a bigger stage, the series itself got bigger, expanding the number of shows and increasing the size of the talent.

Much of this expansion can be credited to Lindsey Payne, who has been the Part-nership’s events manager since 2008, and has made Downtown Sounds her pet proj-ect. With great energy, good humor and no small amount of what could quite likely be magic, Payne has used every last re-source available to her to grow the con-cert series into what has become Whatcom County’s biggest music festival. This year, in conjunction with Bellingham Parks and

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WED., JULY 1DANA LYONS, ANNE FEENEY: Iconic environmen-tal singer Dana Lyons teams up with notorious labor hell-raiser Anne Feeney to launch a “Teamsters and Turtles: Together at Last!” tour at 7pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 E. Sunset Dr. Through songs and stories, the dynamic duo aims to dispel the myth that unions are at odds withenvironmentalists. Tickets are $20.

WWW.COWSWITHGUNS.COM OR WWW.

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THURS., JULY 2BLUES AND BREWS: The Adrian Clark Band will perform at a “Blues, Brews & BBQ” summer concert series taking place from 5-9pm every Thursday through Aug. 27 on the waterfront terrace at Hotel Bellwether, One Bellwether Way. The free event features a variety of live music, local beer and a delicious barbecue menu.

WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM

PARK CONCERT SERIES: Listen to country, rock, folk and bluegrass tunes by D’Vas & Dudes from 6-8pm in Bellingham’s Columbia Neighborhood at Elizabeth Park. The free, family friendly summer concert series features live music every Thursday through Aug. 27.

WWW.COB.ORG

FRI., JULY 3MOTOWN CRUISERS: Dance along to the soul and R & B sounds of the Motown Cruisers starting at 8pm at Bellingham’s VFW Hall, 625 N. State St.

WWW.MOTOWNCRUISERS.COM

JULY 3-19FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: Guest musicians Vadim Gluzman, Katie Van Kooten, Christina Smith, Maria Valdes, Ilana Davidson, Morris Robinson, Alex Hann, and more will be part of the classical music extravaganza known as the Bellingham Festival of Music taking place July 3-19 at Western Washing-ton University’s Performing Arts Center and the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Tickets are $12-$50. Free community concerts also take place at Mallard Ice Cream (July 4) and Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall (July 9-17).

WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG

SAT., JULY 4GROVESTOCK: Help raise funds for the Alzheimer Society of Washington by attending the 11th annu-al “Grovestock” from 12-11pm in Ferndale at 7052 Tatlow Lane. Music by Gallow, the Scott Greene Band, the Blackouts, Rube Flambe, Clambake, Boris Budd, the JP Falcon Grady Band, Sam Chue, After the Festival, and more can be seen on two stages throughout the day and into the night. Fireworks and a family-friendly potluck and barbecue will be part of the festivities. Entry is $5 for kids, $10 for adults.

(360) 303-9510

ROCK THE DOCK: DJ Mike Jenkins, Bobby Hol-land and the Breadline, and Massy Ferguson will perform at the Port of Anacortes’ annual “Rock the Dock” 4th of July festivities happening from 5:30-10pm at Seafarers’ Memorial Park. Food, a beer garden, children’s activities, and fireworks will be

part of the holiday fun. WWW.PORTOFANACORTES.COM

SUN., JULY 5FIDDLIN’ FOX SERIES: The country-western sounds of the Lost Highway Band will kick off the annual “Fiddlin’ Fox” summer music series at a free concert taking place from 2-5pm at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St. There will also be a free dance lesson at the beginning of each show. Entry is free. Additional concerts happen July 12 (Alma Villegas), July 19 (Balkanarama), and July 26 (Swamp Soul).

WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM

MON., JULY 6MUSIC-READING SESSION: Bayshore Symphony will host a Summer Music-Reading Session from 7-9pm in Mount Vernon at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St. The “just for fun!” event is open to all interested musicians.

WWW.BAYSHOREMUSICPROJECT.COM

JULY 6-11 DRAYTON HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL: Concerts will take place at the Blaine Performing Arts Center, Semiahmoo Resort, and in downtown Blaine July 6-11 as part of the Drayton Harbor Music Festival (formerly the Blaine Jazz Festival). In addition to highlighting established performers such as Greta Matassa, Greg Hopkins, and Chris Woitach, the festival features performances by talented teens, festival faculty and more. Prices vary, and some concerts are free.

WWW.DRAYTONHARBORMUSIC.ORG

musicevents

Recreation, Downtown Bellingham Partner-ship was awarded a Levitt Amp grant, which is a thing I only understand inasmuch as it affords Payne the means by which to give us a better Downtown Sounds experience.

Which brings us to this year’s concert series, which begins Weds., July 1 on the block of Bay Street be-tween Holly and Cham-pion streets. Because at some point I proba-bly jokingly threatened Payne with an unpleas-ant outcome if she booked a reggae band (hey, we all have our personal musical kryptonite), that is exactly what she did for the kickoff of the 2015 incarnation of Downtown Sounds. However, even I have to admit that the band in question, Third World, is more than deserving of a spot on the Downtown Sounds stage—and not just because they’ve been around lon-ger than I have. They’ve played with the Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder is a fan of their soul- and funk-infused reggae, and they’re about a billion times more badass

than I will ever be. As well, the retooled Yogoman Burning Band will open the show, which will be a Bellingham home-coming of sorts for drumming frontman Jordan Rain, who has just returned from spending a few months in New Orleans.

The next week, July 8, the stage will belong to Acorn Project, who are cer-tainly no strangers to Downtown Sounds, and the band’s large and supportive local fan base will surely show up en masse to dance to their electro-funk. But Acorn Project aren’t the only Downtown Sounds veterans with a huge local audience set to play this year’s series. Polecat will headline the July 15 concert, and their high-energy bluegrass will draw the kind of enthusiastic crowd to which they’ve grown accustomed in these parts. The penultimate concert of the series on July 22 will feature Wild Buffalo regulars

Ayron Jones and the Way, a band that gains buzz and plenty of new fans every time they roll through town. It wouldn’t be Downtown Sounds without a straight dose of funk, and this year, Payne has saved it for last. Pairing Seattle’s Five Alarm Funk—with their percussive, Latin-tinged Afro-punk—with Belling-ham funk supergroup Baby Cakes is an inspired musical marriage and a fitting swan song for the 2015 series.

Aside from the music, what makes Downtown Sounds such a no-brainer when it comes to including it in your summer schedule is that it is always free, family-friendly, open to all and starts at the still-reasonable hour of 5:30pm. Food vendors will be there to sate your appetite and the beer garden will be back to slake your thirst. All that remains is for you show up and do a little dancing in the streets.

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Anelia's Kitchen & Stage

Gallowglass John Delourme Rosalee Boyle

Boundary Bay Brewery Aaron GuestHappy Hour BBQ w/Robert

Blake (early), Twilight Concert (late)

Fish Fry w/lLive MusicIrish & Folk Night,

Piano NightOut of the Ashes, Paul

Klein

Brown Lantern Ale House

Open Mic Live Music

Cabin Tavern Open MicRaggedy Fay & The Grav-

ity Busters

Commodore BallroomThird World, Morgan

Heritage

Conway Muse Trish & Hans & John Petunia and the Vipers Roma Ransom

Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s

Edison Inn The Skeptix Bow Diddlers

musicvenues See below for venue addresses and phone numbers

07.01.15 07.02.15 07.03.15 07.04.15 07.05.15 07.06.15 07.07.15WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

Anelias Kitchen & Stage 511 Morris St, La Conner, WA (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery | Boundary Bay Brewing Co. Brown Lantern Ale House The Business | Cabin Tavern 307 W. Holly

Chuckanut Brewery Commodore Ballroom Conway Muse Corner Pub

PETUNIA AND THE VIPERS/

July 3/Conway Muse

LEVITT AMP BELLINGHAM MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS

7/1 Third World with Yogoman Burning Band

7/8 Acorn Project with McTuff

7/15 Polecat with The New Triumph

7/22 Ayron Jones & the Waywith Scott Pemberton Trio

7/29 Five Alarm Funk with Baby Cakes

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Brought to you by Bellingham Parks and Recreation

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Enjoy Bellingham’s newest free concerts in the park series!

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musicvenues See below for venue addresses and phone numbers

07.01.15 07.02.15 07.03.15 07.04.15 07.05.15 07.06.15 07.07.15WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

Glow Nightclub DJ J-Will Shadow Variable DJ Boombox Kid

Green FrogAnna and Elizabeth, Eli

WestThe Black Crabs, Phil Friend-

ly Trio, The Easy LeavesThe Silver Dollars Eclecticity Slow Jam (early)

Open Mic (early), Guf-fawingham (late)

Terrible Tuesday Soul Explosion

H2O DJ Boombox Kid Karaoke

Honey Moon Open Mic The CopaceticsHavilah & Young Writers'

ShowcaseThe Lanagans

KC's Bar and Grill Karaoke Karaoke

Kulshan Brewing Co. Broken Bow Stringband Forest Beutel Rusty Cleavers, Wingman

Main St. Bar and Grill Comedy Night Hambone Wilson

Make.Shift Art Space Art Walk Orphans, O-Face, Pupppy

Old World Deli Live Music

Rockfish Grill Savage Jazz The Alkis

Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester

Rumors Cabaret Leveled Throwback Thursday DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave DJ Mike Tolleson Karaoke w/Zach Treble Tuesday

The ShakedownAncient River, Guillotine

Eyes, moreTom Waits Night

Big Business, Tacos, Dryland

Skagit Valley Casino Pop Rocks Pop Rocks

Skylark's William Romanza Trio Telefonic

Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke B-Side Showcase

Swinomish Casino and Lodge

Richard Allen (13moons), Expertease (Main Stage)

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The Underground DJ B-Mello DJ B-Mello

Via Cafe and Bistro Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke

The Village Inn Jam Night Karaoke

Wild Buffalo ‘90s Night Unveiling the Dream 80HD Open Mic w/Chuck D. Lip Sync Battle

The Green Frog | Edison Inn | The Fairhaven | Glow Graham’s Restaurant | H20, | Honey Moon KC’s Bar and Grill

Kulshan Brewery | Make.Shift Art Space | Main Street Bar & Grill McKay’s Taphouse | Nooksack River Casino | Poppe’s | Paso Del Norte

The Redlight Rockfish Grill The Royal Rumors Cabaret | The Shakedown Silver Reef Casino Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N.

Skylark’s Hidden Cafe Star Club Swillery Whiskey Bar Swinomish Casino |Temple Bar The Underground | Underground Coffeehouse | Via

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FilmMOVIE REVIEWS › › SHOWTIMES

ley to be greeted by a homeless derelict. Assaulted by the sleek and determined new terminator (Byung-hun Lee), Reese in short order is joined by the original edition (you know who, looking very young), giving Sarah (Emilia Clarke) the protection she needs un-til they all make the jump back to the future, in which son John looks older than Mom.

This time-jumping contrivance plays well enough, but what actually goes on in the scenes set 14 years hence feels rote and unimaginative. Action scenes are accumu-lated as if mandated by a stopwatch and almost invariably seem like warmed-over versions of stuff we’ve seen before in Termi-nator entries and elsewhere. The first three films in the series were R-rated and viscer-ally benefited from it; this one is rated PG-13 and its action scenes feel like diluted rehashes, obligatory and devoid of visual creativity in the same way the violence

feel staged and photographed.With Taylor coming aboard as director

and Clarke assuming the role played a gen-eration ago by Linda Hamilton, the series is clearly aiming to benefit by association with the ultra-violent Game of Thrones. But while she can be feisty at moments, Clarke can’t do much to give dimension to the very one-note character of Sarah, and that goes double for Courtney as Reese, a role even more devoid of depth or wrinkles, physical or otherwise.

That leaves it to Arnold to save the day, but age has given him a vocal in addition to physical stiffness; he’s still imposing and amusing up to a point, but he can’t dominate the way he did 30 years ago.

And so the film just lumbers along, often tediously; there’s no sense that the scenar-io has been carefully kneaded, structured and shaped by attentive dramatists. Visu-ally, we’ve seen these images—or many like them—so many times before, and the score accentuates the retread feel with its mo-notonous thudding.

A little surprise insert during the end titles suggests that a follow-up to Termina-tor: Genisys is already intended by its mak-ers. But if Arnold really wants not only to come back, but also to be welcomed back, he’ll one day need to unterminate.

A rnold Schwarzenegger once again declares, “I’ll be back,” in this fifth install-ment of the Terminator franchise, but enough already. Spending half its time

showing unkillable cyborg characters getting shot up only to quickly heal them-selves, and the other half trying to explain a plot that rewrites the entire series, Terminator: Genisys will serve as a good litmus test of how keen the public is to see basically the same old thing in a new (but very similar) bottle.

At one point, Schwarzenegger’s lifelike robot tells his cohorts, “I’m old, not obsolete,” but that will be up to audiences to decide. Thanks to the visual effects equivalent of expert plastic surgery, the actor, who was 37 when the first series entry was released in 1984 and is now 67, more or less convincingly spans that time frame in terms of looks as he helps Sarah Connor and her son John try to save humankind—and themselves—from the victory of the machines.

How many times have we seen the Golden Gate Bridge destroyed in a big-budget movie in past years? Has there been time to rebuild it since San Andreas a few weeks ago? And let’s not forget Pacific Rim, Star Trek Into Darkness, Godzilla, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes before that. Well, it happens again here as part of the nuke attack that’s part of the backstory that must be altered if humanity is be given another chance.

Laboring with the problem of how to return to a well that many fans justifiably thought ran dry with McG’s Arnold-free Terminator: Salvation in 2009, screenwriters

Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier have worked out an elaborately rigged scenario in which John Connor (Jason Clarke), son of Sarah, by 2029, has led the human re-sistance to nearly total victory over the world’s Skynet oppressors. But when he learns that, at the last second, the enemy has been able to transport another inde-structible killer (basically an Asian version of Robert Patrick’s T-1000) back to 1984 to kill his mother to ensure that he, John, would never be born, he hurriedly sends the buff and capable Sgt. Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back in time to protect Sarah and block the remaking of history.

Series fans will relish the care with which director Alan Taylor and his team recreate in the flashback the feel of James Cameron’s original; Reese arrives, naked, in the same dark and grungy downtown Los Angeles al-

REVIEWED BY TODD MCCARTHY

Terminator: GenysisENOUGH, ALREADY

,The film just lumbers along, often tediously; there’s no sense that the scenario has been carefully kneaded, structured and shaped by attentive dramatists

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I hate myself.”That’s an unusual statement com-

ing from the hero of an animated film, let alone in the first two minutes. But 12-year-old orphan Anna (Sara Takat-suki), the protagonist of Hiromasa Yone-bayashi’s lovely animated feature When Marnie Was There, has no illusions about her place in the world. There’s an invis-ible magic circle containing everyone else (i.e., all the seemingly normal, non-an-hedonic people), and she’s forever on the outside. And as far as she’s concerned, she deserves it.

The young girl who’s been orphaned or otherwise experienced parental trauma is an anime staple—in 2014 alone, there was the well-received A Letter to Momo and the under-praised Patema Inverted—and there’s usually something about their turmoil that also feeds their inner strength. But Anna lacks her predeces-sors’ pluck. She’s the PG-rated equivalent of Joaquin Phoenix in The Master, scarred by the past and lacking the mechanisms to cope with the world, and convinced that she’s ugly, stupid, moody and un-pleasant. One reviewer agreed with that self-assessment, blaming Anna’s sense of isolation for making her difficult to relate to, and for her being “incredibly bitchy.” Which, ugh, and though its main charac-ter begins in a darker place than usual (thus making her journey into the light all the more satisfying), When Marnie Was There is unmistakably a Studio Ghibli pic-ture: bright and frequently joyous in spite of Anna’s pain, and never less than impec-cably animated.

Prone to asthmatic episodes that dou-ble as panic attacks, city girl Anna is sent by her kindly foster parents to live with her aunt and uncle by the sea for the sum-

mer. She doesn’t fare much better in this marshy paradise until she meets a young girl named Marnie (Kasumi Arimura). Mar-nie connects with Anna like nobody else ever has, and Anna begins to realize that she’s worthy not only of being loved, but of being loved unconditionally. Unfortu-nately, all evidence points to Marnie be-ing either a ghost, a figment of Anna’s damaged psyche, or possibly both.

Anna being a Caucasian in Japan is never a plot point, and the closest the movie comes to acknowledging that de-tail is when a Japanese girl compliments Anna’s blue eyes, referring to the color as “really pretty” and “foreign”—which, co-incidentally or not, leads to one of Anna’s biggest, darkest outbursts. (Pro tip for talking to people who struggle with be-ing different: Making them self-conscious about their alienness never helps.)

Like the Southern Gothic genre it re-sembles (Joan G. Robinson’s source book was set in Virginia), When Marnie Was There keeps its emotions, both dark and light, big and right there on the sur-face. Anna being a shorthaired tomboy who discovers love with a pretty blonde femme makes it tempting to read a queer subtext, but that’s far too reductive. At its most beautiful, Yonebayashi’s picture is about the magic of female friendship at its purest, including intimate acts such as hand-holding, cuddling, waltzing and un-guarded declarations of emotion, as Anna discovers the paradox of the strength that can be gained only by surrendering to vulnerability.

With the retirement of producer Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli has put produc-tion on hold; When Marnie Was There may well be its last feature film. If so, it’s a strong note to leave on.

REVIEWED BY SHERILYN CONNELLY

When Marnie Was ThereSTUDIO GHIBLI’S SWAN SONG?

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Faith of Our Fathers: My father has faith that if he buys a lottery ticket every week, one day he will win the jackpot. That faith is so strong that he very often becomes angry and confused when another week goes by with someone else claiming a jackpot he feels to be rightfully his. This movie isn’t about that. But I kind of wish it was. (PG-13)

I’ll See You in My Dreams: A woman of a certain age who rediscovers love isn’t exactly groundbreaking cinematic territory (see also: How Stella Got Her Groove Back), but when the romantic coupling in question involves Blythe Danner and Sam Elliott, it’s worth a watch. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 35 min.)

Inside Out: Without a doubt, Pixar is the best, most visionary cinematic force in the world. Has this genius animation house made its perfect movie yet? Probably not, but this one comes pretty close. (PG • 1 hr 42 min.)

Jurassic World: Yo, Avengers: Age of Ultron, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish, but Jurassic World just had the biggest opening weekend of all time. (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 3 min.)

Mad Max: Fury Road: In 1981, George Miller unleashed his futuristic, post-apocalyptic fantasy The Road Warrior on the moviegoing public, and the Mad Max saga was born. Now, some 30-plus years later, Miller reboots his franchise, with a little help from stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, and proves himself to still be the right man to deliver a crazy, frenetic, ass-kicker of a Mad Max movie. (R • 2 hrs.)

Magic Mike XXL: Dudes, you can have your superhe-roes and sequels and the rest of the cartoonish crap that makes up the summer movie-going season. This is the only blockbuster I’m interested in lining up for.

(R • 1 hr. 55 min.)

Max: This movie seems to be about a demilitarized bomb-sniffing dog and the boy who loves him, but I can’t be sure because I can’t make it all the way through even the teaser trailer without crying. It is true that I am an animal-movie ninny, but I blame that on emotional scars inflicted by a childhood view-ing of Where the Red Fern Grows. (PG • 1 hr. 51 min.)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: While adults get to have their minds slowly eroded by the derivative crap that makes up the summer movie-going seasoon, in recent years, teens have fared far better when it comes to insightful movies featuring finely drawn characters and inventive plots. This one, about two teenage boys with a penchant for making terrible

knockoffs of famous films and their leukemia-striken schoolmate, is one of the must-see films of the sum-mer. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 45 min.)

The Overnight: It’s happened to all of us at some time or another: We move to a new town with our significant other, meet an attractive, outgoing couple who invite us over for a pizza dinner, and suddenly, the kids are in bed and everyone’s smoking pot and comparing penises. Or at least that’s what happens in this surprising sex comedy starring Taylor Schilling, Adam Scott, and Jason Schwartzman. (R • 1 hr. 20 min.)

San Andreas: I love a cheesy natural disaster movie. And this one just happens to be based on a script by

Bellingham native and all-around nice guy, Jeremy Passmore. It also stars the Rock, and if anyone can wrestle a giant earthquake to the ground, it’s him.

(PG-13 • 2 hrs. 3 min.)

Spy: Even in terrible movies (Tammy, Identity Thief), Melissa McCarthy’s comedic skills cannot be denied. This, by all accounts, is the exact opposite of a terrible movie—instead, it’s the breakout starring role McCarthy’s been destined for since Bridesmaids.

(R • 1 hr. 57 min.)

Ted 2: In the continuing adventures of Ted, the foul-mouthed teddy bear, he wishes to wed, and so must establish his legal personhood, in what is the first and quite possibly the last comedy to take its plot arc

from the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling. (R • 1 hr. 55 min.)

Terminator Genisys: See review previous page.(PG-13 • 2 hrs. 6 min.)

When Marnie Was There: See review previous page. (PG • 1 hr. 43 min.)

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bad guys36 With 41-Across,

hip-hop pro-ducer’s foray into Greek typography?

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGYARIES (March 21-April 19): To determine whether you are aligned with the cosmic flow, please answer the following questions. 1. Would you say that your current situation is more akin to treading water in a mosquito-ridden swamp, or conducting a ritual of purification in a clear mountain stream? 2. Have you been wrestling with boring ghosts and arguing with traditions that have lost most of their meaning? Or have you been transforming your past and developing a riper relationship with your roots? 3. Are you stuck in a gooey muck? Or are you build-ing a flexible new foundation?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus singer Sam Smith won four Grammys this year, largely on the strength of his hit single “Stay with Me.” The song has a lush gospel choir backing up his lead vocals, or so it seems. But in fact, every voice in that choir is his own. He recorded 20 separate harmony tracks that were woven together to create the big sound. What would be the equivalent in your world, Taurus? How could you produce a wealth of support for yourself? What might you do to surround yourself with a web of help and nourishment? How can you amplify and intensify your efforts so they have more clout? Now would be an excellent time to explore possibilities like these.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Born under the sign of Gemini, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who upset traditionalists. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he wasn’t interested in creating idealistic art based on historical and religious themes. He focused on earthy subjects about which he had direct experience, like the day-to-day lives of peas-ants and laborers. So even though he became a highly praised celebrity by his mid-thirties, the arbiters of the art world tried to exclude him. For example, they denied him a place in Exposition Universelle, a major international exhibition in Paris. In response, Courbet built a temporary gallery next door to the main hall, where he displayed his own work. As you strive to get your voice heard, Gemini, I urge you to be equally cheeky and innovative. Buy yourself a megaphone or erect your own clubhouse or launch a new enterprise. Do whatever it takes to show who you really are.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing,” said composer John Cage in describing his creative process. That’s excellent counsel for you to meditate on, Cancerian. The less expertise and certainty you have about the rough magic you’re experimenting with, the more likely it is that this magic will lead you to useful breakthroughs. To bolster Cage’s advice and help you get the most from your period of self-reinvention, I offer you this quote from Picasso: “I imitate everyone except myself.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your words of wisdom come from Leo artist Andy Warhol: “Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years, when they could just say, ‘so what.’ That’s one of my favorite things to say. ‘So what.’” Can I interest you in that approach, Leo? It has similarities to the Buddhist strategy of cultivating non-attachment—of dropping your fixations about matters that can’t be controlled or changed. But I suspect you would draw special benefits from the breezy, devil-may-care spirit of Warhol’s version. So start there.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her late twenties, J. K. Rowling was a single mother living on welfare. That’s when she began work on her Harry Potter books. Craig Newmark had turned 42 by the time he founded Craigslist. One of the world’s most oft-visited websites is HuffingtonPost.com, which Arianna Huffington

established when she was 54. As for Harland Sanders, creator of KFC: He didn’t begin building the global empire of fried-chicken restaurants until the age of 65. I hope the preceding serves as a pep talk, Virgo, reminding you that it’s never to late to instigate the project of a lifetime. The time between now and your birthday in 2016 will be an especially favorable phase to do so. Start ruminating on what it might be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the power-build-ing phase of your astrological cycle. To take maximum advantage, convey the following message to your subconscious mind: “I know you will provide me with an abundance of insight, inspiration, and energy for whatever intention I choose to focus on. And during the next four weeks, my intention will be to cultivate, expand, and refine my personal power. I will espe-cially focus on what author Stephen R. Covey called ‘the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.’”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I’m a big fan of science and logic and objective thinking. Most of us need more of that good stuff. The world would be a saner, safer place if we all got regular lessons on how to be more reasonable and rational. But in the immediate future, Scorpio, I’ll steer you in a different direction. I believe you will benefit from injecting your imagination with primal raw crazy wild mojo. For example, you might read utopian science fiction and fairy tales about talking animals and poetry that scrambles your intellectual constructs. You could remember your dreams and ruminate about them as if they were revelations from the Great Beyond. You may also find it healthy to fantasize profusely about forbidden and impossible and hilarious adventures.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are lots of inquiries and invitations coming your way—perhaps too many. I don’t think you should pursue all of them. In fact, I suspect that only one would ultimately make you a better human being and a braver explorer and a wiser lover. And that one, at first glance, may have not as much initial appeal as some of the others. So your first task is to dig deep to identify the propositions that are attractive on the surface but not very sub-stantial. Then you’re more likely to recognize the offer that will have lasting value even if it doesn’t make a spectacular first impression.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I find a lot of people physically attractive, but finding people mental-ly and spiritually attractive is different and much harder for me.” So says 40ozshawty on her Tumblr page. If you share that frustration, I have good news. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due to encounter a higher-than-usual percentage of mentally and spiritually attractive people in the next six weeks. But I wonder how you’ll deal with this abundance. Will you run away from it, feeling overwhelmed by the prospect that your life could get more interesting and complicated? Or will you embrace it, daringly welcom-ing the interesting complications?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I think you will generate good fortune for yourself by choosing be-tween two equally invigorating but challenging tasks: losing your illusion or using your illusion. Both are quite worthy of your attention and intelligence. To succeed at either would fuel your emotional growth for months to come. You probably can’t do them both, however. So which will it be: Will you purge the illu-sion, or put it to work for you?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you sometimes imagine yourself to be an underachieving underdog? If so, I suggest you start weaning yourself from that fantasy. Do you on occasion allow people to take ad-vantage of you? It’s time to outgrow that role. Do you ever flirt with being a self-pitying martyr? Say bye-bye to that temptation. Cosmic forces are conspiring to relieve you of tendencies to act in any or all of those ways. I’m not saying you will instantly transform into a swashbuckling hero who knocks people over with your radiant self-assurance. But you will, at the very least, be ready to learn much, much more about how to wield your vulnerability as a superpower.

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BY AMY ALKON

THE ADVICE GODDESSCROWD MARY I’m trying to take a break from dating and work on myself because I keep ending up with really jerky guys. I’m an extrovert—very social and outgoing—and I find it hard to just chill by myself. I get bored and lonely. I want to pick better guys, but I hate being alone on a Saturday night with a phone that doesn’t ring.

—Conflicted

There’s nothing like that thrill of fi-nally getting a text on some Saturday night—and then realizing it’s just your grandma playing with her new iPhone.

Trying to embrace solitude sounds so adult and profound and good: “Yes, I’ll just be staying home making popcorn and watching TV with my existential cri-sis.” But as great as it is that you’re try-ing to retool your man-picking practic-es, this home alone thing might not be the best idea for an extrovert—a person who thrives on human contact, along with novelty and excitement. That’s how the psych literature defines an ex-trovert, but simply put, you’re a party animal—the sort who hurries to join in all the fun, as opposed to an introvert like my boyfriend, who, upon arriving at a party, will ask, “Do we really have to go inside?”

There’s a lot of inconclusive research on introversion and extroversion that’s breathlessly reported as conclusive. However, what seems clear is that ex-troversion isn’t just a preference; it’s a biologically driven personality trait—a consistent pattern of behavior that ap-pears to come out of your brain’s be-ing far more “sensation-seeking” than an introvert’s. Studies by psychologist Richard Depue and others suggest that extroverts get a “reward system” buzz from socializing that introverts don’t and then have memories from it pop up like little infomercial pitchmen, urging, “Call now! Go after that buzz again!”

And while introverts’ brains are easily overloaded by stimuli—stuff going on around them—extroverts’ brains are far less sensitive to it, so they tend to need more of it. More people, more hubbub, more new and exciting experiences—to the point where a hot date with the ac-cusatory stare of the cat can tempt an extrovertess to do something arrest-worthy just to shake things up and may-be get grabbed by a man.

In other words, think of your brain as a pet tiger that needs to be fed—with people and excitement. An important point to note is neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz’s finding that unpredictable re-wards seem to be the most satisfying for the brain—maybe even three or four times as buzzy as those we see coming. Consider that your attraction may not be to bad guys so much as to the unpredict-ability and excitement they provide.

You can get your excitement—and the social mosh pit you long for—by spend-ing weekend nights with likeminded friends. Trade off with them on plan-ning the evening’s activity, and surprise one another with what it will be: Repo man ride-along? Cattle rustling? Danger tag (trying to outrun muggers)? Feeding your need for adventure should help you hold out for a man who’s exciting in a new way: in how he does what he says he will and even shows up on time—and not just by telephone from Mexico to tell you how to wire him bail money.

GRIN ACRES I’m an attractive woman with “bitchy rest-ing face.” Friends tell me to smile more so men will find me more approachable. I do notice that men like the happy, ditsy girls. It’s only in fashion magazines that the “ideal” girls are scowling.

—Frownie

Of course the girls in fashion maga-zines are scowling. They’re in wildly un-comfortable shoes, and they haven’t had a hamburger since childhood.

The thing is, happy resting face can come with problems of its own. Social psychologist Antonia Abbey found that men can misread a woman’s mere friend-liness “as a sexual come-on.” This seems especially true of smiling—to the point where 12 female Safeway workers filed grievances over the supermarket chain’s “smile-and-make-eye-contact” rule, which had led a number of male custom-ers to believe these women wanted to bag more than their beer and Cheerios.

So, conversely, yes, you may be miss-ing opportunities with guys who mistake your “I want to have sex with you” scowl for an “I’d like you to go drown yourself” scowl. But really, all you need to do is be conscious of the power of a smile and, when you like a guy, look right at him and turn it on—kind of like flashing your brights. You’re basically putting a sign on the door—“Open for business! Come on in!”—correcting the message sent by your default glare: “Closed for renova-tions. And there’s a vagrant living in the hallway who may stab you.”

©2015, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

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BY AMY KEPFERLE

Finding the Freeze NO ICE CREAM MAKER, NO PROBLEM

Thanks to what I’m presuming is climate change, the blackberries lining my back-yard fence are ripening much earlier than usual. I figure I have less than two

weeks before I can start plucking. I am not prepared. The problem, you see, is that I’ve still got two gallon-sized bags of blackberries

and an equal amount of Italian plums from last summer taking up space in my freezer. I’d like to get rid of all of it before I start jamming the Frigidaire’s frosty chambers with more fruit.

It’s been tough to make it disappear, because there’s been so many other ripe things to snack on—strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, to name a few—that I’ve been focused more on utilizing what’s fresh rather than what’s frozen.

On a recent Saturday, however, I discovered a way to use both to delicious advantage. The most recent record-breaking heat wave had descended, and I found myself

wishing I had an ice cream maker so I could whip up a batch of frozen dairy goods

without having to leave my perch under the giant oscillating fan in the kitchen.

After some online research, I discov-ered a recipe that not only didn’t require a special cream-churning machine—it used a food processor instead of an ice cream maker—but was one that I also happened to already have all of the ingredients for.

Although the recipe for “Easy Blackberry Ice Cream” focused on the wild berry that’s so prolific here in the Pacific Northwest, it was pointed out that pretty much any berry or fruit could be added to the mix. Knowing that, I plucked a handful of rasp-berries and blueberries from the yard and added them along with the frozen black-berries, as well as a couple of bananas from the freezer that needed to be used.

When my better half found out what I was up to, he kept checking in to find out when he’d be able to sample the goods.

EASY BLACKBERRY ICE CREAM

—From www.theviewfromgreatisland.com

INGREDIENTS2 cups heavy cream

¾ cups sugar

1 cup milk

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 6oz packages blackberries (that have

been frozen solid)

INSTRUCTIONSMix the heavy cream and sugar in a

saucepan and heat until the sugar dis-solves. Take off the heat and add the milk and vanilla.Cool the mixture and then pour it into

a gallon-sized Ziplock bag. (You can set the bag in a bowl to make this easier.) Close the bag securely and lay it flat on a baking sheet. Put it in the freezer and freeze solid.Cut open the bag and break up the

mixture into pieces. I used a knife to cut off chunks. The smaller you can break up the initial frozen ice cream mix, the easier it will be for your processor to work with. Put them in a food processor and process until smooth. This will take a couple of minutes. Scrape down the machine and redistribute the chunks a few times to help your machine out.When the machine runs freely and the

ice cream is smooth, add in the frozen berries. The machine will take a while, but it will eventually get all the berries pureed into the ice cream. Redistribute the ber-ries a few times during the process.Scrape the ice cream into a loaf pan

and smooth it out. Cover with foil and place back in the freezer until firm enough to scoop.

recipe

Since I had to wait for the initial mixture of milk, cream, sugar and vanilla extract to solidly freeze, the question “When oh when will the ice cream be ready?” took a while to answer.

By the time the dessert item was fin-ished, he’d retreated to a lounge chair in the shade in the backyard. When I brought out a sample of the fruit-infused frozen treat—which I’d already sampled and been delighted by—he took a small bite, closed his eyes and proclaimed that it was “bet-ter than any Ben and Jerry’s I’ve ever tast-ed—and I’ve tasted a lot.”

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WED., JULY 1WEDNESDAY MARKET: The Wednesday Farmers Market takes place from 12-5pm at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St. (behind Village Books). Farmers feature everything from fresh produce to plants, meat, flowers and more, and there are also craft vendors, ready-to-eat food options and live music. The market continues weekly through Sept. 30.

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SEDRO MARKET: Suss out summer offerings at the weekly Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market from 3-7pm every Wednesday through September at Hammer Heritage Park (on the corner of Ferry and Metcalf streets).

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BREWERS CRUISE: Sample liquid goods from Boundary Bay Brewery, Anacortes Brewery, and North Sound Brewery at San Juan Cruises’ “Bell-ingham Bay Brewers Cruise” starting at 6:30pm at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Entry is $35 and includes various snacks and beer-brined wings. The cruises take place weekly through Sept. 26.

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THURS., JULY 2LYNDEN FARMERS MARKET: Procure goods from local growers at the Lynden Farmers Market from 12-5pm at 324 Front St. (across from the Jansen Art Center). The market continues Thurs-days through Oct. 30.

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FRI., JULY 3SALMON SAIL: Combine your tastes for adven-ture and delicious food at a weekly three-hour “Bellingahm Bay Salmon Dinner Sail” aboard the Schooner Zodiac leaving at 6pm from the Belling-ham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Tickets are $59 for kids and $79 for adults.

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BLAINE PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Pancakes, sausage, eggs and beverages can be had at an annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast happening from 8-11am at the Blaine Senior Center, 763 G St. Entry is $4 for kids and $6 for adults. Raffle tickets will also be available for $1 each.

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MOUNT VERNON MARKET: The Mount Vernon Farmers Market takes place from 9am-2pm at the city’s Waterfront Plaza. In addition to the fresh, local food, expect activities for kids, cooking demos and special events through the season, which continues through Oct. 17.

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ANACORTES FARMERS MARKET: Vegetables, fruit, baked goods, fresh meat and dairy, cut flowers, wine, eggs, art and much more can be found at the Anacortes Farmers Market, which takes place from 9am-2pm every Saturday through Oct. 24 at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave.

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BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET: Peruse and purchase a plethora of locally grown produce, ready-to-eat foods, crafts and more at the Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. The

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INDEPENDENCE DAY DINNER: Beef brisket, pork ribs, mussel and clam bakes, frankfurters, crab meat coleslaw, corn on the cob and much more will be on the menu at an Independence Day Barbecue from 5-9pm at Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort, 9564 Semiahmoo Parkway. Entry is $20 for kids and $35 for adults. Live music, beach ac-tivities and a view of the fireworks over Drayton Harbor will be part of the fun.

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CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL: More than 40 brewer-ies, cideries and meaderies will show off their best libations at the second annual “Yes, We Can! Canned Craft Beer Festival” taking place from 6-10pm next to Elizabeth Station (at the intersection of Astor and J streets). The all-ages street festival will also include live music from Polecat and Wild Rabbit, front-row viewing of the fireworks display over Bellingham Bay, and more. Tickets are $20-$25 and include three drink tickets.

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SUN., JULY 5FERNDALE PUBLIC MARKET: Attend the Ferndale Public Market from 2-7pm every Sunday through Oct. 11 near the town’s Old Settler’s Vil-lage, 2007 Cherry St.

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RACKET GRAND OPENING: Attend a Grand Opening celebration from 11am-2pm at the Rack-et Bar & Pinball Lounge, 1220 N. State St. (next to, and part of, the Shakedown). The 21-and-over establishment will be offering a full menu from 11am-11pm daily, and today’s event will include events and giveaways throughout the day.

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WED., JULY 8EAST INDIAN CUISINE: Balabhadra focuses on “East Indian Vegetarian Cuisine” at a course tak-ing place from 6:30-9pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $39.

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