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ometimes it doesn’t pay to “think big.” In fact, there are lots of times when thinking small can produce disproportionate rewards. For example, I’ve hoped to commence regular workouts for oh, about 20 years. I finally decided to make at least some effort to do this. I found an easy fitness app, picked the beginner series, and started with the shortest beginner workout — 10 minutes. I was going for the least of the least. And it wasn’t too bad. I particularly liked watching the timer go down. Two minutes in and just eight minutes left… you get the idea. It’s pretty hard to convince yourself that you can’t spare 10 minutes to accomplish a small goal, so I’ve been able to grow this little foray into a fledgling habit, doing longer workouts and hardly even dreading them. Small steps. In this issue’s People feature (page 54), we talk with Jerry Quinn, recognized as the man who stepped up to save Spokane’s iconic clock tower from destruction prior to Expo ’74. Quinn started out with the much bigger goal of saving two of Spokane’s venerable railroad stations, but had to settle for preserving just the clock tower. While it wasn’t the “big” plan that Quinn and his fellow railroad aficionados had envisioned, this “small” step has had a massive impact, preserving an irreplaceable and iconic element of Spokane’s past for ensuing generations. A new year is upon us. Maybe it’s time to pick a small goal and see whether some big things might just happen.

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Goal: Make It a Long Weekend BY ANNE McGREGOR

eattle may have its brand-new Kraken, but the Spokane Chiefs have been lacing up their skates to represent their hometown since 1985. Why not show your support by sending out 2021 and welcoming in 2022 by cheering them on from the stands? On Thursday, Dec. 30, the Chiefs take on the Seattle Thunderbirds and while they battle on the ice, fans can celebrate Family Feast Night with $2 hotdogs. On Jan. 1, the Tri-City Americans skate into town and the Washington Lottery offers spectators the chance to win prizes throughout the game. Face coverings required for all guests 5 and up. Thu, Dec. 30 at 7 pm, and Sat, Jan. 1 at 7 pm. $17 to $37. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanechiefs.com 509-279-7000

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If Hallmark’s holiday offerings are starting to feel a little formulaic, let the The Blue Door Theatre freshen up your holiday viewing. For three of its December Friday evening shows, the BDT players will improvise a “Ha!Mark Holiday Special” guaranteed to be full of twists, turns and romance. Shows will be suitable for general audiences, and each evening offers never-before-seen and never-to-be-seen-again drama. Fri, Dec. 3, 10 and 17 at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com/hamark-holiday-special 509-747-7045

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Be present for the birth of new plays written by local writers by attending fully acted, staged readings produced by the Spokane Playwrights Laboratory. The first production for 2022 is Mad Underground, by Sandra Hosking. Like all shows produced by the lab, this play is presented with minimal staging to keep the focus on the playwright’s words. After the show, join the rest of the audience and Hosking for a live “talk back” session. Thu, Jan. 20 at 7:30 pm. Free; donations accepted. Washington Cracker Building, 204 W. Pacific Ave. Learn more about submitting a script at spokaneplaywrightslaboratory.com.

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HE WINTER GLOW SPECTACULAR has been shining its holiday lights brightly since 2014, when it first set up in Riverfront Park. But it has settled nicely into its new home in Liberty Lake, at Orchard Park. Volunteers have put up the epic holiday light show for all to enjoy via the self-guided tour, and the free event runs through New Year’s Day — Jan. 1, 2022. You’ll find another festive option up on the South Hill at Manito Park. For years, the Friends of Manito invited people into the Gaiser Conservatory for HOLIDAY LIGHTS, but last year COVID moved that outdoors — which only made it more popular than ever. The drive-through event takes you through Manito’s back roads and runs Dec. 10-19. — TED S. McGREGOR JR. Winterglowspectacular.com or thefriendsofmanito.org/holiday

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he “literature of despair” is how Spokane author Sharma Shields describes her personal creative focus, seen in her two novels, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac and The Cassandra, and dozens of short stories. Now, in EVERGREEN, she’s edited a collection of poetry and prose from fellow writers across the Inland Northwest and from the Pacific Coast to Western Montana, under her Scablands Book imprint. The result is an unhappy — no optimistic fairy-tale endings here — mix of stories about death, colonization, monsters and plenty more uncomfortable truths about the terrible things humans inflict on each other and are forced to endure. “This is kind of the antidote to social media” and its carefully curated content of life’s happy highlights, Shields says. Many of Evergreen’s inclusions are based on writers’ real, lived experiences, Shields says, including Richard Fifield’s recounting of a deadly car accident, CMarie Fuhrman’s encounter with a maimed coyote and Elissa Washuta’s bitter reflection on the generations-long trauma White colonizers have inflicted on Indigenous people like her and her ancestors. Other pieces center on the more absurd, like Shawn Vestal’s Frankenstein-esque monster that destroys a small, rural town. Shields hopes these are the kinds of stories that stay with readers for a while. “[You can] get to know these characters and their experiences, and see a side of life that is not glorified, but spoken about with real honesty. That is increasingly rare, I think.” — CHEY SCOTT Evergreen is available locally at Auntie’s Bookstore and Wishing Tree Books, plus a few other local retailers, and online at scablandsbooks.org.

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hether you are on a mission to suss out your own health, need help recovering from your perhaps overly enthusiastic workout or are just a little desperate to find out if your child has an ear infection, there’s nothing short of an explosion of health-related consumer-oriented equipment ready to meet your needs.

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It’s now possible to monitor your baby with the precision previously reserved for NASA astronauts or patients in the ICU. The Nanit system ($380) offers not just the old-standard nanny cam but so much more. Yes, the basic device is a monitor, offering clear views of the crib day or night, along with audio piped to your phone, tablet or Amazon Alexa. There are instant alerts to sounds or movement in the nursery. You can opt to soothe a restless baby by turning on white noise or nature sounds, and you can talk to the baby through the monitor.

That’s all pretty standard stuff. It’s the numerous accessories to help you fill out your child’s database that make Nanit unique. “Breathing ware” includes white pajamas, sleeping bags, swaddlers and a breathing band — all with a geometric pattern striped around the chest — to allow the monitor to track breathing motion without any electronic devices actually in the crib. Crisp white “smart sheets” are decorated with a clever little black koala print on each corner. But the print is not just decorative; it provides a consistent comparison that allows the system to “see” and track your child’s growth. Other options include various mounting options for the monitor at home and travel gear for when you leave your nest. And, of course, there’s an app to go with all that gear. “Nanit Insights” offers the ability to preserve your child’s sleep tracking and other data (from two days at $5 a month, to $30 a month for unlimited storage). You can create a baby book with snippets from the data. And perhaps best of all for sleep-deprived ...continued on next page

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“GADGETS AND GIZMOS GALORE,” CONTINUED... parents, you’ll get access to personalized sleep tips and sleep coaching. “The inspiration for Nanit came from the sleepless nights that all parents experience at some point in their journey,” says Nanit CEO Sarah Dorsett in an email. ”We believed technology could help parents finally solve this problem and make more time for the special moments of childhood.” Other high-tech baby monitoring systems include the Owlet ($149), a camera/ audio monitoring system, and the Owlet’s Dream Lab online interactive sleep training program ($99) that promises better sleep for babies — and parents — in as few as seven days. Maybe your baby is fussy, and you suspect an ear infection but would rather avoid schlepping to the doctor’s office, where a chance encounter with another sick child could just make things worse. Enter the Tyto Home Remote Exam Kit ($300). Crystal Kong-Wong, associate medical director for University of Washington Digital Health, says she and other doctors at UW Medicine are currently testing the kit. Here’s how it works: Using the equipment in the kit, and following along with an app, you are guided to examine your child — use the tongue depressor adapter to obtain images of the throat, use the stethoscope adapter to listen to the heart and lungs, and grab the otoscope adapter to check out those ears. Then connect with one of Tyto’s 24/7 “virtual urgent care” docs or send the info you’ve collected to your kid’s own pediatrician to view on the company’s HIPAA-compliant website. “There’s the potential for some of these devices to bridge the gap in making home visits higher yield, giving us more diagnostic info and reassurance,” says Kong-Wong.

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That Hurt. Can Muscle Recovery Be Sped Up? You went all out and now you’re in pain. If you’ve ever wished you had an on-call masseuse ready to attend to your injuries, self-inflicted and otherwise, then a percussion massage gun might just be the next best thing. The devices deliver a rather intense staccato-style massage, aimed at various depths into your tissue, via a number of shaped attachments. They have proliferated in the market. “For people experiencing marginal, general muscular tension, I think the theragun is a nice tool,” says Christina Braaten, massage therapist and owner of Spokane’s Maison Papillon. “It’s sedative, it actually provides a kind of hypnotic experience, so it’s relaxing.” Just be careful where you apply the massager. “The neck is one of the scariest places I see people put that on themselves,” she says. “They are trying to release the trapezius, but there’s so much going on in that area. Just don’t do it on your neck or your head.” Relatively small studies have shown that treatment with percussive massage guns can produce increased flexibility of the knees, hips and low back. Similar small studies have shown that while percussive massagers don’t seem to cause any increased muscle activation when used as a warm-up, their use as a massager after a workout does decrease muscle

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soreness at 24 to 72 hours afterward. The big gun in percussion massagers is the Theragun group, and the newest Theragun Prime ($300) features something unrelated to the massage: It’s quieter. Offering two-hour battery life and five speeds topping out at 2,400 percussions per minute, the Prime can be paired with an app, allowing you to tailor your experience through preset treatments and real-time recommenda-

tions. Less hammering noise may make it easier to relax and get the most benefit out of a percussive massage session. Other workout recovery options include the steampunky Hyperice X ($449), which is just for knees. It works by applying “electronic” cold or heat, or rapidly alternating between the two, simulating contrast therapy. Or if you’re really serious about speeding up post-workout recovery,

you can opt to suit up in compression devices like the Normatec 2.0 Legs ($800) and add its hip attachment ($250) to treat your low back and hips. While athletes have used compression garments after workouts or competitions for years, the pulsed active compression offered by this bulky device can help to more efficiently move excess fluids up and out of limbs and can be worn for an hour. ...continued on next page

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How Am I Doing? Like, Really, Is Everything Ship-shape? Picture yourself as the captain of a ship, with your body as the sailing vessel. You need to be aware of all the goings-on: How are supplies looking? How’s the engine holding up? How rusty is the hull? Just like the captain’s control panel on a ship, you can now monitor your body in similar detail. Let’s start with your weight. The Withings Body Cardio Scale ($150) not only measures your weight in your choice

of pounds or kilograms, but also assesses, through the use of low-level electrical current traveling from one heel to the other, your body composition, which may be more revealing about your overall state of health. You can track muscle, fat, and bone mass, and note your heart rate at each weigh-in. And by making use of a proprietary algorithm, the scale gives you another metric the company terms your “vascular age.”

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It does this by measuring the time it takes blood to flow from your heart to your feet, providing an indication of how stiff your arteries are. That info is converted to readyto-use data through a “vascular age” rating of green, yellow or red. Green indicates you’re doing better than 90 percent of other users your age, yellow means you fall in the same range as 80 percent of users your age, and red means your vascular age is greater than your actual age and you may want to look at modifying your lifestyle and seeking advice from your doctor. Kong-Wong says these types of devices can be helpful for some patients. “Part of the art of medicine is motivation: tapping into what makes your patient tick, helping steer them toward their individual goals.” Keeping track of your cardiovascular health may seem like something for older folks until you realize this: The CDC reports two in 10 deaths from coronary artery disease occur in people under the age of 65. Heart disease deaths average more than 2,000 per day in the United States. So it’s a good idea to monitor how well your ticker is doing. Fortunately, that’s never been easier. There are now numerous FDA-approved ECG monitors available for consumers. Many are found right on your wrist: Apple, Samsung, and Fitbit all offer ECG monitoring. Upon activating its ECG function, the Apple watch will produce results in less than 30 seconds. A “sinus rhythm” is considered a normal pattern. The watch will also detect an unusually high or low heart rate, as well as an abnormal condition called atrial fibrillation. A-fib means the upper chambers of your heart, the atria, aren’t beating regularly; instead they’re fluttering. If that’s detected, you’ll be given the option right on the watch screen to immediately call for help. You can also share your results with your doctor. Note that none of the watches can detect a heart attack, and none offers “clinical grade” ECG that provides important advanced information about your heart. For that, you’re going to have to go to the doctor. But the cardiovascular health monitoring available on watches and the smart scales does offer important preliminary information that something may be amiss. Some of those ECG-monitoring watches also offer the ability to measure oxygen saturation in the blood, a measure of how well the lungs are functioning, and something that can be especially important to keep track of if you’ve contracted COVID-19. Experts have expressed some skepticism about just how accurate those watch readings are, although at least one

study found the Apple watch did a decent job assessing people with lung disease. Nonetheless, the watches use a method called reflective oximetry to measure oxygen saturation on thicker tissues, such as wrists, and that method just isn’t as accurate as transmittance oximetry, where the device shines a light right through tissue, such as on a fingertip. Fortunately, accurate transmittance pulse oximetry is readily available, and it’s not expensive. The Contec Fingertip Pulse Oximeter ($14) is FDA-approved and was named the “best overall choice” by editors at Verywell Health. Snap it on a finger, and it can offer spot measurements or work for up to 30 hours continuously. And finally let’s look at blood pressure monitoring. High blood pressure is estimated to affect 75 million Americans. Half of those affected are untreated, and 11 million don’t even know they have hypertension. That’s bad news because high blood pressure wreaks havoc throughout your body, potentially damaging your heart, lungs, eyes, brain, and even causing sexual dysfunction. Ouch. So you’re going to want to keep an eye on that blood pressure, and while it may be easier to monitor it with

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those little wrist cuffs, cardiologists say they just don’t offer the accuracy you really need. You’re going to have to roll up your sleeve. But the days of struggling with a monitor and various tubes and plug-in cords are over. The Withings BPM ($100) connect is designed to not only make taking your blood pressure easy, it also sports a Paris-designed style, making it seem like taking your blood pressure is kind of cool. Just pair the cuff with an Apple or Android device and press the button. Et voila! Your blood pressure readings are saved and ready to share

with your health provider. Slip the little device into your handbag or travel kit and you’re ready to take your blood pressure whenever and wherever you need to. Kong-Wong cautions that while the data from many of the consumer health devices may not be easily integrated into a patient’s official medical records, that doesn’t mean it isn’t valuable. Rather, she says, “It’s a conversation starter...But any investment in your health is important. I’d rather have a very engaged patient than someone who is kind of ignoring the fact that they have x, y, or z.”

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ocoa is a unique bean packed with fiber and antioxidants. However, it gets a bad rap because its final forms are often highly processed and filled with refined sugars and fats. But there are healthy ways to incorporate this tasty treat into a healthy diet.

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Cocoa trees thrive in tropical regions with a hot, humid climate. The trees produce pods that farmers harvest, cutting off the thick outer shell with a machete, and revealing 20 to 30 cocoa beans per pod. The beans are sent through a fermentation process, dried, cleaned, packaged and shipped to processors. To the consumer, cocoa can arrive in the form of the whole beans, powder, butter, liqueur or processed chocolate candies.

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Cocoa is packed with powerful antioxidants, namely polyphenols and flavanols. These antioxidants help to reduce inflammation, regulate blood sugar and improve cholesterol. The flavanols in cocoa can also improve levels of nitric oxide, a potent molecule that helps to lower blood pressure.

The antioxidant content of cocoa has also been linked to improved brain health into old age and cancer-protective effects. Additionally, chocolate has been found to reduce stress and improve mood. This could be due to the presence of the natural mood stabilizers serotonin and tryptophan, low levels of caffeine, or the stimulation of reward pathways when chocolate is consumed.

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rends can be a skein of yarn unravelling from the prior year, sometimes with a new twist here and there, or ending abruptly — like the defunct fad for beaded curtains, rag-rolled walls, or, perhaps worst of all, carpeted bathrooms. For 2022, expect wiser design options, with a continued emphasis on sustainability and natural materials, and a nod toward improving the versatility of spaces, especially since working from home appears to be here to stay. While minimalism is still on-trend, there’s movement toward incorporating some softer flourishes, particularly using natural elements. And there’s a bit of playfulness entering the design world, with unexpected use of wallcoverings and colorful tiles to create more personalized spaces. ...continued on next page DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022

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A S of t Touch Though minimalism still reigns, for rooms that need a bit more warmth or softness, there’s no better option than adding velvet. “Velvet has always been a luxury covering for high-end furnishings,” says Tin Roof founder Heather Hanley, noting that it was traditionally made of silk, thus limited to the wealthy or royalty. Not anymore. Velvet can be made from cotton, but also from synthetic materials that look and feel like silk, says Hanley, yet are more durable and reasonably priced. The misconception about velvet being delicate or difficult-to-care for is just that, says Hanley. Rub or crush marks can be steamed out, but otherwise that wearing is part of velvet’s charm. “Velvet, like a beautiful leather, will patina with wear over the ages,” she says. An affordable entry into velvet might be pillows or a set of long, lush curtains. And while patterned velvet can be a bit kitschy, says Hanley, it’s also fun in small doses. In their Sprague Avenue location, the Tin Roof carries a range of products in velvet — sofas, chaise lounges, dining chairs, ottomans and pillows — that can be customized by color and pattern. Hanley’s personal favorite application of velvet, though, is on bed frames and tufted headboards, such as for the house they styled for 2021’s Fall Festival of Homes. ...continued on page 24

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Tile Revival Subway tile is a 117-year-old trend that has yet to fade, making its first appearance on the walls of New York City’s subterranean transit system in 1904. Yet you can say goodbye to plain ol’ industrial glazed white tiles. Instead search out the handcrafted look, says Design Tile & Flooring’s in-house designer Deanna Davydenko. That might be revealed through a tile’s variegated colors, subtle variations in surface texture and finish, and even intentionally varied glazes or slightly less-than-perfect edges. As for color, “bright, vivid colors are coming back,” says Davydenko, who has especially seen interest in blues and greens — she notes both are calming hues. As for shape, says Davydenko, “Hexagon tiles are definitely still a thing.” Look for these in high-contrast, mural-like applications with mixed colors, shapes and even textures. Designers are also playing with tile installation. Herringbone patterns can produce an updated traditional look, while vertical stacks or grid stacks offer a more contemporary vibe. And tile is being more expansively applied — in addition to tile in the shower, for example, the tile might wrap up onto the ceiling or cover a bathroom’s whole wall. Also popular, says Davydenko, are brass accents, either in between tiles or along the top edge. ...continued on page 26

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Wall Designs Dramatic wall designs reflect a new willingness to add unique flair to a space. But if you grew up in a home with distinct wallpaper — a giant floral pattern, perhaps, or a faux mural of fantastical animals — you’ve probably got the image seared into your brain. And if you’ve ever tried to remove that wallpaper, you’ll never forget that experience either. Fear not! Wallpaper has come a long way over the centuries and has benefited from new technologies, making it a cost-effective way to create a big impact in any space. “There used to be a pretty big downside to wallpaper because it wasn’t easy to remove, and when you did it left tons of texture on the wall from the glues,” says Strohmaier Construction co-founder Raena Strohmaier. That’s all changed. They’ve been working with both wallpaper and vinyl decals that are easy to remove when the time comes. For the bedroom of a pre-teen in a south Spokane home featured at the

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Fall Festival of Homes, they used a “pre-pasted wallpaper” from Anewall, a Canadian company, specifically designed for quick and easy removal — renters and frequent DIY-ers take note — and paired it with black window trim for a contemporary look. “We chose this wallpaper to be a focal point and grounding piece,” says Strohmaier, noting that they wanted something the young occupant would enjoy now, but also as she gets older. In another room, they used decals (from Urbanwalls), which are separate pieces of specialized vinyl that are also easy to remove but are not ideal for textured walls. The drawback to decals lies in the intricacy of the design. “We did have to cut each decal out and plan for placement before having them installed,” says Strohmaier, “so it’s a little more time consuming with regards to planning, but that also allows for more options of placement and design.” ...continued on page 28

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Living Accessories Plants not only bring actual life into a room, they also offer the opportunity to add some color to popular minimalist designs, and plants are the perfect reflection of 2022’s trends toward natural products and sustainability. “Their diversity can cater to any type of person, from minimalist to full-blown jungle vibes,” says the Chop Shop’s Plants & Oddities co-owner Danielle McGillis. Watching plants grow and change also keeps rooms from looking stagnant, and plants help clean indoor air, something especially important during the winter months. In addition to all the varieties of plant shapes and forms,

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aint and paintbrushes go hand in hand for artists, but Arlon Rosenoff’s preferred tool is the palette knife, a small spatula often used for mixing paint, but also for applying and removing larger amounts of paint from a surface. Available in angled and rounded shapes, palette knives allow Rosenoff to engage with the paint in a tactile, even sculptural way to create somewhat impressionistic –— versus photorealistic — paintings. “I love the very sensuous process of spreading color-rich oil paint with a palette knife,” says Rosenoff, whose technique of starting and finishing a painting in one chunk of time is called alla prima.

Most of the time he paints “live” in front of his subject matter — a style called en plein air — but he also built a 400-squarefoot studio on the top floor of his Rathdrum, Idaho, home. There he finishes, frames and packages 70 to 80 paintings a year. “I’ve done about 900 paintings in the last 13 years and have sold most of them,” says Rosenoff, who has been painting in earnest since 2008 — landscapes, cityscapes and nautical scenes, bicycles and old cars, people and the occasional still life. The cozy space with the extraordinarily bright, north-facing skylights has enough room for a few artworks, including Rosenoff’s 1994 painting of the first two gliders Rosenoff ever flew (at the former airstrip behind what is now Silverwood Theme Park). Although he was interested in art — drawing as a kid growing up in Mead, and doing odd jobs in the 1980s for Spokane Art School, where he picked up some painting techniques — Rosenoff liked flying more. He discovered flying as a 13-yearold, when he spent the summer on his

uncle’s farm in Colorado. Before he’d start a grueling, monotonous day on the tractor, Rosenoff and his uncle would go for a quick flight. He attended Spokane Falls Community College and eventually moved to Arizona, where he attended Arizona State University and also taught gliding. Many pilots teach to gain experience, says Rosenoff, but for him it was more than that: He liked teaching. Rosenoff has since done pilot training for Lufthansa, Alaska Airlines, Boeing and Hayden-based Empire Airlines. When a new job meant relocating to Whidbey Island, he rediscovered another love: sailing, which he does now out of

Bayview, Idaho. He recalls sailing on Lake Coeur d’Alene with a high school chum, and also fondly remembers their visit to Harold Balazs’ MeadWorks studio. “I watched him create art and also share with me the shop where he handbuilt two wooden sailboats, including a foundry where he cast his own bronze fittings,” says Rosenoff. “I got reacquainted with him several years ago at Art Spirit Gallery in Coeur d’Alene, where we once again discussed sailing — to the delight of both of us.” Locally, Rosenoff is represented by Angel Gallery of Antiques and Fine Arts & Antiques in Coeur d’Alene and MacDonald’s Resort in Bayview. DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022

These delicate Spanish plates were the inspiration for this kitchen designed by Emily Mejia.

Travel Memories Vacation souvenirs inspired Emily Mejia’s unique design for her world-traveling clients STORY BY CARRIE SCOZZARO PHOTOS BY KAYLEEN MICHELLE

ver see the commercial where the client challenges an architect to design a house around a Kohler faucet? Spokane-based designer Emily Mejia of Emily Anne Interiors can relate. Her clients shared four square, bright yellow and blue plates they’d picked up in Spain, challenging Mejia to transform their kitchen and dining area to reflect the sense of “kitchens they had cooked in all over the world and make something feel unique and timeless” she says. Mejia combined several species of wood, textured tile and stone countertops to realize the client’s vision in this North Spokane home, she says. For example, Mejia mixed a variety of wood finishes in the island seating, wood flooring, cabinets, dining table and seating, and even the wooden beads on the dining room chandelier. The wooden dining cabinet is one of Mejia’s favorite features. It

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includes an underlit shelf with a brass rail for the clients’ Spanish plates and cabinet windows that evoke the tall, narrow spaces of Gothic cathedrals. The white, hexagonal tile backsplash has a low-relief texture similar to rosette-patterned windows, again in Gothic cathedrals, most famously Notre Dame. The AGA range is a British import and a work of art, says Mejia, who earned her bachelor of fine arts in interior design from the Design Institute of San Diego before starting Emily Anne Interiors in 2015. The stove features three separate ovens, allowing for conventional and dual-convection cooking, as well as browning, thawing, warming and broiling. More custom touches in the space include the metal hood vent faced in alder, which matches the wood used to horizontally panel the inset in the kitchen island. A large floral painting by artist Toby Keough sets the tone for the dining/kitchen entry area, with colors that tie into the kitchen island, as well as seating in the adjacent living room. Balancing the creation of original yet classic design is a hallmark of her process, says Mejia, who would spend hours as a child looking through house plans and imagining herself walking through the blueprints. “My stepdad was a contractor and still is, so I feel like I learned how a home is built from a very young age,” says Mejia. “This has helped with my design process immensely over the years because I truly understand what it takes to build a home and how things come together.”

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voiding the mistakes of the past is important to Cindy Blue-Blanton, who taught about historic preservation for 11 years at University of Idaho and for 19 years at Spokane Falls Community College. First, she wants to clarify some terminology: Remodeling isn’t the same as renovation, nor are all types of renovation equal. Cindy Blue-Blanton “What is most often used is the term remodeling, which means changing the appearance and style of a structure inside or out,” says Blue-Blanton. That could also mean removing or covering original details, even substituting new materials, she says. Those efforts were a blunder of the 1960s, says Blue-Blanton. Think cheap wood paneling, acoustical tile,

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The Spokane Public Library’s Northwest Room houses historic local photos, like this snapshot of the Campbell house from the early 1900s. SPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY PHOTO fluorescent lighting and shag carpeting. “So basically people with good intentions added elements that would not have been original to the structure,” she says. But the greater travesty, she says, was more personal and more specific to Spokane: the razing of many historic buildings to build less expensive structures and parking lots. (Read about the last-minute salvation of the Great Northern Clock Tower in this issue’s People section.) “The Bank of America Building in downtown Spokane was built to replace an Art Deco style bank building that had faced the wrecking ball,” says Blue-Blanton. “I still keep the newspaper article with photos to remind me of what could have been.” Renovation, on the other hand, is “when a home or older building is redesigned to fit contemporary needs,” she says. Retrofitting a bathroom or kitchen, including to comply with modern safety and building codes is a good example.

egardless of what the house needs to accommodate modern living, there needs to be a plan, says Blue-Blanton, who suggests the same threestep process she learned in the WSU’s graduate program in interior design: document, restore, preserve. In short, homeowners need to do their homework. “Research in written records, deeds, private collections of family papers, journals, ...continued on next page

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Chef Jeana Pecha has taken a long, winding road to Spokane. “Working as a dishwasher humbles you. Everyone should do it.” YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Chef Jeana Pecha’s approach to life and cooking is as bold as the New Orleans-inspired dishes she creates at Vieux Carré STORY BY CARRIE SCOZZARO | PHOTOS BY YOUNG KWAK eana Pecha likes a good challenge. And at 26, the executive chef at Spokane’s Vieux Carré restaurant has sought out and conquered many of them in the past 10 years, chasing a dream to continuously learn and improve. When her friend was stationed in Korea, for example, Pecha popped over for a visit. With time on her hands, and cooking skills gained from the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, Pecha looked for and found a place that would let her work in the kitchen. Same thing in China, and again in Japan, this time at a ramen shop. She had just turned 20. This kind of unpaid internship is called a stage, explains Pecha. Pronounced “staahj,” it’s from the French stagiaire stagiaire,, and a staple for many would-be chefs looking to gain top-shelf experience in fine dining. She also staged at Alinea in Chicago, one of only 14 restaurants to earn Michelin’s 3-star rating. “Working for free is better than taking the plunge” and starting your own restaurant right away, says Pecha, who taps her head, indicating how she’s just storing away all those experiences. Someday she’ll open her own place, she says. Pecha’s interest in cooking was sparked at an early age, she says. She remembered a Fisher-Price kitchen she got as a kid and writing menus when she was 6 or 7, like the one for tiramisu truffles. “It was spelled horribly wrong,” she says laughing. At 14 Pecha worked as a dishwasher for free at McCormick & Schmick’s in the Sacramento area where she grew up. “Working as a dishwasher humbles you,” says Pecha. “Everyone should do it.” Although she was too young to get paid, the experience galvanized her interest in the food industry. “It was escapism in the most intense way,” says

Pecha of working in restaurant kitchens, which were also a unique kind of family, she adds. During high school, situations in her own family became difficult, and she was placed into foster care. Several years later, Pecha appeared on the television show, Guy’s Grocery Games, Games, the theme of which was “Culinary Saved My Life.” Pecha doesn’t dwell on the past, nor on negative experiences, describing how the challenges she has encountered propelled her forward. At 17, for example, Pecha lit out for Mexico, working in kitchens and exploring. At 18, she returned to northern California to attend Napa’s Culinary Institute. Several cooking jobs followed in California’s fertile culinary landscape: at celebrity chef Michael Chiarello’s Bottega in Yountville; at chef Ryder Zetts’ Archetype in St. Helena, and in Pasadena at Lost Parrot Café and Huntington Catering, where she became executive chef. In 2020, Pecha relocated to Spokane to work as executive chef at Chad White’s Zona Blanca, and this year joined Vieux Carré, where she’s re-immersed herself in Cajun, Creole and New Orleans-inspired cuisine. She’s also drawn on earlier visits to the Big Easy while a chef in California. As if Vieux Carré didn’t keep her busy enough, Pecha is teaching cooking classes at Wanderlust Delicato. When she was dissatisfied with chef ’s knives available to her, she sought out a knifemaker and learned how to make her own, launching JP Knives shortly after, to which she’s adding an apron line. She also maintains a regular Instagram feed and her own website, ChefJeanaMarie.com, where she chronicles her journey. “I fail quick and I learn,” says Pecha. “I don’t like to waste time.” RECIPES ON FOLLOWING PAGES  DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022

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Beignets A trip to New Orleans (or a visit to Vieux Carré) is incomplete without trying the beignet. This ultra-light pastry is typically square-shaped, fried (versus baked) and dusted with powdered sugar. Serve with a side of jam, or fresh fruit and café au lait, coffee with chicory or perhaps something a bit stronger and laissez les bons temps rouler! INGREDIENTS • ½ cup warm water, 110-120 degrees • 1/8 cup sugar • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (do not use rapid rise or quick yeast) • ½ cup milk, room temperature • 1 egg, large • ½ teaspoon salt • 2½ cups all-purpose flour • 1½ tablespoons softened, unsalted butter • Extra flour for handling dough • Vegetable oil for frying (canola, sunflower) • 3 cups powdered sugar INSTRUCTIONS 1. Mix warm water, sugar and yeast in a small bowl with whisk and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside until needed. 2. In separate bowl, whisk together milk, egg and salt. 3. In separate bowl, crumb together flour and butter with a fork. 4. Pour the milk-egg mixture into the flour-butter mixture and combine to create a thick batter. 5. Add yeast mixture into batter until fully incorporated. Knead lightly while still inside the

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bowl lightly until texture is smooth and not sticky. 6. Grease inside of a metal bowl, gently place dough into bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Place in warm area (80-90 degrees) and let rise for 30 minutes or until double in size. 7. Sprinkle flour on workstation and roll out dough to ¼ inch thick sheet. 8. Using dough knife, cut into 2 ½” x 3” squares. 9. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper, sprinkle with flour and place beignets on top. 10. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator. 11. Heat oil to 350 degrees. You want enough in the pot so that the pastries can float freely, so approximately 2-3 inches deep. 12. Place a few pieces of dough into the oil at a time, knowing that the temperature will drop so you may need to adjust the heat. Do not crowd the beignets. 13. Fry for 2 minutes, flipping after 1 minute. 14. Remove from hot oil and transfer to a paper-towel lined plate as needed. 15. Dust with plenty of powdered sugar and serve. 16. Makes 22-25 beignets — RECIPE COURTESY OF VIEUX CARRÉ CHEF JEANA PECHA

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Chicken Étouffée with Cheesy Grits Étouffée is a classic dish in New Orleans’ cuisine. It’s typically made with shellfish, such as shrimp or crawfish, and served over rice. For Vieux Carré’s menu, chef Jeana Pecha offers a twist on the classic étouffée dish by using rabbit. Here, she uses chicken, part of which is used in the sauce, while the roasted legs and thighs are served on top. Although you can use pre-made stock for this dish, making your own will impart a richer flavor.

Étouffée INGREDIENTS • 2 whole chickens, skin on • 2 onions, medium dice • 4 celery stalks, medium dice • 1 pound uncooked bacon, chopped • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter • 8 cloves garlic, medium dice • 1 large fresh thyme sprig • 1 bay leaf • 2 cups dry red wine • 3 cups chicken stock • 1 large tomato, medium dice • 6 cups cooked white long grain rice or cheesy grits (recipe follows) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Cut chicken into parts. Debone chicken breast and cut meat into 1 inch cubes. 2. Sprinkle all the chicken with salt and pepper. 3. Roast legs/thighs at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.

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4. Sauté bacon in a wide pot over medium heat until crisp. 5. Transfer cooked bacon to paper towels, reserving the cooking grease. 6. Increase pan heat to medium/high and add cubed chicken meat in the bacon fat, cooking in batches so you don’t crowd the meat. Sauté until browned, turning often, about 10 minutes per batch. Transfer to a large bowl. 7. Add 1 tablespoon butter, onion, garlic and celery to the pot. Sauté until vegetables begin to brown, about 10 minutes. 8. Add thyme and bay leaf and stir for one minute. 9. Return cooked, cubed chicken and bacon to pot. 10. Add wine and simmer for 5 minutes. 11. Stir in tomatoes. 12. Finally, stir in enough chicken stock to cover meat and bring to a boil. 13. Cover pot tightly and cook until the chicken is very tender, about 45 minutes.

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name Inland Cider Mill offers a gluten-free beer alternative in a friendly venue BY LEANN BJERKEN

his fall saw the grand re-opening of Inland Cider Mill, a north side cidery that aspires to become one of the friendliest watering holes in Spokane. “Basically I want us to replicate Cheers,” says owner Sean Weeks. “A community-focused place where everyone knows and values you as a person.” Weeks adds that the new location is proving popular, and he attributes its success partly to the help he’s received from a core group of 12 people he calls the “mixology team.” “These are all hardcore customers, promoters, advocates and volunteers who have been with me since the start,” he says. “We’ve become a sort of bar family, gathering for potlucks and just having fun together.” The road to success was a bit bumpy, however. Inland Cider Mill was a concept Weeks and his wife Erin originally intended to pursue with help from two other local couples. “Unfortunately, we’d planned to open in March 2020 right when the pandemic started,” he says. “Some circum-

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stances changed, and our partners had to back out.” With that shift, Weeks decided instead to make Inland Cider Mill a second label for Thomas Clare Cellars LLC, the Spokane-based winery he started in 2015. “We eventually opened Inland in May 2020, using a 200-square-foot tasting room in the warehouse space on east Francis,” he says. “Capacity was limited and we had to get creative, but amazingly we were able to keep growing the businesses even with those challenges.” Now, with the 2021 harvest season over, they’re settling in for winter at their new, and much larger, location at 1020 W. Francis.

rafted almost exclusively from apples harvested at Green Bluff, many from Siemers Farm, Inland Cider Mill produces three types of ciders: dry, traditional artisan styles made from heirloom apples; sweeter craft ciders with multiple fruit flavors blended in; and hopped ciders. “The dry ciders have almost no sugars left after production, and as a result taste

similar to dry white wines,” Weeks says. “Whereas sweet ciders maintain enough residual sugar to sweeten their flavor to something more similar to the sweet white wines like Riesling.” When it comes to favorite flavors, Weeks says his go-tos are the peach, lemonberry scone and guava hop ciders. “I think those are also the top three for most of our customers,” he says. “If you’re looking for a good celebratory cider, most people would probably choose our peach.” And he notes the sweeter ciders pair well with the spicy flavors found in Thai or Szechuan foods. “All cider is naturally gluten free, so for many people it’s a good alternative to beer,” he says. “Cider is the second fastest growing alcohol producing sector in the U.S., and here in Washington we also grow a lot of apples so it’s natural that we have companies looking to capitalize on that.” Inland Cider Mill offers nine taps featuring its own ciders, most of which are exclusive to the tap house. Additionally, there’s root beer and a beer on tap provided by Humble Abode Brewing, and also Thomas

Clare Cellars wines. The tap house doesn’t currently have food offerings, but Weeks is hoping to establish a small kitchen by the end of the year. “We’d like to serve a few basic items like wraps, pulled pork sandwiches, and mini pizzas,” he says. “We’re also looking to establish a mug club that would give customers their own 12-ounce glass to use with various special offers throughout the year.” And they’re planning to host live music every other week, 5” wide by 7.625” high

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Dry Style You want something fancy without the alcohol? Try a mocktail, available at your favorite local watering holes BY MADISON PEARSON

ne positive outcome of the pandemic is that the nonalcoholic drink market skyrocketed in 2020 as people re-evaluated their relationship with alcohol during and after lockdowns. The food and beverage industry tracker Tastewise reports searches for nonalcoholic beverages are back up 47 percent since April 2020, when related search terms hit an all-time low. Trending “Sober October” and “Dry January” movements also continue to help bulk up nonalcoholic drink menus at bars and restaurants, with more people abstaining from alcohol consumption during those months — and after — than ever before. That had us thinking, what do drinking establishments in the Inland Northwest have to offer to those of us tired of the same old G&T, hold the G? Here’s a sampling.

BIJOU

Bijou in Browne’s Addition only sits about seven, but the small space isn’t lacking in character or atmosphere. Along with bartending and managing the business, owners Shelayna and Tyson Skidmore produce their Skidmore Alchemy bitters and syrups to go in their craft cocktails. “When we opened Bijou, we wanted to make sure that we had options for people who don’t drink alcohol,” says Shelayna. “That’s why we decided to go the tea-based route and make all of our syrups in house.” Shelayna asks non-alcohol-consuming patrons what flavors they like, dislike, and how she can make their mocktail experience as fun and as non-othering as possible. For me, she makes a drink with a base of butterfly pea flower tea with Bijou’s housemade elderflower and lavender syrups. She finishes it off with a splash of soda water and some lemon juice, and garnishes the glass with a piece of lemon peel.

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If you’re a sucker for something out-of-the-ordinary to drink, Durkin’s on West Main should be on your radar. Bartender Blaine McNicol says all of Durkin’s cocktails can be restructured to become mocktails. “We always try to create nonalcoholic drinks when people ask,” he says. “We get customers asking for them all of the time, and accommodation is really important.” Durkin’s current menu features a cocktail called the DFLB, usually containing aquavit and vodka, but that becomes nonalcoholic by simply replacing the aforementioned with pomegranate juice and 7UP. Honey and yogurt in the drink add creamy texture and a tangy punch, making it a unique replacement for the dull tonic water, lime and ice that usually comes with a nonalcoholic night out.

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Wiley’s in downtown Spokane boasts a daily mocktail at the top of the “alcohol-free” section of its lengthy cocktail menu, which is a treat in the alcohol-free world. (Representation matters, people!) Of course, we couldn’t get through this list without some PNW huckleberry representation, so the huckleberry limeade

mocktail at Wiley’s gets a shout-out. It’s vibrantly purple and makes your lips pucker, two important factors in any drink. If you’re down for something more understated, the alcohol-free drinks section also offers ginger beer, flavored iced teas and hot apple cider — great for an autumn night out or to accompany dinner.

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If you don’t drink, being social at a pub can be daunting, especially when the name includes the word “social.” Honey Eatery & Social Club in Coeur d’Alene offers three standard house mocktails — here called “virgin cocktails” — on its extensive drink menu for anyone who abstains from liquor, as well as plenty of hot coffee and tea if you’re looking to warm up before braving the changing weather outside. The orange popsicle mocktail is a must if you’re a citrus lover. Once mixed, it becomes a creamsicle concoction that recalls chasing down the ice cream truck as a kid, and the whipped cream is an exciting and enjoyable touch.

t would be remiss not to mention the price difference of cocktails vs. mocktails. No matter if you’re drinking Coke or a specialty mocktail, you’re going to be paying significantly less than your alcohol-drinking counterparts. Alcohol is pricey, and a big selling point of abstaining from it is the money

saved on Friday nights at the bar. Recently, though, bartenders have been given new tools to create mocktails: nonalcoholic spirits. These products have the great(?) taste of alcohol without the side effects that come with consuming it. But the price point of the new spirits comes back to bite, adding that former deduction back into the total.

Whether you don’t drink for personal reasons or you just can’t stand the taste... there’s a whole new world out there Whether you don’t drink for personal reasons or you just can’t stand the taste of alcohol, there’s a whole new world out there for us sober folk in the form of mocktails that don’t suck. Don’t be afraid to ask for accommodation, garner your courage and sing your heart out with that mocktail in hand at karaoke night.

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Family Money Matters It’s never too early to start talking to kids about money — or to start patterning healthy financial behaviors BY E.J. IANNELLI

oney may talk, but as a kid, Elizabeth Burtner never heard a word about it. “When I was growing up, we didn’t talk about money,” she says. “It wasn’t a conversation that you had.” These days, Burtner is all about combating the financial reticence that still prevails in many households. As a community development manager for STCU, talking openly about money and the need for responsible budgeting is a regular part of her job. She and her team are often called into schools to present the subject to young children. But why the need to bring frank discussions about money into the classroom? After all, it might be years before the students have a credit card of their own or are expected to balance a checkbook. “Studies have shown that kids as young as 2 start to understand the relationship between money and getting things,” she says. “They might not understand the concept of money, but they know that this thing gets that thing. So they’re already making that connection. At 7 years old, they’ve already formulated their relationship with money and their thoughts about money.” That early relationship with personal finances has implications for their near- and long-term well-being. A 2013 study from Northwestern University based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health found that adults ages 24 to 32 with high debt-to-asset ratios also tended to self-report higher perceived stress and depression, worse general health, and significantly higher blood pressure. And with chronic debt, those issues tend to worsen with age. Hence the need to instill healthy financial behaviors well before kids reach their teens. How exactly that’s done can vary from family to family and even from child to child. Even something as conventional as allowances offers some room for interpretation. “There are lots of schools of thought out there about whether you give allowances or you make them earn their allowance or you just have budgets for clothing,” says Sarah Hysjulien, who is Burtner’s colleague and a community development officer at STCU. “You just have to be real intentional about how you’re going to teach your children.” ...continued on next page JONATHAN HILL ILLUSTRATION

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Even a simple system like labelled jars can teach practical saving habits.

n this hyper-connected age of smartphones and digital tablets, Hysjulien says parents can choose among a growing number of apps to use as tools for age-appropriate financial education. RoosterMoney, for example, lets families track chores, schedule allowances and set savings goals. For older kids, there’s Step, which gives teens access to a free FDIC-insured bank account and a debit card. But even old-school exercises that illustrate basic financial concepts can be just as valuable as high-tech solutions. Having three jars — one labeled “Save,” a second labeled “Spend” and a third labeled “Share” — can help cultivate practical fund allocation behaviors that still allow for a little more flexibility than the piggy bank. “One of the most popular and simplest activities is choosing between a million dollars or being given a penny a day and doubling it. Which would you take? Most kids say, ‘Oh, gosh, a million dollars!’ But it turns out that doubling a penny a day amounts to almost twice as much,” says Hysjulien. Although she qualifies that hypothetical as a “wildly exaggerated” thought experiment, it contains lessons on compound interest as well as the delayed gratification at the heart of long-term financial planning. And as researchers at Stanford University discovered in their famous marshmallow experiment, the ability to withstand the seduction of instant gratification also correlated with non-financial qualities like better social skills and healthier responses to stress. Sometimes the teaching of healthy financial habits comes down to just involving kids in the conversations that fuel purchase decisions. Years ago, when Burtner was house-hunting

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as a single mother, she weighed the pros and cons of different properties with her children. The larger house would mean higher monthly payments, which would mean a smaller budget for annual vacations. Was that, she asked them, a sacrifice they were willing to make? “My kids and I made the decision together to get the cheaper house,” she says. “That’s a big example, of course, but this is something you could do even when you go to the grocery store. It’s OK to be more open with kids about the costs of things.” While grocery shopping might lose some of its allure with older children, there are also plenty of opportunities throughout the year to engage kids of all ages in meaningful budgeting activities. Back-toschool shopping is a prime time for kids to learn how to make the hard choices between stylish shoes or a trendy new backpack based on a strict spending cap. And during the winter holidays, local community events like Santa Express make a point of walking young children and preteens through the process of buying gifts for everyone on their list while sticking to a certain dollar amount. “You have to let them manage that budget so that they can see the give and take. It becomes more real-world learning for them, and it makes it very tangible. Ultimately, what you want to give your children is freedom of choice, and that’s what having savings gives them,” says Hysjulien.

f all the possible exercises, apps and other resources that are available to parents and guardians, both Burtner and Hysjulien say that few things are more effective than being a money-management role model. That’s why it’s just as important to keep social media’s ostentatious displays of wealth in perspective, resist the compulsion to keep up with the Joneses and limit impulse buying.

If children just see us wildly spending or buying things that we don’t need, that’s what they will pattern.

As a society, Hysjulien says, “we’re drowning in debt. The average balance on most credit cards is over $5,000 for those who carry a balance forward. We need to turn that around. If children just see us wildly spending or buying things that we don’t need, that’s what they will pattern. Generally, children can’t be what they can’t see.”

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Ready for Boarding! Local ski resorts have you and your family covered when it comes to learning to tame the mountains in winter BY E.J. IANNELLI

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New this year at Silver Mountain, the magic carpet has been given a roof to save beginners from having to contend with the elements and gravity at the same time. “We also have a great team of rental technicians that help get you fitted with the right size boots and equipment,” says Marketing Coordinator Gus Colburn. “[And] we… have a great team of ski and snowboard instructors with a lot of years of experience and who are trained to handle one-onone private lessons or big group lessons if that fits your budget and is more your style.” One of the resort’s most popular offerings along those lines is the Flexible 5 Pak. For $249, interested skiers and snowboarders ages 7 and up receive a five-lesson package that includes equipment rental and a lift ticket. Starting in January, they’ll be able to book lessons with one of the resort’s handpicked instructors, and graduates will either receive a season pass that’s valid for the remainder of the season or 50 percent off a 202223 season pass.

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Like many area resorts, Schweitzer offers a full complement of lessons and packages. The popular eight-week Funatics program allows skiers ages 7–14 to hang out and hone their skills with peers of similar abilities. For adults, Schweitzer offers individuals and groups the chance to work with a dedicated instructor and target specific areas of improvement. Whether you’re a newbie or a pro, Dig Chrismer, the resort’s marketing manager, says that lessons can be a valuable part of any ski or snowboard experience.

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“The advice I would offer is to just book a lesson and come up and try it,” says Chrismer. “I’ve been skiing my entire life, but a couple years ago I went out and took a lesson. And I had bad habits that needed to be corrected. Even an expert skier can benefit from some of that instruction. The sport is constantly evolving, and lessons are a really great way to stay on top of that.”

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“We love getting first-time skiers up here,” says Jodi Kayler, Mt. Spokane’s assistant general manager, “and we have some really affordable programs to get them on the snow.” A great place to start is with the Never-Ever Lesson Package, a two-hour group lesson for absolute newcomers ages 7 and up. Priced at just $109, it also includes all your ski or snowboard rental equipment and a lift ticket for the Beginner’s Luck Chair. The EZ Ski 1-2-3 Lesson Package offers an even steeper discount, giving you three two-hour group lessons on different days over the entire season, plus all the other rental and lift perks for $249. Advanced skiers and snowboarders of all ages have their share of options. New this season are the Park Club and Mountain Adventure Club multiweek programs for teens and preteens to develop their landing skills and technique with seasoned instructors in the Terrain Park or out on the tree-lined trails. On Friday evenings, Club Shred will keep 4- to 10-year-old skiers occupied with lessons, activities and dinner while their parents enjoy a date night on the slopes.

LOOKOUT

Over more than 80 seasons, Lookout’s free ski school has introduced tens of thousands of kids to the sport at no upfront cost. Spots for that fill quickly, though, so be sure to check the Lookout Pass website for when the signup window opens for the 2021-22 season. First-timers can also take advantage of Lookout’s three-day learners’ program for skiers as well as snowboarders. The fee will include lift tickets, lessons and rentals over any three days during the season. The beginner hill is outfitted with a dedicated chairlift and groomed daily to make the experience more relaxed. “Our key objective is to make it safe and fun for both the employees and the guests,” says Director of Marketing Matt Sawyer.

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49° North typically sees a good 300 inches of snowfall per year, and its north-facing orientation helps it hold on to much of that snow over the course of the season. And with convenient online booking and plenty of learners’ packages and resources for beginners, including a full-service rental shop, the resort aims to make the ski or snowboarding experience as smooth and pleasant as possible, “whether you’re coming for your first or your 100th time,” says Director of Skier & Rider Services Rick Brown. With 2,325 skiable acres, it might almost seem like you’ve got the slopes to yourself. “You never stand in a lift line here for more than 30 seconds, except for maybe the first chair on a powder day,” Brown says.

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Time on His Side After nearly 50 years, Jerry Quinn Sr.’s work to preserve the Northwest’s railroad legacy keeps rolling BY CARRIE SCOZZARO YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

n the face of it, the legacy of Jerry Quinn Sr. is simple. He will forever be known locally as the man who saved Spokane’s clock tower when Havermale Island got a makeover for Expo ’74, which also birthed Riverfront Park as we know it. Nearly 50 years ago, Quinn made headlines for organizing the group, Save Our Stations, which helped dissuade the powers-that-be from destroying the clock tower. And in October, Quinn was again honored as such by Mayor Nadine Woodward with a public ceremony and a plaque commemorating his efforts to be placed on the tower. Quinn never actually set out to save the clock tower, per se, although he says he’s glad the iconic structure has endured. Rather, Quinn was more interested in two massive railroad depots: the Great North-

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ern, and the Union Pacific station, located just across Spokane Falls Boulevard (which was then called Trent Avenue). But by the early 1970s, efforts to radically revamp Spokane’s railroad yards, particularly those located in what would become Riverfront Park, were in full swing. Longstanding complaints varied: The railyards bisected the city, they contributed to traffic woes, they cut off the view of the falls, and they were loud and dirty. The idea of a World’s Fair required the removal of tracks and trestles, however, and though Quinn was on board with Expo, he opposed removing the depots. “The stations would have made Riverfront Park a 12-month park,” says Quinn, who envisioned refurbishing them, somewhat like the Intermodal Center – Spokane’s 130-year-old depot used now for

rail and bus transit. But when citizens were asked to support saving the depots, the answer was a resounding “No,” according to the definitive work on Expo ‘74, The Fair and the Falls, by William T. Youngs. “The voters turned down the levy measure to support preservation by three-to-one margin, and they defeated the levy measure to support preservation by six-to-one. As a concession to history, the fair builders decided, however, to retain the old Great Northern clock tower.” Vern Johnson, who headed the committee to oversee construction of the World’s Fair, recalls in the book that “the ‘railroad buffs’ were at him constantly and he felt that something had to be retained.” So he presented the concept of saving just the clock tower to the board, and they agreed to do that.

Jerry Quinn (left) founded Save Our Stations, which is credited with saving Spokane’s iconic clock tower from demolition prior to Expo ‘74; Completed in 1902, (above) the Clock Tower is 155 feet tall, and clock faces are 9 feet in diameter. The clock is still wound once a day.

or Quinn, the driving force behind saving the rail depots was trains, which had fascinated him since his boyhood in New Jersey. “I was infatuated with history, railroads, like what’s on the other side of the mountain,” he says, letting the names of railroads roll off his tongue: Wabash, SP&S, Norfolk Southern. “Where would we be without trains?” Quinn asks rhetorically, noting that a 100-car train carries the equivalent of 400 to 600 over-the-road trucks. “Spokane would be a fishing village at best,” says Quinn, who first visited the city in 1966 on his honeymoon with his wife, Alice, who died in March of 2021. Their cross-country journey left a lasting impression on Quinn. “I had my nose against the glass the whole way,” says Quinn, who recalled marveling at cattle cars and the North Coast Limited train’s “vista dome” car. Quinn fell in love with Spokane – its manicured lawns, the wide-open spaces – and returned with Alice in 1967. While Alice immersed herself in theater, including Spokane Civic Theatre and Valley Repertory Theatre, which she founded, Quinn took a job with Soderberg & Cleveland Advertising Agency. Advertising and design is another of Quinn’s legacies, a holdover from the nine years he spent with New Jersey’s Bergen Evening Record, working his way up from delivery boy, to copy and layout, and what would now be called graphic design. But Quinn was also a go-getter. By 1969, just a few years after arriving in Spokane, Quinn and two other employees took over Soderberg & Cleveland, now known as QUINN Agency, and run by Quinn’s daughter, Bonnie Quinn-Clausen. In addition to working in advertising, Quinn maintained his interest in the region’s railroads. In 1970, he joined the recently formed National Railway Historical Society’s local chapter, called the Inland Empire Railway Historical Society

With his love of trains going back decades, Jerry Quinn posed in the 1970s with an Amtrak train in Spokane. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JERRY QUINN

(now the Inland Northwest Rail Museum near Reardan), and served as president for a time. One of the group’s first big projects involved restoring a Union Pacific locomotive, which they’d relocate to the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds in 1978. In 1980 he joined River City Modelers — one of a half-dozen Spokane-area model railroading organizations that have come and gone in the past 15 years. Since 2008, Quinn has been active with the Evergreen Railroad Modelers, serving as president for 10 years; he and a dozen model enthusiasts chipped in $500 apiece to get going. The club rented and remodeled a modest Greenacres storefront, filling it with an elaborate display accommodating

Where would we be without trains? three distinct rail lines. Trestles, tunnels, waterways, mountains, greenery, a paper mill – the layout captures the look and feel of the Northwest in exquisite detail. The club is facing a new issue, however, with a proposed rent increase that might mean dismantling their work and trying to find a new place, says Quinn, whose wheels are turning as to how to preserve the club’s legacy for the future. Quinn is mulling many options, including turning the club into a nonprofit. Given enough time and his propensity for figuring things out, it’s likely Quinn will find a solution. “I see a goal,” he says, “and I tend to work towards it.” DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022

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