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- Issue of
- Dec 13-19, 2012
- Vol. 20, No. 9
News & Comment
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- News
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Breaking Down the Vote
It's official - the Nov. 6 results are certified
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- News
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Mellow Mood
Inside one Spokane family, as it adjusts to legalized weed
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- News
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The New Normal
With few changes, Spokane Mayor David Condon’s budget passes
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- News
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Chief of Change
Against history and high expectations, Frank Straub looks to reshape the Spokane Police Department
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- News
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Wedding Day
A couple weds on the first day they’re legally allowed to under Washington’s new same-sex marriage law
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- News
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Grading the Lawmakers
A left-leaning lobby scores legislators in Olympia; plus, election fundraising is back
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- Comment
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Words of the Year
Publisher's Note
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- Comment
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An Unsettled Feeling
The Symphony is back on stage, but there’s more work to be done
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- Comment
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True to Our Roots
Republicans looking to bounce back after the 2012 election should sharpen their message and seek new recruits
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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Christmas Every Day
Meet three locals who live the holiday season all year long
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- Arts & Culture
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Multimedia Gift Guide — DVDs
We’ve split our movie lists between his and hers
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- Arts & Culture
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Multimedia Gift Guide — Board Games
Games for scallywags, geeks, hobbits and zombies!
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- Arts & Culture
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Pet Project
Gregory Popovich saves animals and makes them into stars
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- Arts & Culture
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TV — Gossip Girl Ends
What’s better than a show about prep-school upper-crusters living out our fantasies, money forever burning holes in the pockets of their designer duds? For Gossip Girl devotees, nothin’. S
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- Arts & Culture
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Multimedia Gift Guide — Video Games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Rated Mature; PC, PS3, Wii U, 360) Now that the Mayan calendar’s nearing its end, years can just be counted by the annual Call of Duty release. Surprisingly, bei
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration — December 13, 2012
WEB A darling cooking show on PBS, America's Test Kitchen features classic dishes; folksy, bow-tie-wearing characters; equipment reviews; and taste-test challenges. But why wait for KSPS to air
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- Arts & Culture
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Multimedia Gift Guide — Music
SMASHING PUMPKINSMellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness Deluxe Reissue Back when there were record stores in every mall, and back before I knew about teen angst and didn’t really have it
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- Arts & Culture
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The Intern’s Gospel
If you keep these commandments, you’ll keep yourself employed
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- Arts & Culture
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Sight and Sound
Interplayers brings back the art of the radio play for a smashing take on It’s a Wonderful Life
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- Arts & Culture
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Multimedia Gift Guide — Books
Good reads for everyone on your list — history buffs, tech geeks, musically inclined folks, even liberals
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- Food & Drink
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Revision in a Cup
The new-and-improved Revive takes a simple but high-quality approach
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- Food & Drink
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UPDATE — Herbal Essence
Orange walls and candles, bamboo plants and nature paintings make for a simple romantic mood inside Herbal Essence. It’s one of the best places for atmosphere in Spokane, says chef James Parsons
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- Food & Drink
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Dashing Through the Suds
We go in search of hard-to-find winter beers so you won’t have to
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- Food & Drink
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Bread and Spice
Michlitch’s is conducting a wheat-free experiment in the International District
Music & Film
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- Music
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Follow the Leader
When a musical zealot like Snoop Dogg gets happy, where does that leave the rest of us?
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- Music
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Soundtrack to the End
Custom playlists for every possible way the world can end
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- Film
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Back to Middle Earth
Talking with Peter Jackson about the long road to bring The Hobbit to the big screen
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- Film
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Love Triangle
The classic complicated relationship story gets the royal treatment
Special Guides
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- Snowlander
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Comeback Mountain
It was just a few short years back that Tamarck Resort in central Idaho was on track to be one of the premier four-season destination resorts in North America. It was pretty easy to understand why, wi
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- Snowlander
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Early Season Forecasts
With a healthy amount of snowfall already this season, and favorable weather patterns in the forecast, many ski resorts are opening their slopes to skiers and boarders. We have the latest updates for
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- Snowlander
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Life In The Fast Lane
Dozens and dozens of shiny trophies line a high shelf going down the long wall of TJ Sneva’s north Spokane workshop. A fine layer of sawdust covers almost every surface and the air is permanentl
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- Snowlander
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The Learning Slope
We live in an era when if we want to learn to do something, we instinctively turn to Google or subscribe to a podcast. Learning to ski or snowboard is no different. While videos are plentiful on YouTu
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Candid Cameras
Believe it or not, there was once a time when powder junkies had no way to capture their sick alpine rides and above-the-clouds scenery from mountain outings. No way to document their snow lust. A pas
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The Wait is Over
It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! Ski season is finally here! While the season is still a little ways off from being in full swing, area ski resorts are bragging early snow and buildi
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What to Get The Skier on Your List
The Original PEET Sportsman Boot Dryer $45 (area retailers) One of the simplest and best gifts any skier or boarder would appreciate. Never head up to the slopes again with wet and cold boots on
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- Snowlander
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Downhill With Kids
Both of my children experienced skiing on my gently sloping driveway. It was such a joy to watch their tiny, uncoordinated little bodies slide down that hill. I was stoked for the day when they would
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The Silver Price
It may have always seemed a bit absurd, perhaps, for a window and door manufacturer to own a ski resort, water park and golf course. But for 16 years, Oregon-based window-and-doors company Jeld-