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his past December, Gonzaga played two games against the Northwestern State Demons on back-to-back days. During the second half of the Demons second consecutive lopsided loss in Spokane, Northwestern State big man Larry Owens backed down Gonzaga s Drew Timme, scored on him and drew a foul. Then, Owens ran his index fingers across his upper lip and extended his arms out into the air in celebration. It was a carbon copy of the celebration Timme had done after scoring on the Demons in the previous game. Owens didn t steal it from Timme, though, and it wasn t done out of malice. Owens had asked Timme for his blessing prior to using his own celebration against him.
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n April 1990, I went to see Junkyard, a middling blues-metal band with a guitar player who d been in Minor Threat, thereby raising my punk rock-loving curiosity. There were maybe 12 of us in this cement box of a venue underneath an interstate. The place typically drew an amazing slate of underground/indie bands, along with regular visits from bored local Nazi skinheads, and my friends and I got there early this night, in time for the unknown opening band. That band was the Black Crowes, touring for the first time two months after releasing their debut album,
Shake Your Money Maker. There was no mistaking they had something special. The lanky singer moved like classic Mick Jagger, the two guitarists traded killer riffs on song after song, and the whole band delivered like they were playing an arena instead of a mostly empty shithole.
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he shot him with his own gun. It was the same gun, Maddesyn George tells police, that Kristopher Graber kept next to the bed where he raped her the night before. The same gun, she says, that he pulled on her when she tried to escape. She shot him in self-defense, she says. She wasn t going to let him hurt her again, she tells police. So once he fell asleep, she took the gun, along with his drugs and money. Graber came looking and found her a day later in the passenger seat of a car northeast of Omak, just inside the Confederated Tribes of the Colville reservation border. He reached through the window, shouting at her, threatening her and grabbing her. Then, she says, he saw the gun and tried to wrestle it away from her. She pulled the trigger.
Those Who Remained
Now in its 17th year, the Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival continues to highlight stories about the Jewish experience, both contemporary and historical, for Inland Northwest audiences. But this year, like every other festival in the world, things look a little different: The organization is taking a cue from prominent film events like Sundance and South by Southwest and has converted to a virtual model for 2021. Neal Schindler, director and co-chair of the festival, says that putting on an online-only festival presents a whole different set of challenges from the in-person event. At the beginning, there was a day or two where I was like, This is going to be less work, Schindler says. But there are a lot of moving parts. Normally, this is a festival that has three features over one weekend. And this time around, it s got seven features and two shorts over 10 days
I SAW YOU
Very Attractive: I saw you at ACE Hardware in Newport, Washington. My dad was asking you questions, about a propane tank. You helped my dad put the propane tank back into the van. Thank you for your time. If your not seeing anyone and would like to know me, please send me a message @ evelynryancarol@gmail.com.
Joe.Busker with Guitar at Lucky Leaf Valentine s day: Hi Joe. We made fast friends before and lost touch. I d love to hang out again. I ve been keeping my eyes out for you. Ryan mryan8826@gmail.com
In the Produce Section: I saw you in the produce section of the grocery store carefully squeezing the lemons, trying to find the best one. You caught my eye, and I was struck. by the sight of your nostrils hanging out above your mask rendering it so completely ineffective. As you breathed your potentially contagious droplets all over the food others may be taking to their homes that night, I couldn t help to notice that while you may feel like a rebel who can t be bother