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December
Mastersingers present a ‘Big Band Christmas’
T he Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
and Artistic Director Justin Raffa
continue their season of collaboration
with a big-band Christmas concert
featuring the Columbia Basin Jazz
Orchestra.
They will present the Pacific North- the premier big band
west premiere of Nils Lindberg’s A
Christmas Cantata on Friday, Dec. 17,
at 7 p.m. at Hanford High School
Auditorium in Richland, and on Satur-
day, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. at Chiawana
High School Auditorium in Pasco.
A Christmas Cantata is a mix of
traditional English carols, Swedish
folksongs, classical harmonies and
jazz rhythms. It was written in 2002 by
contemporary Swedish composer and
pianist Nils Lindberg for choir, big band
and two vocal soloists.
Lindberg, born in 1933 in Upsala,
Sweden, has an extensive composing
and recording résumé, with a style that
is greatly influenced by folk music and
jazz.
Season of collaborations
This concert is part of the Mid-
Columbia Mastersingers’ season of
collaboration with local and national
artists. Partners on this concert include power of choral singing. They are led
the Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra
and its director Randy Hubbs, associ-
Soloists: soprano Carisa Simpson of
the Tri-Cities and baritone Jeremy Irland April 15, 16 and 17. The Mastersingers
of Walla Walla
Clover Island Inn offers special holiday packages
The Clover
Island Inn invites
you to enjoy the
holiday season
on the river this
year.
First, the
annual lighted
boat parade on
the Columbia
River takes place
on Dec. 10 and
11, and
Kennewick’s
The Clover Island Inn, viewed from the Columbia River
only waterfront
hotel provides the best seat in town for
this unique parade.
As many as 20 lighted and deco-
rated boats — some with animated
displays — will slowly make their way festive and fun way. Toast the new
from the cable bridge to Richland and
back. From the Clover Island Inn you
can almost reach out and touch them
as you enjoy the reflected lights on the Eve Package.
glassy waters of the Columbia River.
Reserve your package for either Dec. stay for two, dinner, partying with live
10 or Dec. 11 for this spectacular
annual display. Just $139 for two
includes a $50 dinner cerificate in the
award-winning Crow’s Nest restaurant, New Year’s day. You can even request
a room for two and a breakfast buffet
the next morning.
2010
This Month’s Features
Take a horse-drawn jingle-bell ride .... 4
The ‘Nutcracker’ tradition continues ... 4
ate professor of
music at Columbia
Basin College. Hubbs
Celebrate in style at Marcus Whitman 4
Artist Spotlight is on Dara Quinn ......... 5
Rail museum’s ‘Toy Train Christmas’ 5
is the founder of the CBC celebrates the holidays ............... 7
‘Yellow brick road’ leads to our area ... 8
Columbia Basin Jazz First Night: A safe way to ring in 2011 . 8
Orchestra, which is Flying high with Sundance Aviation ..... 9
Meet the new skating instructors ........ 9
of the Tri-Cities. The Holiday wreaths honor the fallen ...... 10
Mastersingers are ‘Grease’ to play Yakima, Wenatchee 11
Oregon hosts winter activities ........... 12
also pleased to Oregon’s ‘Extreme’ sled-dog race .... 12
welcome their two Visual arts: A wealth of exhibits ......... 13
soloists on this Travel: Adventures in Jackson Hole .. 14
project, soprano Winter’s the time for wildlife viewing . 15
Estrogen creams: a warning ............. 16
Carisa Simpson of A personal story of plastic surgery .... 16
the Tri-Cities and Beware toxins in fragrances .............. 17
baritone Jeremy Irland Give ‘comfort’ gift — a cookbook ....... 18
of Walla Walla. Both New Year’s Eve with Randy Oxford ... 19
are professional Ag Hall of Fame seeks nominees .... 19
singers with area Movies: Thumbs up for ‘Tangled’ ...... 20
Gift books for gardeners on your list .. 21
opera companies and Ski areas prepare for the season ...... 22
serve as music Philly Robb mourns loss of Niehaus . 23
educators in their What Fred Astaire did for dancing ...... 24
communities. Eugene Ballet comes to Walla Walla 24
Mid-Columbia
Mastersingers is the Calendar Of Events
premier choral en- Monthly Entertainment Planner ... 26-27
semble of Southeast-
ern Washington. Its The Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra
performers seek to
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Movie Reviews.......................................20
transform lives through the beauty and Symphony for a presentation of Ralph
Sports .................................................. 22
Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony Dancing .................................................24
by Artistic Director Justin Raffa, who in on May 21. Horoscopes............................................25
his third season with the choir contin- Tickets for A Christmas Cantata are Crossword & Sudoku ........................ 25
ues to build collaborations throughout available at the door. The cost is $20 Comics ............................................... 25
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Ever been over the meadow and through the woods?

Here’s your opportunity for a trip back in covered Red-Tail
Canyon and comes
time at Leavenworth’s Red-Tail Canyon Farm back around, you are
let off at a large

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f you are looking for a memorable falls off the branches overhead,
winter experience, take an old- covering you in a blanket of white. colorful tipi where you
fashioned sleigh ride through the During the 40-minute ride, Ross will step inside and stand
woods at Red-Tail Canyon Farm. Wrap share with you the history of the area by a warm fire with a
yourself in warm woolen blankets and and the farm, interspersed with his cup of hot chocolate
take a cozy ride behind one of their own farm humor. In fact, some folks to chase away the
beautiful draft horse teams. call him a “cowboy comedian,” and he chill.
Your hosts will be Ross and definitely knows when he has a captive The entire experi-
Marianne Frank, who for 30 years have audience. ence from beginning
owned and operated Red-Tail Canyon As you glide through the barn area to end will leave you
Farm, a working draft horse ranch just you can see the other draft horses and with lasting memo-
two miles outside the Bavarian village you can sense Ross’s special source ries. Red-Tail Canyon
of Leavenworth. of pride in these handsome animals as Farm offers a truly
Ross will be your guide on this trip he introduces you to each one. unique experience.
back in time as he picks up the lines. In the winter he hooks his horses to Rides are available
Directing the horses with his gentle the beautiful handcrafted sleighs and daily on a reservation You get the authentic jingle-bells experience when you
voice, he commands, “Git up, Ike; Git takes tourists on trips; in the summer basis from 10 a.m. to take a horse-drawn sleigh ride at Red-Tail Canyon Farm
up Bud.” you will find him with his teams 4 p.m. They’re near the Bavarian village of Leavenworth.
The sleigh slowly moves through the logging and thinning his 120-acre tree accessible to all ages
snow-covered woods as you hear the farm. These gentle giants are his daily with stairs and handrails for loading. and under ride free.
brass bells jingle and the boards on the companions. The cost of a ride is $16 for adults, $8 Call (800) 678-4512 for more infor-
old antique wooden sleigh creek. Snow As the sleigh glides through snow- for children 12 and under, and ages two mation or visit redtailcanyonfarm.com.

Mid-Columbia Ballet’s 35-year ‘Nutcracker’ tradition continues

One of the Tri-Cities’ oldest holiday cooperation of the local school districts, the ballet company thought would take
traditions starts in September, with more has presented The Nutcracker to more two years was completed in one. This set
than 160 children waiting anxiously for than 52,000 area fifth-graders in two was custom-built for Richland High
their chance to show a director what they school performances. For some, it will School Auditorium, and it fills the stage
can do on stage. The anxiety may give be the only ballet they will ever see. with the magic of The Nutcracker.
way to shrieks of joy when those letters After 35 years, The Nutcracker is still Bringing all the elements together —
arrive with offers to be in The Mid- fresh and new each year. This year’s publicity, fundraising, ticket sales,
Columbia Ballet’s The Nutcracker. production is the largest ever, with a cast memento sales, set construction,
This scenario of 184 and costuming — takes literally hundreds of
has been nearly 300 volunteers, including 100 backstage
playing out for costumes — volunteers for each performance. Again, it
35 years. The 80 of which are is a testament to the community support
Mid-Columbia brand new. But
Ballet’s
production is
it’s not just a
big cast and
Discover old-fashioned yuletide
seen by some
5,000 people in
new costumes
that make The pleasures at the Marcus Whitman
four public Nutcracker This year, treat yourself to unexpected
performances new. The Mid- holiday pleasures at the Marcus Whitman
each year. It’s a Columbia Hotel and Conference Center.
holiday tradition Ballet prides The festivities begin with the Junior
for many in the itself on Club’s Festival of Little Trees, running
audience as well choreographing through Dec. 12. A variety of tiny trees,
as those in the to the talents of decorated by area organizations and
cast and its dancers, businesses, will be up for silent bidding.
backstage. Over and of course These delightful little trees will be
the years, The
The Nutcracker showcased in the Grand Lobby of the
those talents
Nutcracker has become multi- change each year. hotel.
generational, with the children of former One of the things the Mid-Columbia The Downtown Walla Walla
cast members now performing. Their Ballet is proud of is its Nutcracker set, Foundation will bring its annual
holidays wouldn’t be complete without professionally designed and built in gingerbread contest to the hotel’s lobby,
The Nutcracker. 1997 at a cost of more than $68,000. It and the entries will be on display there
The Nutcracker has also become a rite would not have been possible without through Dec. 30. Both professional and
of passage for area fifth-graders. Since the generous support of the Mid- amateur categories guarantee that you ‘ll
1991, the Mid-Columbia Ballet, with the Columbia Ballet’s patrons. A project that see some fun and creative entries.
enjoyed by this annual endeavor.
Performances are Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.,
Dec. 11 at 2 and 7 p.m., and Dec. 12 at 2
p.m. All performances are at the Richland
High School auditorium.
Prices are $22 for adults, $17 for
seniors and students, and $12 for
children 12 and under. Tickets can be
purchased online at
www.MidColumbiaBallet.org, at Tri-Cities
Academy of Ballet and Music, or by phone
at (509) 946-5417.
The hotel’s 10th annual Festival of
Carols will kick off at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 7
and run until 2 p.m. The event features
local school children singing their favorite
holiday carols, and it’s open free of
charge to the public.
A very special menu will be offered in
The Marc Restaurant for both Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day dinners. For
reservations or more information, call
(509) 524-5110.
And finally, ring in 2011 at a New Year’s
Eve party complete with a disc jockey,
midnight champagne toast, hourly prize
drawings, party favors and more. The
Dec. 31 celebration starts at 8 p.m., and
you can attend for a modest $25 cover
charge. A New Year’s Eve menu will also
be featured in The Marc Restaurant.
Located in the heart of beautiful
downtown Walla Walla, the Marcus
Whitman Hotel and Conference Center is
within walking distance of wine-tasting
rooms, eclectic shops and art galleries. It
first opened in 1928 and was completely
renovated and restored to its original
elegance before reopening in 2001.
Guests will enjoy the rich décor and
comfortable atmosphere, from the quaint
Georgian Room to the Grand Lobby. With
more than 10,000 square feet of event
space, the ballrooms and conference
areas are among the largest and most
technologically advanced in Eastern
Washington.
It’s not too late to schedule a holiday
party! Bring your group for a retreat,
conference, meeting or celebration and
take advantage of the special group
packages. Offering complete banquet
and catering services, the hotel can
accommodate small, intimate gatherings
to large groups of 400.
You’ll find a traditional, luxurious
atmosphere with genuine hospitality and
excellent service. As they say at the
Marcus Whitman “Exceptional guest
experiences for every guest!”
For information and reservations, call
(509) 525-2200 or (866) 826-9422.
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Popular local band
celebrates release
of their debut CD
T he Dara Quinn Project has played
their eclectic mix of music all
around the area for years. But if you
haven’t heard them yet, you’ll want to
attend their CD release party on Friday,
Dec. 10, from 8 to midnight at the Roxy
Wine Bar in downtown Kennewick —
especially if you’re into jazz, funk,
Latin, fusion or world music. Or or all of
the above. Those are the influences
that Dara Quinn brings to her keyboard
playing.
A native Northwesterner, Dara spent
more than 10 years aggressively
touring the West Coast from a base in
Seattle. After two years touring with a
steel drum ensemble that was heavy
on world rhythms, she formed Rockin’
Teenage Combo with Seattleites Paul
Kemmish on upright and electric bass
and Oliver Klomp on drums. This hard
jazz fusion trio had quite a buzz on the
West Coast and aggressively toured
venues from San Diego to Bellingham
and as far East as Bozeman, Mont.
Rockin’ Teenage Combo also
became a Seattle favorite and played
venues such as Jazz Alley, the Experi-
ence Music Project, Bumbershoot,
Model trains kick off the season at Toppenish rail museum
Remember Christmas mornings
when the first thing you saw under the
tree was a model train making a circle?
You can relive those days with your
kids at the annual Toy Train Christmas
celebration at the historic Northern
Pacific Railroad Museum in Toppenish.
The event will take place from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on three consecutive
Saturdays — Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and Dec.
18 — and from 10 to 4 p.m. on three
DARA QUINN PROJECT
Hempfest and more.
Dara’s keyboard playing has
crossed many genres. The unique
flavor of her improvisations and
rhythmic tendencies has earned her
the honor of jamming with such greats
Sundays, Dec. 5, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19.
The museum is at 10 Asotin Ave.
The cost is $6 for adults and $4 for
children 12 and under. Admission
includes a tour of the restored railroad
depot, which was first opened in 1908
by the Northern Pacific. In all rooms of
the depot will be operating model
trains and decorated Christmas trees.
The model trains range from “N” and
“O” gauge to “garden” size. Some
as Les Claypool (Primus), Stanton
Moore (Galactic), Jessica Lurie (Living
Daylights), Reggie Watts and count-
less other fantastic musicians.
She started The Dara Quinn Project
about four years ago, and the current
layouts have multiple trains and others
only one. All are different and some are
very old, while others are more mod-
ern. All of the Christmas trees will have
uniquely different decorations.
Hot chocolate and cookies will be
served, and the highlight of the event is
a “caboose ride” to the “North Pole”
where Santa and Mrs. Claus will greet
you. Pictures with Santa and Mrs.
Claus are available for an additional
lineup has been together for two
years. They include:
Andy Evens, a Tri-Cities native and
Kennewick High graduate. He plays
saxophone with a huge pedalboard of
effects, and is not your conventional
sax player. He played for years in the
Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra.
Justin Chapman, a Richland High
grad and WSU alumnus. He plays
electric bass, and was formerly with a
popular Pullman band called Dead
Casuals. He was also in two other Tri-
Cities bands with Evens — Futon
Torpedo and Mancala.
Luther Hughes, a transplant from
Spokane. He plays drums and has had
years of R&B and blues
experience. He played with a Spokane
group called Charlie Butts and the
Filtertips before coming to the Tri-
Cities for a job at Hanford.
The new CD, a year in the making,
is called This Way That Way. Although
it’s the Dara Quinn Project’s debut CD,
it’s the fourth CD featuring Dara. (The
others were with Rockin’ Teenage
Combo.)
The $8 cover charge to attend the
Dec. 10 release party includes a copy
of the CD.
To book the group, e-mail Dara at
sakiamusic@hotmail.com. To learn
more about the Dara Quinn Project,
visit www.daraquinnproject.com.
charge. While traveling in the caboose,
you will get a great view of the rail yard
with all the old railroad cars on display.
To reach the museum, take exit 50
off I-82 to Toppenish, turn left on
Asotin Avenue (just before you cross
the railroad tracks), and proceed until
you see the NP Depot on the right.
For more information, visit
www.nprymuseum.org.
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CBC invites you in out of the cold this December

By Bill McKay Basin Concert Band believes in taking molly@midcolumbiamastersingers.org oriented community New Year’s event.
or by phone at (509) 460-1766. Groups Information on First Night Tri-Cities can

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n December, the Arts and Humani- music out to our community as a “gift
ties Division at Columbia Basin of the arts.” of 10 or more may purchase advance be found at www.firstnighttc.org.
College has a number of concert On Dec. 17 at Hanford High School blocks of tickets for $10 per person.
offerings that are sure to warm you up. and Dec. 18 at Chiawana High School, Finally, stay tuned for further informa- Bill McKay is the Dean of Arts and
On Dec. 2, the popular “jazz night” the Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra tion on “First Night Tri-Cities.” CBC will Humanities at Columbia Basin College
hosted by the Department of Music and the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers again host this alcohol-free and family- in Pasco.
and featuring the Columbia Basin Jazz will collaborate to perform a wonderful
Ensemble and the vocal jazz ensemble work by Nils Lindberg entitled “A
“FreeForm” will be
on stage in the
CBC Theatre on the CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Pasco campus
Christmas
Cantata”. This is
a unique
collaboration
IN BRIEF
beginning at Manor at Canyon Lakes because the Central Church celebrates Christmas family-style
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m. multi-movement Central United Protestant Church in Richland is hosting this year’s only Tri-
This concert is piece combines Cities presentation of Handel’s Messiah under the direction of Justin Raffa. The
free to the public A CHRISTMAS CANTATA a traditional concert is Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at Central Church, 1124 Stevens. Tickets are
and always show- chamber choir available at the church office and are $7 for adults. Admission is free for anyone
cases some Dec. 17, Hanford High, 7 p.m. with a jazz under 18. Contact Debbie at (509) 943-1143. Also, don’t miss the church’s
amazing talent. The Dec. 18, Chiawana, 7 p.m. ensemble. Advent Family Fun Night on Dec. 10. Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to see “Oochee the
performers in these The idea of Clown” in a hilarious, touching and interactive Christmas presentation. Then stay
two ensembles are the collabora- for crafts, games, snacks, crazy Christmas photos and decoration of a ginger-
primarily our FIRST NIGHT TRI-CITIES tion was the bread house in the Fellowship Hall. Contact Julie at juliem@cupchurch.org.
declared music Dec. 31 (www.firstnighttc.org) brainchild of
majors. Many of Justin Raffa, the
these young artists artistic director
Alternative Gift Fair helps support local charities
have gone on to be highly respected of the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers. He Give a gift that reflects the true spirit of the holidays and help raise needed
performers across the United States presented this idea over the summer to funds for nonprofit organizations at this year’s Alternative Gift Fair. It’ll be held on
and some, after having left the Tri- Randy Hubbs, the director of the Dec. 4 at the Community Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasco from noon to 4
Cities to further their education, have Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra, and p.m. When you make a gift to your selected charity, you may purchase a
returned to the Tri-Cities to work in the the concert was born. holiday card by a local artist and have it personalized on site by a talented
award-winning music departments of The piece features the vocal work of calligrapher, telling the recipient about the gift made in his or her name. All gifts
our local K-12 school system. soprano Carissa Simpson and baritone are tax-deductible. For a list of participating charitable organizations, visit
The Columbia Basin Concert Band, Jeremy Irland. Also featured will be a www.communityuu.org. There’ll be live music, crafts for all ages and a bake
under the direction of Randy Hubbs, number of instrumentalists from the sale. The church is on Sylvester, just east of Highway 395.
will be performing a holiday concert at Jazz Orchestra. Both concerts begin
the Manor at Canyon Lakes on Dec. 7 at 7 pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and Lighted Boat Parade an annual holiday tradition
at 7 p.m. This event is also open to the $15 for seniors and college students. This year’s Christmas Lighted Boat Parade sponsored by the Clover Island
public and is free of charge. This group K-12 students are admitted free of Yacht Club will be held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10 and 11. About 20 boats will
is very active in taking music out to our charge. Tickets will be available at the participate, decorated with lighted and animated displays. The parade will begin
local community. They can be heard door the evening of the concert. at 6 p.m. at the cable bridge and proceed along Columbia Park to Howard Amon
performing during the Music All of the concerts are “festival Park in Richland. On the return trip it will end at Clover Island at about 9 p.m.
Department’s quarterly concerts as seating”. If you have questions, You may view the parade from the many parks along the river, but the best views
well as at various retirement homes contact Molly Holleran, the Mid- are from Columbia Park, Howard Amon Park and Columbia Point. For more
throughout the summer. The Columbia Columbia Mastersingers manager, at information, contact parade chairman Mark Showalter at (509) 737-1166.
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Wizard of Oz travels over the rainbow to Tri-Cities Rainbow” to adventures in Munchkin

Tickets now on sale for This magical sics such as
production, “Ding Dong, the Land, the Haunted Forest and the
this magical musical based on the Witch is Dead.” Emerald City.
Featuring the classic songs com-

T
he greatest family musical of all Royal Director Nigel
time, The Wizard of Oz, is Shakespeare West, choreog- posed by Harold Arlen — “Over the
touching down in the Tri-Cities as Company’s rapher Leigh Rainbow,” “Ding Dong, the Witch is
VenuWorks, the Toyota Center and celebration of Constantine and Dead” and “If I Only Had A Brain” —
Jam Theatricals bring this national the 1939 MGM set and costume along with the beloved characters, The
treasure to the Windermere Theatre in movie, is designer Tim Wizard of Oz will have your entire
Toyota Center on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. presented with McQuillen- family captivated as you travel down
Tickets for The Wizard of Oz are on breathtaking Wright utilize the yellow brick road for an unforget-
sale now, and prices start at only $32. special effects the glamour and table evening at the theater.
Tickets are available at the Toyota that will sweep elegance of art The Wizard of Oz is presented by
Center ticket office, online at audiences away, deco Hollywood Jam Theatricals
www.ticketmaster.com, at all starting from the as the visually (www.jamtheatricals.com), VenuWorks
Ticketmaster outlets or by calling (800) moment the stunning back- and the Toyota Center as part of the
Stunningly colorful sets form the backdrops Broadway and More series at the
745-3000. A special $5 discount is tornado twists drop for The
for this production of The Wizard of Oz. Toyota Center, and it’s sponsored by
available for children 12 and under by its way into Wizard of Oz.
calling (509) 737-3722. Discounts are Kansas. Twelve children from the Tri- Dorothy, Toto and their friends the KVEW-TV and the Tri-City Herald.
also available for subscribers and City area will be performing the roles of Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man and For more information, visit:
groups of 20 or more. “munchkins,” singing timeless clas- Scarecrow are transported “Over the www.wizardofozontour.com.

First Night Tri-Cities — the family-friendly place to celebrate New Year’s

First Night Tri-Cities is an alcohol-
free, family-oriented celebration that
offers an opportunity to enjoy a safe,
fun-filled New Year’s Eve. With the arts
as a backdrop and the community as a
stage, First Night Tri-Cities lifts the
human spirit and celebrates all that is
good and right in the world as we usher
in the new year.
The celebration will again be held on
the Columbia Basin College campus in
Pasco. Nowhere else in the Tri-Cities
can you celebrate New Year’s Eve with
your entire family — no matter what the
ages — enjoying a variety of visual and
performing arts. Best of all, it’s afford-
able and accessible to all.
The headlining performers are
Christina and Ali. Sisters Christina, 13,
and Ali, 20, of Idaho Falls were featured
on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” earlier
this year and finished in the Top 10.
Both sisters have cystic fibrosis and
were told they wouldn’t be able to
sing, but they have long since proved
their critics wrong and have not let the
disease hold them back. The sisters
will perform two shows in the CBC
gymnasium.
A low-cost general-admission button
for family members ages 5 and over is
all it takes to get into all venues on the
campus. You can hear live music of all
kinds, get a kick out of a hypnotist,
have your children participate in Kids’
Zone activities, find lively venues for
teenagers, enjoy exciting main-stage
acts and then gather for the excite-
ment of a spectacular fireworks
display to celebrate a year ending and
a year beginning.
First Night Tri-Cities provides a safe,
family-friendly environment for your
New Year’s Eve. It’s also a place and
a time for renewing old friendships and
meeting new friends. First Night Tri-
Cities is a very special event that
shows why the Tri-Cities is a great
place to live, work and play.
Want to have VIP access to First
Night Tri-Cites? Purchase a Friends of
First Night booster button! It’s just $50
and allows you reserved parking at the
event, reserved seating in select
venues, access to the hospitality room
and admission to every venue at the
New Year’s Eve event.
The “Friends” booster button is a
great way to show your support and
help ensure that this popular annual
event will continue into 2012 and
beyond.
To purchase your Friends of First
Night collector button, contact Roy
Garcia or visit the button page online at Sisters Christina and Ali will headline at
www.FirstNightTC.org. this year’s First Night Tri-Cities.
 The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 9

Sundance Aviation offers a great way to get ‘high’

I
f you’re familiar with the term fixed a courtesy stop worrying! Sundance Aviation is
fortunate to
base operator, or FBO, you’re car, jet fuel user-friendly, and all pilots, former
have a good
probably either a pilot or have and avgas pilots or wannabe pilots are friends to
FBO. In the
always wanted to be one. In either (short for Clif and Sue.
Tri-Cities,
case, you’ll enjoy the services of aviation “We’re working with one guy who
only Richland
Sundance Aviation in Richland. gasoline), and hadn’t flown for 25 years,” Sue said.
and the
An FBO is a provider of essential a place to just And as for the expense, Sundance
much-larger
services to general aviation aircraft and relax, file a Aviation offers a membership discount
Tri-Cities
pilots. Those aircraft and pilots may be flight plan or program that makes it very affordable to
Regional
based at the same airport or just get a cup of train in one of their Cessna 152s (two-
Airport
visiting. They could be stopping in for coffee before seater) or 172s (four-seater).
provide a full
fuel or a mechanical check-up. taking to the If you have your own airplane, you
range of
Clif Dyer and Sue Kelly-Dyer, skies. can rent one of about 100 tie-downs
services to
owners of Sundance Aviation, have The and have ready access to all the
general (non-
been providing those services and Richland The Dyers, Clif and Sue, of Sundance Aviation required maintenance. Self-serve avgas
airline)
more at the Richland Airport since Airport is is available 24 hours a day.
aviation. The Kennewick Airport no
2006, but they’ve been in the business owned by the Port of Benton, and Sue So, if you dream of learning to fly
longer does.
of serving Tri-Cities pilots since 1979, says port director Scott Keller and and you’re ready to find out more about
previously at the Kennewick Airport. airport manager John Haakenson have it, call Sundance Aviation at (509) 946-
Clif is a certified flight instructor and been wonderful to deal with. “The port Learning to fly 2515 and talk to Clif or Sue. They’ll put
aircraft mechanic, and Sundance offers has been very supportive,” she said. If you’ve always wanted to learn to you at ease.
the full range of services that a good “They’re glad to have a full-service FBO fly but you think it’s outside your And it won’t be long before you
FBO should offer. That includes aircraft in Richland.” comfort zone…or you’re worried about experience that wonderful, exhilarating
rentals, flight instruction, parts, full- Perhaps the port staff realizes that the expense…or you started lessons feeling when you touch down from your
service maintenance, tie-down space, any small airport these days is once but it’s been too many years — first solo flight.
Meet the new ice-skating
instructors at Toyota Arena
Like anyone who does anything really well,
figure skaters we see on TV make it look easy.
Even as we hold our breath during that triple Axel,
we may imagine ourselves spinning on the ice to
the applause of an admiring audience.
Ever since Norwegian Sonia Henie thrilled the
crowds in three consecutive Winter Olympics and
10 figure-skating world championships more than
three-quarters of a century ago, children the world
over have dreamed of being figure skaters. But
there are no frozen ponds here as there are in
Norway, and for most Tri-Cities kids it has been an
elusive dream. The necessary facilities and
instruction were out of reach.
That is, until now.
Today we have year-round practice ice at Toyota
Arena in Kennewick, and world-class skating
instructors Craig and Jenny Bond have begun
offering a range of instruction for beginners to
experienced skaters.
Craig and Jenny have been national and world
champions, and although they started life on
opposite sides of the Atlantic — Craig in Walla
Walla and Jenny in her native Southampton,
England — they met as featured performers in
Holiday on Ice and were married in 1982. They
settled in Rochester, N.Y., and for three decades
they’ve been coaching beginners, gold medalists
and NFL hockey players.
Jenny was just a toddler when she started
skating, and was competing by the age of 7.
Intensive daily practice paid off in 1970 when she
won both the British Junior Championship and the
Southern Regionals. She was selected as an
alternate for the European World Championships
and the Olympics, and represented the United
Kingdom in many international competitions. She
won the bronze medal at the World Professional
Championships before turning professional to
skate with Holiday on Ice.
Craig grew up in Walla Walla and started
skating at the YWCA Ice Chalet. He began
traveling to Seattle at every opportunity to receive
the special coaching he would need to make a
career of performing on ice. He won medals and
awards in solo free skating, pair skating and ice
dance competitions.
Craig moved to Phoenix at the age of 18 and
received more coaching that led to five national
championships and many national and interna-
tional competitions and exhibitions. In the spring of
1979, he and a partner won the World Professional
Championships in Spain.
Toyota Arena is a year-round skating facility
adjacent to Toyota Center in Kennewick. It’s
available for public skating as well as birthday
parties, private lessons and hockey tournaments.
And whether you want to learn to skate for fun or
for competition, Craig and Jenny Bond are now
offering a full range of lessons.
For the learn-to-skate program, call (509) 737-
3721. For Toyota Arena public skating times and
other information, visit www.yourtoyotaarena.com
or call (509) 737-3718.
PAGE 10 • December 2010 • The Entertainer

Arlington to Eastern Washington: ‘Wreaths Across America’

By Deborah Kawaguchi Each $15 wreath is made from First created the week before the
carefully managed and sustainably bombing of Pearl Harbor in December

M
ore than 15 years ago, Maine
businessman Morrill Worcester harvested Maine balsam. Since the 1941, the USAF Auxiliary: Civil Air
made a boyhood dream a Worcester Wreath Company manages Patrol was congressionally chartered
reality when he used an excess of its own 4,000-acre forest, it is able to in 1948, after serving during World War
wreaths from his company after the harvest, hand-prepare and ship within II. It is a federally supported, non-profit
holiday season to pay tribute to the 24 hours for the freshest quality corporation of more than 65,000
veterans who have made the ultimate product. The Tri-Cities Composite volunteer officers and cadets nation-
sacrifice for their country. Maine Squadron receives a $5 honorarium wide who donate their time and
Senator Olympia Snowe assisted, and from each wreath purchased. resources to train for disaster relief,
the wreaths were laid on headstones in Officers and cadets from the squad- emergency services, cadet programs,
Arlington National Cemetery. ron will take part in the Eastern aerospace education, and most
From that simple ceremony, thou- Washington ceremony in the Tahoma recently in homeland security to
sands of requests have poured in, Cemetery in Yakima on Saturday, Dec. support their communities and serve
causing the project to spread across the 11, at 9 a.m. The public is invited to their nation.
country. Originally called the Arlington not only buy a wreath to pay tribute to
Wreath Project, it has now expanded to our veterans and their families, but to
become the non-profit Wreaths Across attend and even participate in the Major Deborah Salter Kawaguchi is
America campaign ceremony as well. Commander of the Tri-Cities Compos-
(www.wreathsacrossamerica.org). It In the future, the Tri-Cities Compos- ite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.
includes state and national veterans’ comfort their families, since the USAF ite Squadron hopes to establish a You may contact her for more informa-
cemeteries, veterans’ monuments and Auxiliary wholeheartedly supports ceremony in the Tri-Cities. tion at (509) 967-2639.
local community Wreaths
cemeteries; in Across
total, more than “Freedom is never more than one generation America’s
500 locations. away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to mission to THREE RIVERS FOLKLIFE SOCIETY
The wreath- our children in the bloodstream. It must be “Remember
laying is now held fought for, protected, and handed on for them the fallen;
CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAY SEASON
annually on the to do the same, or one day we will spend our honor those
who serve; By Micki Perry
second Saturday sunset years telling our children and our
of December. children’s children what it was once like in teach our This month, 3 Rivers Folklife Society will host a special holiday con-
Many volunteers children the cert, two sing-alongs and our ad hoc coffeehouse. There will be no contra
the United States where men were free.” —
from many value of dance in December. For more information about 3 Rivers Folklife events,
President Ronald Reagan freedom.”
organizations and directions and links to performer websites, check our web site at
those in the www.3rfs.org or call (509) 528-2215.
trucking industry make this possible Tri-Cities takes part
each year. This year, the Richland Tri-Cities Two songalongs on Dec. 3 and 11
When Morrill and Karen Worcester Composite Squadron of the USAF The First Friday Folkie Free-for-all will be held on Friday, Dec. 3, at
decided to take this project nationwide, Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol will participate 7:30 p.m. at 1011 South Dawes Street in Kennewick. This gathering of
the challenge was accepted by the Civil for the first time. musicians and singers has a song circle format with participants taking
Air Patrol, the official civilian auxiliary of Orders to support the mission of turns choosing songs to sing from a variety of genres. Call (509) 783-9937
the United States Air Force. The Wreaths Across America can be made for directions. The Second Saturday Sea Song Singalong, to be Dec. 11
National Commander, Maj. Gen. Amy through this website http:// at Richland’s Round Table Pizza, actually has more of a free-for-all
S. Courter, wants CAP to be on the dcriggs.homestead.com/ format. Singing usually begins around 7 p.m.. Holiday songs and carols
front lines to honor veterans and Wreaths082Tri-CitiesSq.html. will be appropriate at both gatherings this month.

Concert: ‘A Celebration in Music’ Dec. 4

A Dec. 4 concert will feature Seattle’s foremost nautical music duo of
William Pint and Felica Dale and the transatlantic world music team of
Tania Opland and Mike Freeman. They have titled their joint concert
“Winter’s Return: A Celebration in Music” and it will begin at 7:30 p.m. at
the Community Unitarian Universalist Church, 2819 West Sylvester in
Pasco. Tickets are available in advance for $11 ($9 for seniors and
students) at Bookworm stores and Octopus’ Garden. They will be $1
more at the door.
William Pint and Felicia Dale specialize in music of the sea, from
contemporary songs to traditional shanties. They put their own spin on
traditional music with exotic instrumentation and great vocal harmonies.
Visit them on the web at www.pintndale.com. Tania Opland and Mike
Freeman play music with an international scope, with tunes from Russia,
Uzbekistan and Central Asia as well America and the British Isles. Their
website is www.opland-freeman.com and the link for the Winter’s Return
concert series is www.opland-freeman.com/wintersreturn.

Laddie Ray Melvin featured at Coffeehouse

Spokane singer/songwriter Laddie Ray Melvin will be the featured
performer at the 3 Rivers Coffeehouse on Friday, Dec. 10, at All Saints
Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Ave., in Richland. The coffeehouse
begins at 7:30 p.m. with an open-mic session. Potential performers
should arrive early to sign up for a performance slot. Suggested donation
at the door is $8, or $6 for seniors and students.
Laddie Ray Melvin is a songwriter who carefully crafts his lyrics and
surrounds them with music from the American folk tradition with roots in
country, blues folk and folk-rock. He has recorded three solo albums
including his 2009 release A City Glows in the Distance, a collection of
story songs. His website is www.laddieraymelvin.com.

The T-Birds club members with the car “Greased Lightnin’”
Rydell High’s new class is coming
T he one that you want is back, and
it’s coming to Yakima! Grease is
rockin’ and rollin’ across the country in
a production direct from Broadway.
If you liked the 1970s movie, the
Broadway production of Grease at the
Capitol Theatre on Jan. 4, 5 and 6 will
have you singing and hand-jiving the
night away. It features songs from the
hit motion picture for the first time on
stage, including “Sandy,” “Hopelessly
Devoted to You,” “Grease,” and “You’re
the One That I Want,” as well the
songs from the original stage produc-
tion — “Summer Nights,” “Greased
Lightnin’” and “We Go Together.”
After spending a hopelessly devoted
summer with Sandy Dumbrowski
(played by Alyssa Herrera), Danny
Zuko (played by Matt Nolan) is thrown
a curve when Sandy appears as a new
student at Rydell High. Danny is a
tough guy and the leader of the local
high school’s bad-boys club known as
the T-Birds. Being in love with sweet
and pure Sandy doesn’t quite jive with
the image he wants.
Not to give up, sweet Sandy creates
a plan to capture the boy of her
dreams. And of course, in this 1950s-
era teen romance, she does just that.
The story is the classic “boy meets/
loses/regains girl” theme, plus a little
class conflict, a rumble where no one
gets hurt, and of course a drive-in
make-out scene. If those themes were
out of date in the 1970s, they’re
positively ancient today — but that’s
what makes this show so much fun.
The production also features Eddie
Mekka as DJ Vince Fontaine. He is
best remembered as Carmine Ragusa
on TV’s “Laverne & Shirley.”
For tickets, visit capitoltheatre.org or
ticketswest.com, or call (509) 853-
ARTS or (800) 330-ARTS.
Be cool, Daddy-O, and order your
tickets now.
The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 11
IN BRIEF
Fort Walla Walla Museum activities continue
Join with Fort Walla Walla Museum Dec. 9 in a salute to the museum’s
volunteers. Bring your favorite dish and meet at Golden West Estates on Jade
St., just past the state drivers’ license office off of Rose St. Social time begins
at 12:30. Call the museum at (509) 525-7703 to participate. Also remember the
museum has extended its season through December 23 and is featuring a
special exhibit, An Olde-Fashioned Christmas, featuring enlargements from the
Museum’s extensive Christmas card collection, sleigh, toys and more. Also,
The Landscapes of Leslie Williams Cain art exhibit will be in the new Entry
Hall. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. For nformation visit
www.fortwallawallamuseum.org.
Author Hamann to headline multicultural event
On Jan. 14, the WSU Multicultural Club will hold its fourth annual Community
Conversation and Jazz event at 7 p.m. at the Three Rivers Convention Center.
There will be a panel discussion about civil rights, followed by dinner and jazz.
The special guest panelist is Jack Hamann, author of On American Soil: How
Justice Became a Casualty of WWII, about the wrongful conviction of African-
American solders during the war. Senior scientist Novella Bridges of PNNL and
philosophy professor Joshua Wretzel will complete the panel. There will also be
some world-class jazz music by Larry Fuller of the Pizzarelli Orchestra in New
York along with his quartet. His guest vocalist will be former Miss Texas Shilah
Phillips. There is no charge for the event, which includes dinner for the first 400
people (doors open at 6 p.m..) Dress is evening cocktail attire.
Clint Black plays Wenatchee Town Toyota Center
Country star Clint Black will play his hit songs and some Christmas favorites
in a Dec. 18 concert at Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee. Black is a prolific
songwriter, and has chalked up more than 30 singles on the Billboard country
charts, of which 21 have reached No. 1. He has released nine studio albums
and several compilation albums. He has earned many music awards including
the Academy of Country Music’s Album of the Year Award for “Killin’ Time” and
Single of the Year for “A Better Man.” He was raised in Katy, Texas, where he
learned to play multiple instruments, began writing music and formed a band
with his brothers before going solo. He is one of the few country artists who
record primarily their own material. Other upcoming events at Town Toyota
Center include the musical Grease on Jan. 16 and the Harlem Globetrotters on
Feb. 16. Tickets for all events can be purchased online at
towntoyotacenter.com, by phone at (866) 973-9611 or at the Town Toyota
Center box office at 1300 Walla Walla Ave. in Wenatchee.
PAGE 12 • December 2010 • The Entertainer

Events showcase Wallowa County’s winter wonderland

Have you ever been to Joseph,
Oregon? If you have, chances are
you’ve enjoyed walking the stone
sidewalks of Main Street, admiring
magnificent bronze statues and the
majestic Wallowa Mountains.
Have you thought about visiting
during the winter? If you haven’t, it’s
well worth the trip! Whether you’re
seeking adventure or a relaxing
getaway, the charming town of Joseph
has what you’re looking for.
Joseph’s 7th Annual Winterfest, to
be held Jan. 11-15, will be a week full
of fun and entertainment for everyone.
A snow sculpture contest starts off the
week’s events. The Taste of Wallowa
County is held on Thursday, showcas-
ing specialties from local breweries,
bars, and restaurants. Friday evening
hosts the action-packed Loomix Tub
Races and other thrilling events. And
this is the second year for the Wallowa
County Rail Jam, in which young
people get the chance to show off their
ski or snowboard talents using various
ramps, jumps and rails.
Think you can run with the best?
You could also try racing up and down
Main Street in your Skivvies as
onlookers cheer you on in the Polar
Bear Run! Then warm up with a hot
toddy in the Stubborn Mule with the
Adult Winter Games.
The fun isn’t over yet! On Saturday,
there’s an all-you-can-eat breakfast to
start your day off right. However, you
might want to save some room for later
to sample the recipes at the Chili
Contest.
The snowmobile Poker Run sets off
from the local snow park, Salt Creek
Summit. With a $2,200 purse, this is
an event you’ll want to take part in. For
those without snowmobiles, there is a
Poker Walk in town along with a
Scavenger Hunt through local busi-
nesses. There are great prizes for
these events as well. Saturday evening
there is an all-you-can-eat steak feed
and beer till 8 p.m. After the live
auction and raffles, you can dance the
night away to a live band beginning at Joseph, Oregon and the Wallowa mountains beckon winter travelers.
9 p.m.
This is a great time to travel to host the Oregon State Snowmobile visit snowmobilewallowacounty.com,
Joseph to enjoy Winterfest and see Association’s annual convention from josephoregon.com and
what everyone is talking about. Jan. 18 to 22. For more information wallowacountychamber.com.
In addition to Winterfest, Joseph will about Winterfest and the local area,

EAGLE CAP EXTREME races. One recent musher sheepishly

SLED-DOG RACING
The Eagle Cap Extreme is a
nonprofit organization that provides a
quality, environmentally conscious
amateur sporting event for mushers
and their teams. It’s a unique family
activity for Northeast Oregon.
The Eagle Cap Extreme is in its
7th year of running sled dog races.
The 2010 sled dog race event offered
a 100-mile, eight-dog team race as
well as a 200-mile, twelve-dog team both the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest
Musher John Barron in 2008
race, which is the official qualifier for
The event boasted more than 60 admitted that he fell off his sled
paid members, more than 100 volun- more than once while gawking at
teers and 75 sponsors. Thirteen the breathtaking beauty of the
mushers with their handlers and teams Wallowa Whitman National Forest.
participated. Racers who have run the Iditarod
This Jan 5-8, the Eagle Cap Ex- have told volunteers this race has
treme will run the same two races as some of the toughest terrain they
in 2010, using the same schedule of have ever run and predicted it will
events. Oregon Public Broadcasting become the premier race of the
covered the race two years ago, and lower 48 in a few years. The
you can view the coverage via a link on majority of the mushers also have
the Eagle Cap website at commented on the kindness of the
www.eaglecapextreme.com. locals and volunteers.

‘Cyber Art 509’ gives artists outlets for exhibiting
C yber Art 509 is an online artists’
co-op, but you can see the work of
its talented members up close and
personal as well as online.
The 509 in the group’s name repre-
sents the area code of the Tri-Cities
and surrounding area that is home to
the 23 members of Cyber Art 509.
“We are a spin-off of 509Art, which
promotes the arts but is not into
exhibiting,” said Pat Fleming, who
manages the group’s website,
cyberart509.com. “We display our
members’ art on the website and we
also do ‘call outs’ for art from our
Cheese Louise in the Richland Parkway exhibit works by Cyber Art 509 members.
members to exhibit at local busi-
nesses.”
exhibit not only online but also at local through the website that have led to
Pat said the co-op is always looking businesses. Member artists have
for new members who would like to
benefited from contacts they’ve made for new works.
A THREE-GENERATION ART SHOW
Three generations of an artistically
talented Tri-Cities family will be
showing their artwork this month at
T&L Office Supply, downtown at 203
W. Kennewick Ave. in Kennewick.
Family matriarch Salle Ostergaard
will show her original watercolor
paintings. “I come from a long line of
artists,” Salle said. “My mother was
a fine artist and singer and my
grandfather was a pen-and-ink
drawer and pianist, so at least five
generations of artists are in our
family!”
Daughter LuAnn Ostergaard is a
well-known local artist whose forte is
colorful and sophisticated abstract
photographic mixed media work. “I
think the artistic genes have defi-
nitely been passed down through our
family,” LuAnn said. You may see
more of her work online at
www.LuAnnOstergaard.com.
LuAnn’s son, Joseph Rastovich,
has two large public sculptures
under his belt, and he’s creating
smaller-scale pieces of Celtic
designs for sale through galleries.
He is also a gifted musician and
composer, playing piano and Fla-
menco and classical guitar.
“Growing up, I was immersed in all
aspects of the art world,” Joseph
said. “We had every manner of
brush, paint, paper and clay in our
house and I was welcome to dabble
in all of it.”
Joseph’s art can be seen at
www.Rastovichart.com.
Don’t miss watercolor exhibit at Allied Arts
The traveling exhibit of the American
Watercolor Society continues through
Dec. 19 at Allied Arts Gallery in
Richland. Approximately 40 paintings
from the society’s international juried
show in New York are on display.
The American Watercolor Society is
the foremost society of its kind in the
country, and Richland is the only
Northwest stop on this year’s 12-
month tour of its prize works..
The paintings cover a wide range of
subjects and styles — landscapes,
seascapes, nature, city life and
portraits, with styles running from
The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 13
Pat said business owners have the
right to accept or reject any individual
piece and are not liable for any acci-
dental damage to the artwork.
Viewers of the works who want to
buy them can deal directly with the
artists, whose contact information is
provided.
Cyber Art 509 is now exhibiting at
the Mountain Springs Wellness Center,
Cheese Louise and Edward Jones in
Richland, and at Cool Beans Coffee
Shop in Kennewick.
The works range from paintings and
photography to jewelry, pottery and
sculptural objects.
“We are at the point now that we are
looking for advertisers for a brochure
sales of their artwork or commissions
we want to distribute to businesses
about the co-op,” Pat said. “The ad
space is being sold for $25. We’d love
Businesses also benefit to have some art patronage. The Tri-
Cyber Art 509 welcomes local Cities needs more exhibition places for
businesses to partner with them by local artists’ work because there’s
offering display space in their stores or some really good art being produced
facilities. here and limited venues.”
“We are a win-win situation for coffee Artists who are interested in becom-
houses, wineries and other local ing members for just $12 per year, as
businesses because we hang our art in well as businesses interested in having
their places at no expense to them,” works of art exhibited in their shops for
Pat said. “And we will rotate the free, will find contact information on the
artwork every 60 days.” cyberart509.com website.
The Ostergaard-Rastovich family and
their works, from left: LuAnn, Joseph,
Michael and Salle.
Also included in the show at T&L
is LuAnn’s husband, Michael
Rastovich. “I also come from a long
line of creative people in my family,”
Michael said. “So our son Joseph
was destined to be an artist!”
Michael’s art career has varied
from creating a public sculpture at
the Tri-Cities Business and Visitor
Center in Kennewick to winning the
top award for his design of a
Portland Rose Parade float. He
creates colorful animations on LED
sign boards around town for local
businesses and events. You can
see his animated design work at
DoTown.net, a community calendar
site he created.
A reception and opening will be
held Dec. 2 from 2 to 8 p.m. during
downtown Kennewick’s First
Thursday Art Walk. For information
call (509) 586-8586.
almost photographic realism all the
way to abstraction.
At the same time as the watercolor
show, Allied Arts will have its annual
Gallery Aglow celebration, offering
original artwork by regional artists just
in time for holiday gift purchases.
There is no admission charge for these
two events.
The gallery will be open from 10 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays,
and on Sundays from now through
Dec. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. For informa-
tion, visit www.alliedartsrichland.org.
PAGE 14 • December 2010 • The Entertainer

Jackson Hole holiday provides luxury, adventure

By Steve Bergsman activities such outdoor foggy morning made it difficult to spot
Creators Syndicate as ice- activities that them, but Taylor persistently kept us
he snow stopped falling, but the climbing,

T
actually focused through binoculars until it
temperature gauge barely moved, gewgaws involved wildlife seemed we could almost touch them.
holding steady at about 20 made from elk and the We then stopped along the side of the
degrees. There was no wind, and antlers and environment. highway to see a small herd of
despite wearing nothing more than a bonze statues One morning pronghorns that were making a rare
bathing suit, I was very comfortable. A of bucking we took a kind appearance so far north in the winter.
hot tub happily gurgling away in a broncos. I of wildlife safari The Jackson Hole Visitors Center
frozen landscape does wonders for a didn’t buy into the sells tickets for a horse-drawn sleigh
person’s psyche, especially when it is anything, but I environs ride through the refuge. Not only is this
on a mountaintop ledge that looks counted my surrounding the a lot of fun, but sleigh drivers take their
across the Snake River Valley and to walk as equal city of Jackson passengers directly into the herds of
the Grand Tetons. I was luxuriating in a to a 10-mile (nee Jackson elk. They are so expert at this maneu-
splendid mountain resort outside of hike through Sleigh-riding visitors have a close encounter Hole). ver that the elk, normally very skittish,
Jackson Hole, Wyo., called Amangani. the with a herd of elk at the National Elk Refuge Promptly at allow the sleighs filled with picture-
My game plan was to start at the backcountry. outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 7:30 a.m., with taking tourists to mingle among them.
Amangani and end up at the Four After all that the tempera- Since the National Elk Refuge is
Seasons. Amangani has a fabulous strolling about, it was time for a hot ture at a chilly minus18 degrees, a open to the wide world of wildlife, it is
location and the resort runs shuttles to tub and a swim. Amangani also biologist with the Teton Science also visited by other animals, mostly
Jackson Hole and, for skiers, to Teton believes in the outdoors, as the lap School’s Wilderness Expeditions unit predators. Wolves, for example, have
Village. pool was next to the hot tub on the took us out to show us what kind of been spotted on the refuge. During my
Four Seasons is also well-sited at outdoor veranda. wildlife was in the area. Our first stop visit, we saw a number of coyotes.
the base of the Teton Village gondola. The Four Seasons hot tub and lap was the National Elk Refuge, 25,000 None of these outdoor activities
At the end of the day, enjoy apres-ski pool wasn’t so picturesquely placed acres on the northern border of the require specialized hiking gear since
refreshments while watching the last of but was ornately and handsomely city. Since time immemorial, tens of visitors are mostly inside a vehicle, nor
the skiers heading downhill. designed on a series of elevations. thousands of the region’s elk have are special skills required beyond
Any other year I would have skied What I liked about the Four Seasons migrated to this valley floor to avoid the dressing warmly. When my safaris
until my knees collapsed, but not this outdoor water area was that the deep mountain snows. were over, I journeyed back to the Four
trip. I was fully tuned into the lazy attendants would put my towel and Our objective was to find a small Seasons, warmed my cold feet before
man’s outdoor experience. I started bathrobe in a warming closet. group of bighorn sheep that made a roaring fire and ordered sushi.
with a stroll through the idiosyncratic Besides the indulgences, however, themselves at home along a lengthy For Jackson Hole information, visit
shops that sell winter gear for extreme my wife and I also found a number of butte in the middle of the refuge. The www.jacksonholechamber.com.

Wintertime getaways in Oregon offer affordable
adventure, skiing, wildlife tours and much more
A
getaway to Northeast Oregon is
a short drive with plenty of
winter entertainment. From
skiing to wildlife viewing, snowmobiling
to theatre, travelers can find an afford-
able respite from the city hubbub.
Ski areas, both alpine and Nordic,
are plentiful in Eastern Oregon, and
most are near snowmobile access.
After a day in the snow, visitors can
find fine dining, entertainment, and
cozy motels.
Anthony Lakes, long favored by
skiers for dry powder and high eleva-
tion, is now under the ownership of
local citizens after nearly half a century
of private management, and is man-
aged by Baker County. With lowered
ticket prices and the promise of big
snows, Anthony Lakes is planning to
power up lifts in the next few weeks. It
boasts 21 alpine runs, a new triple
chair, 37 kilometers of Nordic trails,
and Sno-Cat adventures.
Anthony Lakes is 20 miles from
Interstate 84 between Baker City and
La Grande. With a base of 7,100 feet,
skiers are treated to exceptional
scenery, great snow and short lift lines.
For group rates, contact Trish Brinton
via e-mail to trishb@anthonylakes.com
or call (541) 856-3277.
In Union County, local Nordic skiers
hop on I-84 and head for Meacham
Divide Nordic Area, 15 miles west of La
Grande. Managed by the Blue Moun-
Skiers take advantage of short lift lines at Ski Anthony Lakes near Interstate 84.
tain Nordic Club, the free ski area
grooms 25 miles of trails throughout
the winter. Maps and trail conditions
are available at www.onc.org.
Back-to-basics Nordic adventurists
— those looking for pristine snow sans
grooming — can find it at Mt. Emily
Recreation Area, just two miles north
of downtown La Grande. The year-
round recreation area hosts summer
hikers, mountain bikers, and horse-
back riders, while snow buffs look
forward to tackling untracked snow.
Although privately owned for years
by timber companies, Mt. Emily was
accessed freely for generations. The
mountain, so beloved by locals, was
put on the block in 2008, and Union
County bought the iconic mountain.
Mt. Emily’s peak is close to 6,100
The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 15
suspicious of human interaction, and
little things, like rewinding a camera,
would send them running.”
Now, with 20 years of acclimation
and a breakfast of alfalfa hay, the
critters have become accustomed to
visitors. Once finished dining, the elk
stay in the viewing area, sparring with
each other and “generally showing off
their magnificent antlers,” Triplett says.
“We have animals here that we
watched grow up, eluding hunters year
after year and coming back to the site
as if they are anxious to see the return
of the horses, wagons with feed, and
even the people,” says Alice Trindle,
feet, so it’s sure to see some good T&T’s other T.
snow this winter. For information and T&T Wildlife Tours begins operating
trail maps go to www.union-county.org. on Dec. 11 and will run weekends tours
through the end of February, with
Wildlife viewing special holiday tours on Dec. 26 and
Getting close to wildlife doesn’t Jan. 2. For information, visit
necessarily mean skis. T&T Wildlife www.tnthorsemanship.com/wildlifetours
Tours, operated just outside of North or call the Union County Chamber of
Powder, takes visitors in a horse-drawn Commmerce at (800) 848-9969.
wagon through snowy fields into a Self-guided winter wildlife watching
robust herd of Rocky Mountain elk. can be found at Ladd Marsh, a 3,200-
Winter elk-feeding programs were acre wildlife preservation area near La
launched in the 1970s to ease the Grande. It attracts winter birds, elk,
winter stress on the animals — and to deer, foxes, and other wildlife.
preserve ranchers’ crops, fences, and For more information about Eastern
hay intended for livestock. Oregon winter activities, dining,
“Things have changed a lot over the lodging, and Ski & Stay packages,
past 20 years,” says Susan Triplett, contact the Union County Chamber of
one of the T’s in T&T. “When we first Commerce at (800) 848-9969 or
began the tours, the elk were pretty www.unioncountychamber.org.
PAGE 16 • December 2010 • The Entertainer
Estrogen creams can affect more than their users
Dr. David Lipschitz
Creators Syndicate
A
mericans are obsessed with
youth. Adults will do virtually
anything to look, feel and act
young. We want perfectly shaped
bodies with smooth, wrinkle-free skin
— no bulges, no double chins, flat
bellies and perfectly lean legs (what-
ever that means).
Plastic surgery and skin-smoothing
injections have exploded into a
multibillion-dollar industry. Many post-
menopausal women have looked to
hormone replacement as a good route and rub against the treated skin. As a
for retaining that youthful look. Unfortu- result, those pets absorbed the topical
nately, for these women seeking the
fountain of youth, estrogen creams
may have some unusual side effects.
As more and more evidence links the Administration issued a warning that
tablet forms of hormone replacement
therapy to increased risk of breast
cancer, heart disease and stroke,
physicians are turning to patches and
creams to treat the symptoms of
menopause. In the last four years,
there has been a six-fold increase in
the use of creams containing estro-
gens. And this number does not
include the many more women who are one comes in contact with the
receiving bioidentical hormones com-
pounded by a pharmacist.
Whatever the source of estrogen
cream, an unusual side effect has
been identified.
A recent article in The New York
Times reported that veterinarians have
been seeing spayed dogs and cats
suddenly becoming hormonal. Female
pets went into heat and male pets
developed swollen breasts and hair
loss.
After a little research, the Veterinary
Information Network reported that
women using topical estrogen creams
were not taking proper precautions
with their pets, letting dogs or cats lick
estrogens and went into heat!
Unfortunately, pets are not the only
victims. Recently, the Food and Drug
eight children exposed to an estrogen
spray (Evamist) developed premature
puberty. Similar problems have been
identified in children and pets exposed
to men’s testosterone cream.
This problem can be avoided if the
creams are appropriately used. Most
importantly, patients should thoroughly
wash their hands to assure that no
creams. If the cream is placed on bare
skin, no human or pet should come in
contact with it until the lotion has
completely dried.
Estrogen creams are often used for
cosmetic reasons to treat skin that
looks older, more wrinkled and less
taut. Studies have clearly shown that
estrogens improve skin thickness and
blood flow and can reduce and prevent
the development of wrinkles. Published
in the journal of Fertility and Sterility, a
research report showed that the
severity of wrinkles in 11 facial loca-
tions was 40 percent less in women on
hormone replacement than in women
who were not.
Despite the proven benefits, the way
you look should never be a reason to
elect hormone replacement. Whatever
the mode of administration, hormone
replacement treatment should be
limited to those who have symptoms
that can be ascribed to menopause
(hot flashes, behavioral problems,
headaches). Moreover, hormone
replacement therapy should be used at
the lowest dose and for as short a time
as possible.
What should you do to keep your
skin youthful? Experts in the field
recommend the use of moisturizing
sunscreens every day and a moistur-
izer at night. And avoid smoking. In
addition, it is important to use a gentle
cleanser to remove only dead skin.
‘How plastic surgery changed my life’
By Colette Nelson
After having four babies within five
short years, my stomach was stretched
out and hung very low. My breasts were
long, heavy and shapeless. I absolutely
hated what I looked like. My body was
always hidden under layers of clothing.
Every night I went to bed with such an
incredible sense of grief for letting my
body get to the point of no return. Silently, beauty! My soul came alive!
I cried myself to sleep.
On the outside, people saw a
vivacious and outgoing personality. No
one ever saw the insecurities and
despair I felt deep inside my heart.
Finally, as my youngest entered school
full-time, it was time to do something for
myself.
After much encouragement from my
obstetrician, I finally made the decision to I have also realized why Dr. Sanderson is
see a plastic surgeon, and I was referred so special. She is a warm, caring, skilled
to Dr. Aysel Sanderson. On the day of
my appointment I sat in my car — afraid
and nervous. I was contemplating
whether or not I should cancel my
appointment.
As it turned out, I had nothing to be
nervous about. The genuine warmth and helped me find renewed purpose and
caring from Dr. Sanderson and her staff
made me feel comfortable and
unashamed. Dr. Sanderson listened
intently to me for over an hour. She told
Evamist is an FDA-
approved estrogen
spray. It can ease
hot flashes brought
on by menopause,
but can bring on
premature puberty
in exposed children.
Do not wash aggressively, which can
remove the outer layers of skin called
the stratum corneum. This outer layer
helps protect against sun damage and
keeps the skin looking young. Over-
the-counter preparations containing
retinoids appear to maintain a healthy
skin with fewer wrinkles.
More aggressive approaches to
improving looks and reducing wrinkles
include surgery and Botox injections.
Remember, being comfortable in
your own skin and how it looks is a
measure of self-esteem — which is
considerably more healthy than
staying wrinkle-free. Consider aggres-
sive changes to the way you look if
you unequivocally believe it will seri-
ously improve the quality of your life.
Dr. David Lipschitz is the author of
Breaking the Rules of Aging and Dr.
David’s First Health Book of More Not
Less.
me she could help me feel better about
my body.
My first surgery was a tummy tuck. I
recovered beautifully, and three months
later I had a breast reduction. The two
surgeries were life-changing
experiences. My stomach was tight and
flat and my breasts went from a “G” to a
beautiful “C.” She transformed my worn-
out, unattractive body into a thing of
The final phase of my surgical plan —
body contouring with liposuction — took
place in August 2008. Now that I’m
thinner and shapelier, my energy seems
endless. I exercise regularly and do yoga.
What is even more astounding is the
transformation in my self-confidence.
Surgery is not the answer for everyone,
but it changed my life from the inside out.
plastic surgeon with true integrity. She
listens to her patients. She has the gift of
artistry and a desire for perfection.
Wanting to make a difference in
someone else’s life, I am now proud to
be a part of Dr. Sanderson’s team that
self-worth.
The author was a patient and is now
an employee of Dr. Aysel Sanderson.
 The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 17

Another reason to buy fragrance-free

By Scott LaFee products, the researchers said.
Creators Syndicate Manufacturers are not required to
disclose any ingredients in cleaning
S cented products like laundry
soaps, shampoos, deodorants and
air fresheners obviously smell nice.
supplies, air fresheners or laundry
products, all regulated by the Con-
Less obvious, however, are the chemi- sumer Product Safety Commission.
cals in them that produce these Nor are the producers of personal care
fragrances. Most products do not list products — governed by the Food and
these ingredients. According to a new Drug Administration — required to list
University of Washington study, some ingredients used in fragrances.
ingredients are classified as toxic. The study’s findings are published in
UW researchers examined 25 the journal Environmental Impact
commonly scented products. Each Assessment Review.
emitted an average of 17 chemicals. Of Though the research focuses on
the 133 chemicals detected, almost 25 products, lead author Anne
25 percent were defined as toxic or Steinemann offered this caution: “We
hazardous by at least one federal law. don’t want to give people the impres-
More than a third of the products sion that if we reported on product ‘A’
emitted at least one chemical classi- and they buy product ‘B,’ that they’re
fied as a probable carcinogen. So- safe. We found potentially hazardous
called “green” products were not chemicals in all of the fragranced
significantly different from other products we tested.”

IN BRIEF
Bishel Center collecting for holiday baskets
The Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is collaborating
with the Multi-Cultural Elder Awareness Committee in hopes of collecting much-
needed items for 150 senior baskets for the holidays. Volunteers will distribute
baskets to the elderly and disabled who are needy or do not have family
support. If you have questions, contact Larry Weiss, executive director of the
Bishel Center, at (509) 735-0699. For a list of needed items, go to our website
www.edithbishelcenter.org. All donations should be received at the center, 528
N. Arthur St. in Kennewick, by Dec. 13.

Safely get rid of hazardous household chemicals

Household hazardous waste collection for Benton County residents will take
place on Dec. 4 and 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m in the parking lot of the Richland
City Shops, 2700 Duportail St. Accepted are paints, solvents, cleaners, auto-
motive fluids, pesticides, fertilizers, fluorescent light bulbs and pool chemicals.
Not accepted are electronics, tires, appliances, explosives, radioactive materi-
als, asbestos and trash. Proof of Benton County residency is required.
PAGE 18 • December 2010 • The Entertainer
Cookbooks make great ‘comfort’ gifts
By Creators Syndicate
F or cookbook publishers, there’s an
upside to the economic downturn.
As budget-conscious consumers dine
out less and cook at home more, sales
of food books and magazines are on
the rise.
Amazon.com reports double-digit
growth in sales of books on food,
cooking and wine this year. And the
Borders Group says sales have been
especially robust for “comfort-food
cookbooks” — not a surprise, given the
anxious times.
This year’s cookbook crop includes
plenty of comfort titles, including books
on casseroles, chocolate and baking.
There are also several hefty new how-to
books, including “Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School” and “The Culinary
Institute of America Cookbook,” that
would be a help to kitchen newbies
aiming to prepare more meals at home.
Here are some books on cooking,
dining, wine and beer that caught our
attention this year:
Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes:
Recipes From a Modern Kitchen
Garden by Jeanne Kelley (Running
Press; $35).
The Wine Snob’s Dictionary by
David Kamp and David Lynch (Broad-
way Books; $12.95).
Barefoot Contessa Back to
Basics by Ina Garten (Clarkson
Potter: $35).
The Beer Book (Dorling-
Kindersley; $25).
Christmas Beer: The Cheeriest,
Tastiest and Most Unusual Holiday
Brews by Don Russell (Universe;
$19.95).
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -
Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by
Steve “The Waiter” Dublanica (Ecco;
$24.95).
Bake Until Bubbly: The Ultimate
Casserole Book by Clifford A. Wright
(Wiley; $22.95; paperback).
The Christmas Table: Recipes
and Crafts to Create Your Own Holiday $14.95).
Tradition by Diane Morgan
(Chronicle Books; $19.95;
paperback).
Puff: 50 Flaky,
Crunchy, Delicious Appe-
tizers, Entrees and
Desserts Made With Puff
Pastry by Martha
Holmberg (Chronicle
Books; $19.95; paper-
back).
Shine On: 100 Years
of Shiner Beer by Mike
Renfro (Bright Sky Press;
$34.95).
660 Curries: The
Gateway to Indian Cook-
ing by Raghavan Iyer
(Workman Publishing;
$22.95; paperback).
The Wine Trials By
Robin Goldstein, with
Alexis Herschkowitsch
(Fearless Critic Media;
IN BRIEF
Wildhorse Resort helps CAPECO Food Share
Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton has teamed up with the Commu-
nity Action Program of East Central Oregon (CAPECO) Food Share. The resort
has made a $1,000 cash donation and will be collecting non-perishable food
items through Dec. 13. Bring the items to Club Wild at Wildhorse and you’ll be
entered into a drawing for gifts such as Trail Blazers tickets, dinner for two at
Plateau, Tri-City Americans tickets and golf at Wildhorse Golf Club.
Organ, choir concert will support food banks
An organ and choir concert on Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. at Central United Protestant
Church will feature members of the American Guild of Organists and many local
community choirs in an organ and choir “Christmas Festival.” Each choir will
individually perform its own special musical piece. A collection will be taken for
local food banks. For information, call the church office at (509) 943-1143.

Clarion Inn
boasts best
New Year’s
C elebrate New Year’s
Eve with the Randy
Oxford Band at “A Black
and White Affair” the Clarion
Inn and Conference Center
in Richland this Dec. 31.
The party will start at 8 p.m.
and will last until 1:30 a.m.
A second band is being booked,
to be announced later, and for
updated information you can check
the Randy Oxford website at
oxfordentertainment.com. You may
visit the same website to buy
tickets, or get them at the Clarion. get the special room rates.
The Randy Oxford Band
The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 19
Pasco Chamber of Commerce seeks
nominees for Agriculture Hall of Fame
The deadline for nominations to the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame
Dec. 10 The award was established 10 years ago to honor distinguished indi-
viduals who have made significant contributions to the agriculture in the Greater
Franklin County region and its immediate surrounding areas. Nominees from
neighboring counties of Franklin County within a 150-mile radius are often also
considered for this prestigious award. To date, more than 30 individuals have
been honored.
A selection committee of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce is chartered with
reviewing the nominations, and individuals are judged on their contributions to
agriculture and to their communities.
Candidates are recognized for their dedication, generosity and selflessness
Room packages are available as well as demonstrated achievements, expertise and innovation. Farmers,
starting at $169.99 and they include growers, ranchers, and owners or employees of agribusiness firms are all
two event tickets and room. Contact eligible for nomination as either individuals or families.
the Clarion Inn at (509) 946-4121 to The Ag Hall of Fame inductees will be recognized at a special gala on Jan. 20
make your lodging arrangements. at the Pasco Red Lion.
Be sure to mention you wish to
attend A Black and White Affair to The three categories of awards and the criteria are:
„ The Pioneer Award (those who have significantly influenced agriculture
Individual event with groundbreaking ideas, participation and leadership, and have displayed
tickets without advocacy or unselfish acts in their communities)
lodging are „ The Mentor Leadership Award (4-H leaders, educators, agriculture
available for $50 advisors and outstanding mentors who have had a great influence in agriculture
per person. Each or agribusiness through working with youth).
event ticket „ The Agribusiness Man or Woman of the Year (a business person who
provides a deluxe has a stellar work ethic, provides workable solutions for issues affecting agricul-
pasta buffet bar ture, influences public policies that affect agriculture and serves their community
dinner, a dessert through volunteering or individual leadership).
bar, complimen- The nomination packet should contain the nominee’s name, a photo, the
tary champagne name of the nominator and his or her relation to the nominee. Sections of the
toast, party favors
nomination should include:
and all entertain-
„ Years of community and agriculture service — no more than 20
ment.
organizations and services the nominee has participated in.
This is the
„ A brief biography — about one and a half pages of background informa-
seven-year
stretch for this tion, including character traits and personal interests. Include your personal
particular party, sentiments and justification to support the nominee.
and the annual „ Attachments — not to exceed 10 pages of photos, clippings, awards, and
regulars consider letters of recognition.
it the best party For forms and guidelines to help with your nomination, call the Pasco Cham-
in town. ber of Commerce at (509) 547-9755 or send e-mail to
ngerds@pascochamber.org.
PAGE 20 • December 2010 • The Entertainer

If you don’t ask much, Burlesque delivers — with style!

By Andrea Green symbols of all time. he’s not such a bad guy at all. Ditto

I
n the new movie Burlesque, Christina
Aguilera plays Ali — short for Alice
— a squeaky-clean All-American
good girl with a big dream that can only
happen in LA. Fresh off the bus from
Iowa, but having no luck finding a
singing gig, our country girl stumbles
down the rabbit hole into a magical
world of sparkling costumes, dancing
girls and lip-synching glamour. And
she’s hooked.
Legendary performer and Goddess of
Pop Cher stars as Tess, the only
singing performer and owner of Bur-
lesque, a failing cabaret-style club that
boasts the best view on the Sunset
strip despite having no windows. Cher
sings two numbers in the film, and her
voice alone will leave you marking down
the soundtrack on your Christmas
must-have list. But it’s a little odd that
a woman known for her flashy fashion
sense gets stuck wearing such bland
costumes — even for her performance
numbers. What happened to the over-
the-top, opulent-yet-skimpy Bob
Mackie creations that made Cher’s
Oscar appearances so exciting? I
wonder if the producers forgot that
she’s still one of the greatest sex
Tess’s show is magical, and unable
to resist the beckoning sea of rhine-
stones, Ali snags a job as a cocktail
waitress at the club until her chance to
step on stage arrives. When the sound
system blanks out during her act, Ali
unveils her true talent — and her
amazing vocal performance becomes
the touchstone to keep Burlesque from
closing down.
As you can probably tell from the
previews, Burlesque is little more than
a vehicle for Christina Aguilera’s re-
entry into the contemporary pop music
scene. The plot is barely more than an
excuse to string some dance numbers
together, and the main focus is
Aguilera’s amazing voice. Stanley
Tucci does a great job as Sean, the
gay stage manager and Tess’s
number-one friend and confidant. Their
on-screen chemistry is almost as
much fun as when he played Julia
Child’s husband with Meryl Streep in
Julie & Julia. Watch for Masterpiece
Theatre’s Alan Cumming, who makes
a surprising appearance as the
harlequin-like Alexis. And of course we
can’t have a chick-flick without a
romantic lead; bartender Jack (Cam
Pop diva Christina Aguilera as Ali
Gigandet) fits the bill nicely, despite
his inconvenient fiancée in New York.
Overall, the film is almost too sweet, burlesque performance, check out the
sort of like a Disney-fied, PG-rated
version of Showgirls where all of the
characters are people you’d actually
like to get to know. Even the “villain”
Marcus (Eric Dane) barely pulls an
audience reaction, probably because
Ali’s nemesis, former headlining
dancer Nikki (Kristen Bell). Clearly the
most evil things about the club are that
it has only a single costume rack for
all of the dancers and a stage that
visibly flaunts the laws of physics (no,
really — watch it expand and contract
to suit the musical numbers).
By far the most disappointing thing
about the movie is that, despite the
name of the film, only a single dance
scene is actually a burlesque dance
number. The rest of the film is Chicago-
lite. If you’re looking for the mature,
risqué humor of a true burlesque
performance, you won’t find it here, but
the choreography is good, the cos-
tumes are fantastic, and overall the film
is a really good time (assuming you
have a high tolerance for fluff and aren’t
overly concerned with plot).
If all this fluff leaves you hankering to
see an honest-to-goodness, real
calendar of shows at the Burlesque
Seattle Press (http://
burlesqueseattle.com). Or learn a little
of the art yourself at Miss Indigo Blue’s
Academy of Burlesque (http://
www.academyofburlesque.com).

Dark, grim Deathly Hallows haunts Harry

By Roger Showley Major warning to parents: HP7 is not
Creators Syndicate for easily frightened youngsters. This is
“Death” is the operative word in Harry PG-13 bordering on R. Some major
Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. players get the death-spell treatment.
People, pets and magical folk die. Others get splinched or obliviated.
Buildings explode. Mayhem reigns. This We visit Godric’s Hollow, Harry’s
is a three-jumps-out-of-your-seat thriller birthplace where his parents, murdered
— a road movie minus Bob and Bing. by Voldemort, lie buried in a graveyard
When we last left our trio, they were straight out of Ebenezer Scrooge and the
raising their wands at Hogwarts School Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
in tribute to their headmaster, Albus And then there’s Luna Lovegood’s
Dumbledore, who had been tumbled off (Evanna Lynch) home, where her
Rapunzel lets her hair down in the animated movie Tangled.
the Astronomy Tower by Professor widowed father, Xenophilius Lovegood
Tangled an update of Rapunzel tale Severus Snape. Before his demise,
Dumbledore handed Harry his final
(Rhys Ifans), publishes the underground
“Quibbler.” That visit, a turning point in the
Poor Rapunzel. Although she gamely Tangled is a nice update to the classic assignment: hunt down and destroy the film, introduces us to the three Deathly
tries to enjoy the protection Mother Gothel Rapunzel story. It’s fun, witty, and well- Horcruxes — objects containing pieces Hallows (the Elder Wand, Resurrection
so kindly bestows upon her in her acted. Mandy Moore’s Rapunzel is self- of Voldemort’s soul. Only then can the Stone and Cloak of Invisibility), which
beautiful tower, she’s a little, well, bored. assured and not too nice to be Dark Lord be vanquished. Voldemort evidently seeks to ensure that
She bakes, she paints, she reads, and believable. Mother Gothel (Donna With two movies planned out of J.K. he’s the most powerful wizard in the land.
yet...bored. There you have it. There are Murphy) is deliciously Joan Crawford- Rowling’s seventh and final book, there’s Then it’s on to Malfoy Manor, where
only so many times you can play hide- esque. Zachary Levi as Flynn gets a lot of plenty of space for extra doses of movie Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs) isn’t the
and-seek with a chameleon. funny dialogue, and Ron Perlman has an magic and more face time with the good haughty Pure Blood he once was and his
But more than that, she’s curious. unexpected role as one of the villainous guys and the baddies. son, Draco (Tom Felton), Harry’s
What are those beautiful lights that soar Stabbington Brothers. Chivalrous horse Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and nemesis at school, isn’t so sure the
in the sky every year on her birthday? And Maximus and playful chameleon Pascal Emma Watson are no longer the smiling Death Eater club is the hey-there, hi-
why does she feel that they somehow nearly steal the film; they’re certain to cuties we met in the first movie nine there, ho-there place for you and me.
belong to her? become fan favorites despite the rather years ago, Harry Potter and the But wilder than ever is Bellatrix
Now that she’s turning 18, Rapunzel is obvious lack of spoken lines. Sorcerer’s Stone. They’re convincingly Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter),
ready to step outside and see the real Now, I have to say that I’ve never been despirited, sullen and clueless. Voldemort’s most trusted toadie. Her
world just once, and maybe even despite a fan of the musical numbers in Disney Most improved prize goes to Grint, as torturing of Hermione is the wizarding
Mother’s adamant refusal to let her leave. shows. That said, the songs don’t Ron Weasley, who shows real emotion world’s take on waterboarding.
When capricious thief Flynn Ryder detract much from what is arguably an for the first time, his comic relief in check. The cast includes new characters, and
(Zachary Levi from the TV show Chuck) excellent all-around film with a lot of Watson as Hermione is still Miss Know It many actors return to reprise their roles.
drops in while trying to escape the palace appeal outside of the pink-aisle crowd All but with tears (and a sexy turn). We meet Hermione’s dentist-parents
guard, Rapunzel sees her chance. She (no, it’s not just for little girls). Mother Radcliffe as Harry is one flustered 17- and say goodbye to Harry’s hateful
steals from the thief, blackmailing him Gothel’s song “Mother Knows Best” will year-old who could use a big dose of relatives, the Dursleys.
into helping her find the magical lights in give even the most jaded filmgoer a Felix Felices (the good-luck potion). As the credits rolled, a young lady next
the sky and ensuring her safe return to good chuckle. Hinting at a new touch of vulnerability to me, who has seen the movies but not
the tower. The 3-D isn’t necessary to enjoy the is Ralph Fiennes, as Voldemort, visibly read the books, grumped, “It’s annoying I
It’s the adventure of a lifetime! Or she’s film, so don’t let the extra cost of those less confident of defeating the “boy who have to wait until July to see what
a horrible daughter. But whatever fancy goggles stop you from seeing this lived,” as Harry repeatedly escapes by happens.”
happens, Rapunzel can’t give up the cleverly updated classic. Tangled is fun the skin of his Quidditch teeth. For her sake, and ours, let’s wish for
chance to see the floating lights. And for the whole family. See it at least once That’s where the horror and tragedy blue skies over the white cliffs of Dover
although she doesn’t know it, she’s about this holiday season, and when the DVD come in. For every victory, there’s a price when the final battle’s done. Grim is not a
to meet her destiny. It seems Mother comes out, you’ll know what to get the to pay — a death here, a maiming there good sendoff to the most successful
Gothel has been keeping things from her. kids for Christmas next year. — and lots of destruction. book and movie franchise in history.
 The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 21

What to give gardeners on your list:

Here are some books they’ll love
them. They are both from “The Com-
By Jeff Rugg
Creators Syndicate
plete Idiot’s Guide” series of books:
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to

A
re you looking for gifts to give a Vegetable Gardening and The
gardener? I have four books you Complete Idiot’s Guide to Preserving

Movies
should consider. Food.
Many people started vegetable
The first one is the New Ency- gardening for the first time this past
clopedia of Gardening Techniques summer. Others have been growing
from the American Horticultural Society their own food for many years. I think
New Releases
(AHS). This is a comprehensive volume both will benefit from these two books.
of over 400 pages that contains color
Playing in Theaters
The vegetable gardening book is a
illustrations and color photos. practical guide to growing a garden; it
AHS has a holistic approach to is written in an easy-to-read style by
gardening that is designed to help the father and daughter team of Dr. December 2010
gardeners become even more active Carl Price and Daria Price Bowman. I 3rd The Warrior’s Way
stewards of the earth. especially like the four different sidebar
The book wants gardeners to work 10th The Tourist
boxes scattered through the book. In
with nature by first selecting plants fact, just reading the sidebars is an Chronicles of Narnia: The
that are appropriate for their site. The education in itself. Voyage of the Dawn Treader
authors understand that all aspects of Once you have grown your own 17th The Fighter
gardening can have a positive or produce, what should you do with it?
negative environmental impact. The How Do You Know
a volume from a set of encyclopedias, You can only eat so many fresh
book helps gardeners pick the right but on the inside it is filled with vegetables before you want to save TRON: Legacy
plants, and then explains how to best glorious pictures and informative text. some for another day. You might think Yogi Bear
maintain them with low maintenance The only difficult part about growing of freezing or canning, but this book
and less pesticide usage. 22nd Country Strong
bulbs is choosing the types of plants. also covers drying, salting, pickling,
The base price is $45, but the AHS This book is inspiring me to look for Gulliver’s Travels
smoking and storing in a root cellar. It
sells it for less on their website at more varieties in the winter garden also discusses how to preserve meat, Little Fockers
www.ahs.org. And if you become a catalogs I receive in the mail. Pavord poultry, seafood, game, dairy products, True Grit
member of one of the oldest gardening not only describes bulb-growing eggs and bakery products. This is not
organizations in the U.S., you can get information, but also describes the your grandma’s canning book — it is
the book for even less. The AHS has history and background information much more comprehensive. January 2011
several other authoritative books on covering each bulb species — even a Dr. Karen Brees, who has been a 7th Season of the Witch
perennials, as well as SmartGarden non-gardener would enjoy reading this master food preserver for more than 40 14th The Dilemma
Regional Guide books. book. years, includes recipes, safety tips The Green Hornet
Published by Octopus Books USA, and processing times in her book.
The next book may become my Bulb is available in the $30 to $40 range Both of these books are so practical 21st The Way Back
favorite gardening book, because it at bookstores and on the Internet. that anyone who will be growing a 28th From Prada to Nada
covers my favorite group of plants. vegetable garden next summer will
Anna Pavord has done a magnificent The Mechanic
These next two are soft-cover want to spend the winter reading. They
job in the book simply titled Bulb. books with few illustrations, but I think are at bookstores for under $20 and Restless
From the outside, this book looks like many people will benefit from reading available in a variety of e-book formats. The Rite

These family books, DVDs, associated toys rock!

By Lee Littlewood also offers five fun name-related old “Pinkalicious” fans.
Creators Syndicate charms.
These new books and activity kits Back to the Future 25th
(plus a DVD set and wacky singing Pinkalicious: The Perfectly Anniversary Trilogy from Universal
toys) make smart and fun gifts for kids. Pink Collection from HarperCollins; Studios Home Entertainment; approx.
$15.99. Victoria Kann’s popular $45. For the first time ever, the past,
Blinky-Bugs by Ken Murphy; “Pinkalicious” book series has now present and future collide in high
illustrated by Alexander Tarrant; expanded into toys and gifts. This definition with all three DVDs in the
Chronicle Books; $19.99. Blinkybugs boxed kit includes three paperback “Back to the Future” movie series.
are fuzzy, brightly colored, illuminated books (School Rules, Tickled Pink With an all-new six-part documentary
pets that kids can build while learning and Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink),
Releases
featuring never-before-seen interviews,
about electricity and circuits. The dozens of stickers, a color-it-yourself and over two hours of new bonus
instructional book is set up in cartoon- poster and double-sided crayons — features, the trilogy is available in Blu-
like pictures to appeal to young making it a must-have gift for young ray and DVD sets. A truly adventurous
readers, while the supply kit comes fans. Affordably priced for all it offers, gift for anyone, the 25th anniversary
with plenty of pipe cleaners (for legs), it’s a surefire pleaser for 5- to 8-year- movie set will thrill any family. New DVD Releases
colorful pompoms, feathers, wire and
more. It’s a fantastic mesh of science December 2010
learning and hip electronic fun for kids
ages 8 and up.

Make Your Own Music Video

by Kaitlyn Nichols; Klutz; 50 pages;
$16.99. Rockers will love this cool new
Klutz kit, which includes a spiral-
bound, photo-packed book, a green
screen for special effects,
downloadable backgrounds and free
editing software for concocting home
music videos. Plenty of background
info on different music types — rock,
pop, country and hip-hop — is here,
with other entries spelling out all the
elements of a music video: how to get
into “rock star” character and how to
edit video directions.
The Truth about My Name (Klutz;
$16.99) includes a spiral-bound book
where girls can learn all about what
their names say about them. Entries
include: “What’s Your Candy Name?”
“Is Your Name Really You?” and
“What’s Your Vampire Name?” The kit
IN BRIEF 4th
7th
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Shrek Forever After
Inception
14th The A Team
WSU poets welcome to read their works Dec. 7
Poets of all experience levels are invited to share their verses with an appre- Cyrus
ciative audience Dec. 7 at Open Mic Poetry Reading Night at Washington State Despicable Me
University Tri-Cities, at 7:30 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium on the
Nanny McPhee Returns
Richland campus. A sign-up sheet is passed around when the event starts. The Other Guys
Each person who signs up is invited to the microphone to read an original poem
— preferably no longer than a page to a page-and-a-half. As time allows, there 21st Salt
will be a second or third round of poetry. These poetry-reading nights are Step Up 3D
sponsored by the WSU Tri-Cities liberal arts programs. For more information,
28th The American
visit www.tricity.wsu.edu/poetry.
January 2011
Leskovar will sign books at Barnes & Noble
Christy Leskovar will be at Barnes & Noble at Columbia Center for a book- 4th Catfish
signing on Thursday, Dec. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. Her first book, One Night in a Dinner for Schmucks
Bad Inn, a High Plains Book Award finalist, tells a lively true story of scandal, Howl
war, murder and mayhem as well as courage and fortitude. The story takes
The Last Exorcism
readers across the desolate plains of eastern Montana to the raucous mining
town of Butte, and to the bloody battlefields of World War I. Her new book, Machete
Finding the Bad Inn: Discovering My Family’s Hidden Past, chronicles her 11th Alpha and Omega
adventures and detective work as she traveled the globe to find the true story 18th Jack Goes Boating
from her family’s hidden past.
Takers
PAGE 22 • December 2010 • The Entertainer
Got a skiing family? Try Spout Springs
T he best-kept secret in Northwest
skiing is that the oldest continu-
ously-running ski area in Oregon is
also the easiest to get to, the least
expensive and the most family-friendly.
In fact, nearly everything you’ve
heard about family-owned Spout
Springs is a myth.
“I’m amazed at the things I hear
about our facility,” said John Murray,
who operates Spout Springs with his
wife and son. “People say we have no
advanced runs, and that’s not true.”
Although the facility caters to families,
Murray said it has challenging terrain
for all levels of skiers, and an award-
winning ski patrol to keep your family
safe.
Some say it’s not big enough, and
Anthony Lakes offers great skiing, scenic setting
On Oct. 1, the
public became the
new owners of the
Anthony Lakes ski
resort ,northwest of
Baker City and
southwest of La
Grande, when the
previous owners
gifted the resort to
Baker County. The
County then formed
the Baker County
Development Corpo-
ration, a nonprofit
organization, to
operate the resort.
In November, the
board hired Rick
Pignone, who has Skiers pause to take in the breathtaking scenery at Variety Ridge
managed the resort Overlook at Oregon’s Anthony Lakes Ski Area.
for nine years, to
continue as manager for this season.
With a short time to prepare for open-
ing after the change of ownership,
Pignone’s knowledge of the ski area
has been extremely helpful for what is
predicted to be a busy season. He is
monitoring snow conditions and
expects to open in early December.
“Our crew and volunteers have been
busy preparing the resort for the
season and we are pumped!” Pignone
said. “The skiing is going to be awe-
some! People who skied here while
growing up are coming back and
continuing their family tradition of skiing
yet it has as much skiable terrain as
other resorts in the region and the
largest expanse of learning area.
And some say it’s hard to get to —
also not true. It’s less than 100 miles
from the Tri-Cities on good, state-
maintained roads, and even has a
state-maintained parking lot. From
Walla Walla, Pendleton or La Grande,
it’s an easy 45-mile drive.
Spout Springs first opened in 1928,
and the history of modern skiing can
be chronicled through its progression
from rope tows to T-bars and finally to
modern chair lifts. Its historic buildings
house a rental shop, a complete
lounge and some of the best food
you’ll find near any slopes. And many
skiers are unaware that Spout Springs
at Anthony Lakes.”
Staff members are wasting no time
in reminding skiers across the north-
west that Anthony Lakes has some of
the best powder skiing in Oregon and gain, have been reduced this year,
is open for business. Base Camp
Baker, the tourism marketing agency
for Baker County, took an early lead
with promotion on Facebook and
Twitter, as well as in regional radio and can arrange in advance for additional
television advertising. The Union
County Chamber of Commerce has
stepped up to assist with promotion as contact Trish Brinton at (541) 856-
well.
In addition to the alpine lifts access- trishb@anthonylakes.com. For more
also has night skiing.
But here’s the really good part: It’s
super-affordable. An adult all-day lift
ticket is only $30. A child’s ticket is
$20.
Children 5 and under accompanied
by an adult ski for free, and — get
this!— seniors 65 and over also ski
for free anytime!
Spout Springs has been family-
operated for 50 years, and the
Murrays go out of their way to make
your ski experience the best. It’s a
great place to learn, and a great
place for your entire family to find the
terrain that suits them.
“I feel we have a lot to offer,”
Murray said. “And there’s a grand
history here.”
ing 21 runs for skiers
and snowboarders and
the Day Lodge, the
Nordic ski center is
nearby, with up to 25
km of Nordic trails,
acclaimed for their
views of the surround-
ing granite peaks.
Snow cat tours for
amazing skiing on the
backside of the
mountain will be
available when snow
conditions allow.
Hours of operation
are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday through
Sunday; and every day
during Christmas and
spring breaks.
The mountain is
closed Christmas Day, but will be
open on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and Presidents’ Day.
Lift-ticket prices, already a bar- information, including the full pricing list,
visit www.anthonylakes.com.
costing just $35 for adults, down from Anthony Lakes is 19 miles west of
$39 last season. And the popular North Powder (exit 285 off Interstate 84,
“half-price Thursdays” are back. Pre- between Baker City and La Grande),
formed groups of 15 or more skiers high in the peaks of the Elkhorn Range
of northeast Oregon’s Blue Mountains.
savings. Boasting the highest base level in
For ticket and group information Oregon (7,100 feet), Anthony Lakes is
famous for dry powder snow, exceptional
3277, ext. 16, or send e-mail to scenery and a family-friendly atmo-
sphere.
ENTER OUR DRAWING FOR AMS HOCKEY TICKETS
It’s easy. Just read this issue of the Entertainer and find the answers
to these questions:
What is the name of the fixed base operator at the Richland
Airport?
What country music star will play a concert this month at Town
Toyota Center in Wenatchee?
What military auxiliary is sponsoring “Wreaths Across America”?
What jazz group will appear with the Mastersingers in two
December Christmas concerts? (Hint: It’s the cover story.)
What stage musical coming to Toyota Center in Kennewick
shares its name with a classic movie musical starring Judy Garland?
Send your answers via e-mail to info@theentertainernewspaper.com.
Include your name, address and phone number, and tell us in order of
preference what two upcoming Tri-City Americans home games you
would like to attend. (See Calendar section for schedule.)

Sadly, a familiar Mariners voice has been silenced
‘To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses’ – Anonymous
By ‘Philly Robb’ Francis
O
n Nov. 10, a shockwave was
sent through the Seattle
sports-fan base like no other. I
first heard a report on the radio just
before 5 p.m. that Mariner Hall of Fame
broadcaster Dave Niehaus had died.
I picked a friend up who is a lifelong
Mariner and Niehaus fan and broke the
news to him. He asked me if I was
joking. I told him that, unfortunately, I
wasn’t. My friend then checked his
voicemail to find his mother left a
message about Niehaus’s passing, but
her message was through tears.
I know this exact pain Mariners fans
are feeling. There is one difference,
though, between this loss and the loss
of many of the great baseball broad-
casters over the past few years.
When Harry Kalas passed away in
2009, I lost the only voice I ever knew
for baseball, but many Phillies fans
who are older than me remember Harry
the K’s predecessor, By Saam. While
the loss of Harry was tough on all
Phillies fans, the older fans still had
their fond memories of Saam. The
same can be said in Detroit, St. Louis
and Chicago when they lost their
legends behind the microphone.
What is harder to accept in Seattle
is the fact that there was no other
voice to compare with. Dave Niehaus
arrived in Seattle before the first game
was played and stayed all the way
though the 2010 season. No other
voice graced the lead chair in Seattle
than Dave Niehaus. Not only has
Seattle lost a Hall of Fame broad-
caster, they lost the only voice they all
have ever known with that team, and
that impact is impossible to gauge.
Most people do not expect anything
with an expansion franchise to stay
very long, including the announcing
team. An expansion team in the 1970s
was typically loaded with has-been,
never-were, really young players, plus
a rookie manager and whoever they
could hire in the booth.
Former Mariners owner Danny Kaye
may have been the only one who
foresaw Niehaus’s impact when he
recruited him from the Angels franchise
to become the lead man in the North-
west. Then again, maybe Danny just
The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 23
wanted to fire the first shot in the new
rivalry — but in any case, Dave grew
into an icon. The baseball was beyond
bad, but the announcer was good
enough to keep the fans tuned to the
radio.
That is what made the legend of
Dave Niehaus grow — that as well as
introducing the term “Grand Salami” to
the vernacular of baseball. Niehaus
gave Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex
Rodriguez their nicknames, detailed in
splendor the team’s first post-season
berth and series win, and revealed his
anguish after each heartbreaking loss.
Dave was awarded his profession’s
highest honor in 2008 as the recipient
of the Ford Frick award, giving him
enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of
Fame. Fittingly, Dave Niehaus is the
first true Mariner to be inducted into
the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. Dave Niehaus, voice of the Mariners for the team’s entire history, died Nov. 10.
The pain is hard to deal with, believe
me. It will be hard to turn on the radio holes on offense and defense, particu- best in the NFC once that happens.
in 2011 and not hear that voice. The larly with the lines, but there is im- Pete Carroll has shown me a lot over
memories will flood back the first time provement being made. the first few months of the season as
a home run is hit. Rick Rizz or Dave Don’t expect tons of consistency far as what he is willing to do to make
Simms won’t say it, but in your mind with this team. Expect to watch this this team a winner. The control he was
all you’ll hear is “Fly away,” followed by team continue to grow through Decem- given will enable him to do so, and
“My oh my,” then a smile or maybe a ber and hopefully hold off the Rams or Carroll knows if he fails at rebuilding
tear as it becomes even clearer there 49ers for the division. Expect to see this team, his NFL legacy will never be
will never be another one like Dave Pete Carroll craft this team to his liking what he believes it should be. There is
Niehaus. God has a heck of a broad- and be given the rope he needs to plenty of motivation for Carroll and
cast crew up there right now and Dave operate. Expect to see a finished plenty of reasons for Seahawks fans to
is just the latest addition. product in two years, not next year. believe the team is heading in a
Expect to see this team be one of the positive direction.
Seahawks remade
A few notes on the Seahawks before
closing out this month. It may not look
that impressive, but I like what Pete
Carroll has done in Seattle. He has
turned over 57 percent of the roster,
and the team is in first place in the
NFC West. Granted, it might not say a
lot, but how many other teams have
gone through that kind of turnover and
stayed competitive? None, that’s how
many.
Carroll has taken risks that have
failed (LenDale White), and that have
succeeded (Stacey Andrews), all in the
name of remaking this team as quickly
as possible. He has his quarterback in
Whitehurst, and while not as ready for
primetime as I thought he might be, he
still shows the flashes that made
Carroll trade for him. There are still
PAGE 24 • December 2010 • The Entertainer

Fred Astaire films inspired generations of dancers

New Year’s Eve ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ party will the theme for my Beth Trost New
Year’s Party this year is “Puttin’ on the
be a tribute to Astaire’s era of the big bands Ritz,” the title of an Irving Berlin song
that Astaire danced to in the movie
By Beth Trost-Hayter dancing talents and shaped his movie Blue Skies in 1946.
F red Astaire was more than a
dancer. He set a new standard for
tap, jazz and stage dancing and
career.
Astaire and his co-star in the movie,
Ginger Rogers, became the most
This is going to be a traditional,
elegant New Year’s celebration remi-
niscent of the gala parties of the 1930s
became a legend as an actor, dancer famous dancing couple in Hollywood and ’40s. Dress is dressy to semi-
and choreographer. His career has history. They did seven more films formal, with many couples planning to
inspired generations of dancers. together in the 1930s, the most wear evening gowns and tuxedos.
Before he took the name Fred popular of which was Top Hat in 1935. They’ll be dancing to a swing band
Astaire, Frederick Austerlitz was taking Later in his career he appeared with a reminiscent of the big-band era, when
dancing lessons at the age of 4 with variety of partners in movies for four popular music was being produced by
his older sister Adele in Omaha, Neb. different studios and continued to Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and
By 1905 the family had relocated to create outstanding dance routines with others. This is how a traditional New
New York and the two children were a variety of partners. Years Eve should be celebrated.
performing on the vaudeville stage. By The event will feature a live 20-piece
the time Fred was in his teens he was Other ventures band, Swing Unlimited, as well as a
appearing in Broadway musicals. In 1946, Fred Astaire created a professional DJ from Seattle. The party
Adele married and retired from show chain of successful dancing schools, will be held at the Red Lion Columbia
business in 1932, and Fred went on to but his film career was far from over. In Fred Astaire ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ Center (formerly Cavanaugh’s) starting
discover that he could succeed on his 1947 he starred in MGM’s Easter Even as his dancing career was at 7 p.m., and will include dancing all
own. After starring on Broadway in Gay Parade, and followed that with nine waning, Fred Astaire produced award- evening, dinner, party favors and a
Divorce, he married Phyllis Livingston more singing and dancing film roles winning musical specials for television midnight champagne toast. A dance-
Potter and moved to Hollywood, where before the era of the big Hollywood and played straight acting roles in shoe vendor from Portland will be there
he landed the lead role in the film musical essentially came to an end in eight films between 1959 and 1982. He to show and sell her wares.
version of the same musical, called the mid-1950s. His beloved wife also appeared in TV specials and Tickets will be $60 per person if
The Gay Divorcee. The stage musical Phyllis died of cancer in 1954. When series well into his eighties. He purchased before Dec. 15 and $70 per
and the ensuing film established a she died, Astaire had to be persuaded married again before he died in 1987 at person after that. Assigned seating will
pattern of light, romantic musical not to drop out of filming for the movie the age of 88. His most famous dance include reserved tables for eight, and
comedies that highlighted Astaire’s Daddy Long Legs. partner, Ginger Rogers, died in 1995. singles tables will be available. Dis-
Fred Astaire would spend weeks counted hotel rooms for “Puttin’ on the
working out the choreography for the Ritz” will be available.
more than 200 musical numbers he For tickets, make checks payable to
appeared in, most of which are pre- Beth Trost and mail them to 3729 S.
served on film. His dance routines are Quincy Place, Kennewick, WA 99337.
a blend of tap and ballroom dancing For more information, contact me at
with hints of other dance forms. bethtrost@yahoo.com or call (509)
586-7609. For more information you
New Year’s Eve celebration can access my website,
Taking inspiration from Fred Astaire, www.dancebybethtrost.com.

Walla Walla Symphony teams up with

Eugene Ballet for The Nutcracker
The Walla Walla Symphony is
presenting Tchaikovsky’s beloved The
Nutcracker, directed by Maestro
Yaacov Bergman, together with The
Eugene Ballet Company, local dance
students and a children’s chorus.
Performances will be on Dec. 14 and
15 at 7:30 p.m. in Cordiner Hall on the
Whitman College campus. All seats
are reserved, and advance tickets are
available online at
www.wwsymphony.org, or by calling
(509) 529-8020 or visiting the sym-
phony office on E. Main in Walla
Walla, or at the door.
“I’m hoping we can make The
Nutcracker a Walla Walla tradition,”
said Michael Wenberg, CEO of the
Walla Walla Symphony. “We are
especially excited to be collaborating
with the professionals of the Eugene
Ballet Company and to have the
expertise of Idalee Hutson-Fish, an
adjunct instructor of dance at Whitman
College, on the production team.”
The 21-member Eugene Ballet
Company was founded in 1978. It is
one of the West’s busiest and most
versatile professional dance compa-
nies, performing in more than 100
cities in 32 U.S. states and internation-
ally in eight countries.
The Walla Walla Symphony, the
oldest continuously operating sym-
phony west of the Mississippi, has
been under the artistic leadership of
Music Director and Conductor Yaacov
Bergman since 1987.
 The Entertainer • December 2010 • PAGE 25

HOROSCOPES HOLIDAY MATHIS

you regularly remember the parts of your
life that made you feel joyful.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Look at the
work people do, and let that speak louder
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The best than their opinions and posturing. Just
relationships are balanced. Although it because a person has a serious
would be tacky for you to tally up the demeanor doesn’t mean they are doing
friendship points to see who is ahead, the smart or sensible thing. A person can
keeping track in some private way might be brilliant with a smile on his face and
be a good idea. In a true friendship, you can accomplish hugely important tasks
both have something to gain from the laughing all the way.
connection. It’s a win-win arrangement. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can’t
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have make a full-out business plan for your
creative energy welling up in you and at personal life because there are too many
first will not know how to best direct it. variables and unknowns and because
Also, it feels like you don’t have time to most of the results you want are
waste in making things that are not intangible and therefore not easily
useful or practical. However, the truth is quantified. However, it is good to have
that the world needs your creativity and some kind of desire, direction and goal
you are a better person for having for how you want to love and be loved.
expressed your gifts. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You expect There’s conflict in your world, and you’ll
yourself to be disciplined and self- rise above it. Breathe through the
motivated. If you falter, it might help you to tension. Then put some distance
know that the top players in any game between you and the problem. This will
require teammates. Even the very best allow you to look at the situation from
athletes in the world hire coaches to another angle. The shift in perspective
keep them on track. Success is never helps you see how you might come
really a solo effort. Everyone needs together on a higher level as friends.
someone. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Take note have huge passion at your disposal, but
of your issue with another person, and you’re very cool about how you show it.
see whether you can figure out why you You realize that if you arrive on the scene
feel the way you do. Usually, the thing that with the intensity of a thunderbolt, you’ll
bothers you about someone else will be scare everyone. Instead, you let the
a tendency that’s in you, too. Otherwise, energy build up inside you. You’ll release
why would you find it so irritating? Ask it at just the moment that it will do the
yourself what you are so afraid of. The most good. Answers on page 27.
answer frees you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A certain
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Those who belief is dominating your existence. The
work half as hard as you still seem to get events that unfold, the environments you
by. It may seem to you that they are visit and inhabit, and the people you
getting away with something, but they are interact with all seem to be in cahoots in
not. They are simply doing what’s regards to this dominant belief. Whether
expected of them. You expect more of or not the belief happens to be true is
yourself and do more. The rewards for irrelevant.
this are immense and yet not always so PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It will be
obvious. liberating to give up any residual
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Human opinions you might harbor that really
nature dictates that in order to avoid pain don’t belong in your contemporary world.
you’ll remember the cause of it and steer Maybe it’s something you picked up from
clear of that source. So it may not be easy your parents or from society in times
for you to forget the stinging past, but try gone by. You’ll recognize that the idea no
anyway. You’ll be so much happier when longer applies.
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MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE PERFORMING ARTS

TRI-CITIES & SURROUNDING AREAS TRI-CITIES & SURROUNDING AREAS
Dec 1 Mary Lou and Stevie Show, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................. 6 pm Dec10, 11, 12 ........ ’The Nutcracker,’ Mid-Columbia Ballet, Richland High Auditorium (509-946-1531), Richland
Dec 1-22 Ballroom Dance-live music, every Wed., Pasco Senior Center (509-946-6276), Pasco ........ 7 pm Dec 14, 15 ’Nutcracker,’ Walla Walla Symphony & Eugene Ballet, Cordiner Hall (509-529-8020) ........ 7:30 pm
Dec 1-29 Karaoke with Jimbo, Every Wednesday, Parkade Bar & Grill (509-586-6006), Kennewick ... 8 pm Jan 4-6 ’Grease’, Capitol Theatre (800-325-SEAT), Yakima
Dec 2, 3 Dan Myers, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ........................................................ 5:30 pm Jan 9 ’The Wizard of Oz’, Toyota Center (800-745-3000), Kennewick ................................................ 7 pm
Dec 3 Anton Sinkov (guitar), Zinful Panini Grill & Wine Bar (509-586-6100), Kennewick ................... 7 pm Jan 14-29 ’Almost Maine’ by John Cariani, Richland Players Theater (509-943-1991), Richland ........... 8 pm
Dec 4 3 Rivers Folklife, ‘A Celebration in Music’, Unitarian Church (509-528-2215), Pasco ........ 7:30 pm Jan 16 ’Grease’, Town Toyota Center (866-973-9611), Wenatchee
Dec Christmas Ball -live music, Richland Community Center (509-946-6276), Richland ......... 6:30 pm
Dec 4 Tom Gnoza, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ....................................................... 5:30 pm PORTLAND AREA
Dec 4 Java Tones, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ............................................. 7:30 pm
Dec 4 BlueZette Music Trio, Casa Vino (509-947-5909), Richland ....................................................... 7 pm Dec 11-24 Oregon Ballet ‘The Nutcracker’, Keller Auditorium (ticketmaster.com), Portland .................. 7:30 pm
Dec 4-25 Karaoke with Jimbo, Every Saturday, Dax’s Bar & Grill (509-946-4884), Richland ................ 8 pm Dec 28-31 ’Hair’, Keller Auditorium (ticketmaster.com), Portland .............................................................. 7:30 pm
Dec 5, 12 Bluestone Jazz, Northern Quest Casino (877-871-6772), Airway Heights , WA ...................... 6 pm
Dec 7-28 Karaoke with Jimbo Every Tuesday, Dax’s Bar & Grill (509-946-4884 ), Richland ................ 8 pm
Dec 7, 31 Anton Sinkov (guitar), Mezzo Thai (509-551-9882), Richland .................................................... 6 pm
Dec 8 Mary Lou and Stevie Show, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................. 6 pm COMEDY
Dec 9 Jim Basnight, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ..................................................... 5:30 pm
Dec 10 Bluestone Jazz, Bookwalter Winery- 894 Tulip Lane (509-627-5000), Richland ...................... 6 pm Jan 21 Rich Little, Skagit Valley Casino(ticketmaster.com), Bow, WA .................................................. 7 pm
Dec 10 Dara Quinn Project CD Release, Roxy Wine Bar (509-396-7440), Downtown Kennewick .... 8 pm Jan 27 Brian Regan, Toyota Center(ticketmaster.com), Kennewick ................................................. 7:30 pm
Dec 10 An Evening with Bluestone, Bookwalter Winery (509-627-5000), Richland .............................. 6 pm
Dec 10, 11 Strings Attached, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................................ 5:30 pm
Dec 11 Bluestone Jazz, Sapolil Winery- 15 East Main (509-520-5258), Walla Walla ............................ 8 pm
Dec 11
Dec 11
Coyote Kings, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick .......................................... 7:30
The Shades, Kimos’s (783-5747), Richland ................................................................................. 9
pm
pm
SPECIAL EVENTS
Dec 11 Primitive Circus, Bookwalter winery (509-627-8650), Richland ................................................ 6 pm
Dec 11 An Evening with Bluestone, Sapolil Cellars (509-520-5258), Walla Walla ................................. 8 pm TRI-CITIES & SURROUNDING AREAS
Dec 15 Mary Lou and Stevie Show, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................. 6 pm
Dec 2 Reception, Ostergaard 3-Generation Exhibit, T& L Office Supply (509-586-8586), Kenn. ....... 2 pm
Dec 16 John Crigler, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ...................................................... 5:30 pm
Dec 4 Victorian Country Christmas Puyallup, Bus leaves Senior Center (509-585-4303), Kennewick
Dec 17 BlueZette Music Trio, Casa Vino (509-947-5909), Richland ....................................................... 7 pm
Dec 4 Sunnyside Farm Implement Parade, Downtown (509-837-5939), Sunnyside ..................... 6:30 pm
Dec 17 The Shades, The BarrelHouse (735-7630), Kennewick ......................................................... 7:30 pm
Dec 4 Alternative Gift Fair, Commuinity Unitarian Church (communityuu.org), Pasco ................. 12 Noon
Dec 17 Ballroom dance - live music, Richland Community Center (509-946-6276), Richland ........... 1 pm
Dec 4 Christmas Ball - $5, Richland Community Center (509-946-5385), Richland ...................... 6:30 pm
Dec 17, 18 Ben Macy Jazz Christmas, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ............................. 5:30 pm
Dec4,11,18 Open Dancing Saturdays, tcdance@live.com, Red Lion (509-783-1332), Pasco .................... 6 pm
Dec 18 Velvetones, Ice Harbor Brewery - Marina (509-582-5340), Kennewick ............................... 7:30 pm
Dec 5-19 Toy Train Christmas, Sat. & Sun., NP RR Museum (www.nprymuseum.org), Toppenish 10 am
Dec 22 Mary Lou and Stevie Show, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................. 6 pm
Dec 9 Ft. WW Museum Volunteers Potuck, Golden West Estates (fortwallawallamuseum.org) 12:30 pm
Dec 23 Smooth as Jazz, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ............................................... 5:30 pm
Dec 10 Advent Family Fun Night, Central United Protestant (509-943-1143), Richland .................. 6:30 pm
Dec 24 Steve Haberman Trio, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ...................................... 5:30 pm
Dec 10, 11 Lighted Boat Parade, Columbia River (509-737-1166), Tri-Cities ............................................... 6 pm
Dec 29 Mary Lou and Stevie Show, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland ................................. 6 pm
Dec 11 Animal Track Discovery, McNary National Wildlife Refuge (509-546-8352), Burbank ............ 9 am
Dec 30 Romagossa Duo, Emerald of Siam (509-946-9328), Richland .............................................. 5:30 pm
Dec 16 Christy Leskovar Book-Signing, Barnes & Noble), Kennewick ................................................. 7 pm
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve - A Black & White Affair, Clarion Hotel (509-554-2753), Richland .................. 8 pm
Dec 21 Full Moon Black Light Party, Applebee’s (509-942-1513), Kennewick & Richland .................. 9 pm
Dec 31 New Years Eve Ball-live music, Pasco Senior Center (509-946-6276), Pasco .................. 8:30 pm
Dec 31 First Night Tri-Cities, CBC Campus (www.firstnighttc.org), Pasco ...................................... 2:30 pm
Jan 7 BlueZette Music Trio, Casa Vino (509-947-5909), Richland ....................................................... 7 pm
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve - A Black & White Affair, Clarion Hotel (509-554-2753), Richland .................. 8 pm
Jan 8 Tanner Cundy Band, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ............................... 7:30 pm
Dec 31 ’Puttin’ on the Ritz’ New Year’s Party, Red Lion Columbia Center (509-586-7609) .................. 7 pm
Jan 8 BlueZette Music Trio, Tony Roma’s (509-947-5909), Kennewick ............................................. 9 pm
Dec 31 New Years Eve Dinner Dance, tcdance@live.com, Red Lion (509-783-1332), Pasco ........... 7 pm
Jan 8 The Shades, Bookwalter Winery (627-5000), Richland ............................................................... 6 pm
Dec 1-31 Art Show, Sakura Resaraunt (509-628-1795), Richland
Jan 14 BlueZette Music Trio, Casa Vino (509-947-5909), Richland ....................................................... 7 pm
Jan 5-8 Eagle Cap Extreme Dog-Sled Race, Wallowa County, Ore. (eaglecapextreme.com),
Jan 15 Live Music, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick .............................................. 7:30 pm
Jan 11-15 Winterfest, (wallowacountychamber.com), Joseph, Ore.
Jan 22 The Shades, BFMS @Meadow Springs (948-5877), Richland ................................................ 10 pm
Jan 29 The Shades, Ice Harbor Brewery (582-5340), Kennewick .................................................... 7:30 pm
Feb 5 The Rod Giles Band, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick .............................. 7:30 pm
Feb 12 The Java Tones, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ..................................... 7:30 pm CLASSES & ACTIVITIES
Feb 19 The Millionaires Club, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ............................. 7:30 pm
Feb 26 The Rick Welter Band, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ............................ 7:30 pm
Mar 5 Romagossa Blu, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ...................................... 7:30 pm TRI-CITIES & SURROUNDING AREAS
Mar 12 Vicky and The Velvetones, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick .................... 7:30 pm
Mar 19 The Shades, Ice Harbor Brewey (582-5340), Kennewick ..................................................... 7:30 pm Dec 11 Animal Track Discovery, McNary National Wildlife Refuge (509-546-8352), Burbank ............ 9 am
Mar 26 The Vaughn Jensen Band, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ..................... 7:30 pm Dec 17 Candlelight Restorative Yoga, Yoga Community, 3311 W. Clearwater (509-521-4287) ........... 6 pm
Apr 2 The Millionaires Club, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ............................. 7:30 pm
Apr 9 Coyote Kings, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick .......................................... 7:30 pm ‘Calendar of Events’ continues on Page 27
Apr 16 Bluestone Jazz, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick ....................................... 7:30 pm
Apr 23 Crosby Tyler, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340), Kennewick .......................................... 7:30 pm
Jun 4 Romagossa Blu, Ice Harbor Brewery (509-582-5340 ), Kennewick ..................................... 7:30 pm

CONCERTS NW Public TV offers world

Dec 3
TRI-CITIES & SURROUNDING AREAS
Handel’s ‘Messiah’, Central United Protestant (509-943-1143), Richland ................................... 7 pm
news from MHz Worldview
Dec 10 Tri-Cities Steel Band Christmas Concert, Chief Joseph School (509-628-1003), Richland 6:30 pm Northwest Public Television of the most influential global
Dec 11 Handel’s Messiah, Ore. E. Symphony & Chorale, Vert Aud. (541-276-0320), Pendeton ... 7:30 pm stations KTNW and KWSU are networks are now represented on
Dec 11 Bells of the Desert - Handbell Ensemble, Central United Protestant, Richland .......................... 7 pm now offering world news and Northwest Public Television —
Dec 14, 15 ‘Nutcracker,’ Walla Walla Symphony & Eugene Ballet, Cordiner Hall ( 509-529-8020) ...... 7:30 pm
Dec 17 CONCERTS
A Christmas Cantata - MC Mastersingers, Hanford High School (509-460-1766), Pasco ....... 7 pm
entertainment programs from MHz
Worldview to viewers in the Tri-
from Beijing TV to Deutsche
Wella. We are very pleased to
Dec 18 Clint Black, Town Toyota Center (866-973-9611), Wenatchee
Dec 18 A Christmas Cantata - MC Mastersingers, Chiawana High School (509-460-1766), Pasco ... 7 pm Cities and the Palouse. offer this array of information and
Feb 15 Walla Walla Symphony, ‘Viennese Romance’, Cordiner Hall (509-529-8020), Walla Walla 7:30 pm MHz Worldview is a national, perspective.”
Mar 8 Foothills Brass, Faith Assembly, Rd. 72 & Court (509-946-4350), Pasco ........................... 7:30 pm independent, non-commercial One example of world news
Mar 15 Walla Walla Symphony,’The Four Seasons’, Cordiner Hall (509-529-8020) ........................ 7:30 pm
Apr 12 Swingle Singers, Richland High Auditorium (509-946-4350), Richland ................................. 7:30 pm
channel presenting English- programming is “The Doha De-
Apr 19 Walla Walla Symphony, ‘Magic of Mozart’, Cordiner Hall (509-529-8020), Walla Walla ..... 7:30 pm language international content bates,” which airs Sundays at 8
May 13 Wind Soloists of NY, Faith Assembly, Rd 72 & Court (509-946-4350), Pasco .................... 7:30 pm including news, documentaries, a.m. It’s a unique program pro-
Jun 12 Walla Walla Symphony ‘Mares ‘n Music,’ Fairgrounds Expo Center (509-529-8020) ............. 3 pm cultural programs, dramas, music duced for the BBC in the Arab
SEATTLE AREA and sports. International news now emirate of Qatar, featuring conflict-
airs from 3 a.m. until 7 a.m. and ing opinions and arguments about
Dec 4 The Black Crowes, Emerald Queen Casino (ticketmaster.com), Tacoma ............................... 8 pm from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. weekdays. the major political topics of the
Feb 5 Ozzy Osbourne, Tacoma Dome (ticketmaster.com), Tacoma .............................................. 7:30 pm
“There are newscasts and region, chaired by former BBC
PORTLAND AREA commentaries from the Arab correspondent and interviewer Tim
states, Israel, Germany, Japan and Sebastian.
Dec 3 The Black Crowes,Arlene Spittzer Concert Hall (ticketmaster.com) Portland ...................... 8:30 pm
Dec 4 Bluestone in Concert, Vino Vixens (503-231-8466), Portland ..................................................... 8 pm Russia,” said Lawrence Pintak, MHz Worldview is available to
dean of The Edward R. Murrow Tri-Cities viewers on KTNW digital
SPOKANE AREA College of Communication. “Some broadcast channel 31.3.
Dec 3 Oak Ridge Boys Christmas, INB Performing Arts Center (inblpac.com), Spokane .................. 7:30
Dec 5,12 Bluestone Jazz, Northern Quest Casino (877-871-6772), Airway Heights ................................ 6 pm
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SPORTS
TRI-CITIES & SURROUNDING AREAS
Dec 1 Tri-City Americans vs. Medicine Hat, Toyota Center (509-737=3722), Kennewick ........... 7:05 pm
Dec 10 Tri-City Americans vs. Seattle, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ....................... 7:05 pm
Dec 17 Tri-City Americans vs. Vancouver, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................ 7:05 pm
Dec 29 Tri-City Americans vs. Portland, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick .................... 7:05 pm
Dec 31 Tri-City Americans vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................... 7:05 pm
Jan 4 Tri-City Americans vs. Seattle, Toyota Center (509-7373722), Kennewick ........................ 7:05 pm
Jan 8 Tri-City Americans vs. Lethbridge, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................. 7:05 pm
Jan 11 Tri-City Americans vs. Seattle, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ....................... 7:05 pm
Jan 14 Tri-City Americans vs.Kamloops, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick .................. 7:05 pm
Jan 15 Tri-City Americans vs. Vancouver, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................ 7:05 pm
Jan 19 Tri-City Americans vs. Kamloops, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................. 7:05 pm
Jan 22 Tri-City Americans vs. Everett, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ...................... 7:05 pm
Jan 23 Tri-City Americans vs. Kelowna, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................... 5:05 pm
Jan 28 Tri-City Americans vs Portland, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ...................... 7:05 pm
Feb 2 Tri-City Americans vs. Edmonton, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................. 7:05 pm
Feb 4 Tri-City Americans vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................... 7:05 pm
Feb 17 Tri-Cities Fever vs. Wenatchee Valley, Toyota Center (509-222-2215), Kennewick .......... 6:05 pm
Feb 18 Tri-City Americans vs. Chilliwack, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................ 7:05 pm
Feb 19 Tri-City Americans vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................... 7:05 pm
Feb 22 Tri-City Americans vs.Everett, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ....................... 7:05 pm
Feb 25 Tri-City Americans vs. Seattle, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ....................... 7:05 pm
Feb 26 Tri-Cities Fever vs. Arizona Adrenaline, Toyota Center (509-222-2215), Kennewick ........ 7:05 pm
Mar 1 Tri-City Americans vs. Portland, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick .................... 7:05 pm
Mar 4 Tri-City Americans vs. Everett, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ...................... 7:05 pm
Mar 13 Tri-City Americans vs. Prince George, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick .......... 5:05 pm
Mar 16 Tri-City Americans vs. Everett, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ...................... 7:05 pm
Mar 18 Tri-City Americans vs. Chilliwack, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................ 7:05 pm
Mar19 Tri-City Americans vs. Spokane, Toyota Center (509-737-3722), Kennewick ................... 7:05 pm

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