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THE OPENING ACT
AUGUST 11�18, 2021
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are able to raid together
by storm in 2016 and, like
where they take on a power-
hundreds — if not thousands
ful legendary or mythical
— of others, I joined the
Pokemon. I cannot express
party.
how much fun it is to sit in my
I loved Pokemon when I
was a kid. Everyone was play-
ing the Pokemon Card game
but I didn’t understand it at
show and I always ran right to
the cartoon/anime section in
said I could pick out a movie
to watch.
I was thrilled to learn that
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one of my favorite shows was
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turning into an interactive
mobile game where I could be
a Pokemon Trainer and catch
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my very own Pokemon.
Sadly, I deleted the app
due to poor data plans and
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In Pokemon Go, players
T
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contact us
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me from all over the world.
he mobile app for Poke-
mon Go took the world
all. All I knew was I liked the
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lack of phone storage.
In 2018, I started playing
again and have been ad-
dicted ever since. I love this
game, not just for catching
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Pokemon and hatching eggs,
but for how it has introduced
me to so many amazing
people.
I was shocked to learn
how many people still play. I
had to buy a new phone and,
while waiting for my service
to activate, I had the wonder-
ful fortune of meeting people
who also enjoy playing.
Recently, out of curiosity
and wanting to have more
fun, I stepped out of my com-
fort zone and applied to be
part of a Facebook group for
Pokemon Go.
I am so glad I did! Through
Facebook, I am able to mes-
sage other players and now I
have even more friends who
enjoy playing the game with
home and battle a Pokemon
in Australia, Norway, Japan
and elsewhere.
The thing I love most
about Pokemon Go is that it’s
not just a fun mobile game
that gets me outside and
walking, but the community
is amazing. People are more
than happy to give beginners
tips and ideas and off er help
however they can.
I have met some amazing
people through this game
and I plan to continue playing
even when I’m 90 years old.
— SAMANTHA O’CONNER,
REPORTER, BAKER
CITY HERALD
PRINCE, “WELCOME 2 AMERICA”
(LEGACY RECORDINGS)
A
nyone who feared that Prince’s
vault was fi lled with nothing but
Billy Joel covers, as the satirical web-
site The Onion joked shortly after his
death, need not worry.
“Welcome 2 America” is the fi rst
complete, previously unreleased record
to come out since Prince died in 2016.
And it’s a stunner.
Incredibly, “Welcome 2 America”
manages to be as relevant, or maybe
even more relevant, today than when it
was recorded, and promptly shelved,
in 2010. Most of the songs have been
unheard until now.
Confronting themes of racial jus-
tice, equality, big tech and just what
it means to be human, “Welcome 2
America” feels like the soundtrack
for the years since Prince’s untimely
death. It’s almost as if Prince knew
“Welcome 2 America” would mean
more in 2021 than it might have when
fi rst recorded.
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