Ruckus April 14, 2023

‘Path of the Panther’

RACHEL HERGETT FOR THE CHRONICLE

Maybe it is the logo and mascot of the Carolina Panthers football team based a couple states to the north, or maybe it’s how well the animal blends into the night. Either way, most people assume the Florida panther is a big black cat.

“When you discover that it’s golden or tawny, the surprise shows just how little people know about an animal that is right among them,” Bozeman-based filmmaker Eric Bendick said.

Bendick is the writer and director of “Path of the Panther,” an award-winning documentary that follows National Geographic Explorer and photographer Carlton Ward Jr. and a variety of biologists, ranchers and Indigenous people who are attempting to keep the Florida Everglades from ecological collapse and help expand the range of the Florida panther.

“Where else are you going to see a puma interacting with an alligator, interacting with a black bear and a bobcat and a sandhill crane?” Bendick asked. “There are all these crazy populations squeezed together.”

Bozeman Doc Series and Gallatin Valley Earth Day present “Path of the Panther,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at the Emerson Center’s Crawford Theater. The screening will be preceded at 6 p.m. by a reception in the Emerson ballroom with refreshments and an Earth

Day information fair. It will be followed by a panel of local crew from Bozeman-based Grizzly Creek Films who filmed, edited and produced the movie. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.bozemandocseries.org. The film will be released on Disney+ on April 28.

This will be the second time “Path of the Panther” is on the big screen in Montana. When the film showed at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 18, Bendick was unsure of

how the audience would connect with the setting — the Florida panther’s range in the Everglades, tropical wetlands that cover much of the southern tip of the state.

“I was really curious about what mountain people would think about that landscape, that wilderness,” Bendick said. “But a lot of the same issues that surface when the film screens in Florida surface here.”

IF YOU GO

Bozeman doc Series and Gallatin Valley Earth day present “path of the panther,” the award-winning new documentary from Bozeman-based Grizzly Creek Films and director Eric Bendick, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, april 20, at the Emerson Center’s Crawford Theater.

The screening will be preceded at 6 p.m. by a reception in the Emerson ballroom with food

and drink, Earth day information from Gallatin Valley Earth day, Gallatin Valley land Trust, Broken Ground permaculture and others, and the annual Bozeman doc Series silent auction.

i t will be followed by a panel of local crew from Bozeman-based Grizzly Creek Films who filmed, edited and produced the movie. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.bozemandocseries.org.

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The Bozeman doc Series and Gallatin Valley Earth day present “path of the panther,” the award-winning new documentary from Bozeman-based Grizzly Creek Films and director Eric Bendick, pictured, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, april 20, at the Emerson Center’s Crawford Theater.

Film is a beacon of hope for conservation

Volleyball Nights @ 7:30pm

Volleyball for all skill levels! Story Creek Elementary School, 807 Bolinger Road, Belgrade. info@‐fbc-mt.org

West Dakota Stutter @ 9pm

Haufbrau House, 22 S 8th Ave, Bozeman

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Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs: The Attic with North Fork Crossing @ 8pm

Water Conser‐vation and Sup‐ply Man‐

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Planning for Local Water Ef�cient Growth @ 12pm / Free

The Osher Lifelong Learn‐ing Institute (OLLI) at Montana State University will present “Water Con‐servation and Supply

Management: Planning for Local Water Ef�cient Growth” at an April 14 Fri‐day Forum. Bozeman, 128 Barnard Hall, Mon‐tana State University olli @montana.edu, 406-9946550

Friends Used Book Sale @ 4pm

A Used Book Sale raising money for the Bozeman Public Library Gallatin County Fairgrounds, Ex‐hibit Building 3, 901 North Black Avenue, Bozeman. friendsboze man@gmail com, 406-582-2433

Celtic Quintet @ 6pm

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Anderson School's Theatrical Production: Seussical™ @ 7pm / $10 Anderson School continues its tradition of exceptional perfor‐mances with the whimsical and heartwarming production of Seussical™. This full-length Broadway musical ignites the imagination of all ages Emerson's Crawford Theatre, 111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. slourie @andersonmt.org, 406-580-1309

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Holistic Healing Fair @ 10am

The Holistic Healing Fair, hosted by Livingston LightWorks, will be held on Saturday, April 15, 10am4pm in the Exhibit Hall at the Park County Fairgrounds. More info at: www.livingstonlightworks.com Park County Fairgrounds and Parks, 46 View Vista Drive, Liv‐ingston livingstonlightworks@ gmail com, 406-224-4743

Something Blue Bridal Event

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Demrick @ 7pm

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Montana Manouche @ 7pm

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Notorious BOZ with Gareth Reynolds

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Sun 4/16

Friends Used Book Sale

@ 9am

A Used Book Sale raising money for the Bozeman Public Library Gallatin County Fairgrounds, Ex‐hibit Building 3, 901 North Black Avenue, Bozeman. friendsboze man@gmail com, 406-582-2433

Mantras for Emotional Healing Workshop

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Learn mantras designed to create emotional healing. Includes songs and chants in Sanskrit and Eng‐lish. 521 E Peach St, 521 East Peach Street, Bozeman. kath leenkarlsen@msn.com, 406-5993235

Baroque Music Montana presents: Youthful Splendor - Vivaldi's Four Seasons @ 4pm

The concert features outstanding student musicians from area high schools and MSU Repertoire in‐cludes Vivaldi's Four Seasons, virtuosic concerti, as well a cello concerto. Norm Asbjornson Hall, West Grant Street, Bozeman. info @baroquemusicmontana.org, 406-599-3397

Bubba Fett

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Live music while you soak! Featur‐ing the Livingston-based psyche‐delic country band “Bubba Fett” Bozeman Hot Springs, 81123 Gal‐latin Road, Bozeman. adam@bh springs com, 406-586-6492

Mon 4/17

Dylan Earl @ 7pm

Rialto Bozeman, 10 W Main St , Bozeman

Nick Shoulders @ 7pm Rialto, 10 W Main St, Bozeman

B2B Net‐working Luncheon

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Tue 4/18

Live Music @ Shred Monk: Maggie Hickman @ 6pm

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Ron Greene Music

@ 6pm

Lockhorn Cider House, 21 S Wal‐lace Ave, Bozeman

Bone Dry Comedy Hour

Open Mic @ 8pm

Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy

Our weekly open mic is a sup‐portive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman. info@ lastbestcomedy com, 406-5707766

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Mark Normand @ 10pm Th A A @ 5pm

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Nikki Lane @ 7pm

Rialto Bozeman, 10 W Main St., Bozeman

Artist Reception at Echo Arts Gallery @ 5pm

Thu

Sip and Sample @ 5:30pm / $40

Join us for an artist's reception celebrating Catherine Courte‐naye's newest work, "What the Nighthawk Knows". Friday, April 21st 5-8pm 802 N Wallace Ave, 802 North Wallace Avenue, Boze‐man anna@echoarts net, 507301-5895

Contemporary Paintings by Carrie French featured at ERA Landmark in April @ 5:30pm

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Join us for an artist's reception celebrating Catherine Courte‐naye's newest work, "What the Nighthawk Knows". Friday, April 21st 5-8pm 802 N Wallace Ave, 802 North Wallace Avenue, Boze‐man anna@echoarts net, 507301-5895

Carrie French has contemporary oil paintings on display through‐out April at ERA Landmark. Gallery hours are Mon–Sat 10–5. Join us for the Reception Thurs, April 20, 5:30–7:30. ERA Land‐mark Downtown Visitor's Center, 8 East Main Street, Bozeman. becca@eralandmark.com, 406556-5001

Path of the Pantherpresented by the Bozeman Doc Series @ 6pm / $10

1) “Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea” by Dav Pilkey, $14.99

2) “Poverty, By America” by Matthew Desmond, $28

3) “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin, $28

4) “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith, $17

The Bozeman Doc Series is ex‐cited to present a special Earth Day event featuring the new docu‐mentary from National Geographic and local producers Grizzly Creek Films, Path of the Panther Emer‐son Center for the Arts & Culture, 111 South Grand Avenue, Boze‐man. jason@devolution�lms org

5) “The Marrow Thieves” by Cherie Dimaline, $16.95

Mark Normand @ 7pm

6) “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano, $28

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7) “Crazy Mountain” by Elise Atchison, $21.99

ORGONE @ 7pm

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8) “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, $17

9) “A Fever in the Heartland” by Timothy Egan, $30

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APRIL 16

“The Good Mothers”

From Italy comes this crime drama series that tells the story of Anna Colace (Barbara Chichiarelli, “Suburra: Blood on Rome”), a bright, young prosecutor who works with the oppressed wives and mothers of gangsters in the crime organization ’Ndrangheta to bring down its bosses from within. Gaia Girace, Valentina Bellè and Francesco Colella also star. (ORIGINAL)

“The Pope: Answers”

From Spain comes this special that focuses on a meeting between Pope Francis and 10 young adults of disparate backgrounds to discuss a variety of topics important to them, including feminism, loss of faith, the migration crisis, LGBTQIA& rights, abuse within the Church, racism and mental health. (ORIGINAL)

“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”

This two-part documentary examines the early life of actor/model Brooke Shields and the sexual objectification she endured as a child actor. She talks for the first time about her experiences in Hollywood, tracking her rise as a child model to her sexualization in movies starting at age 12 in “Pretty Baby,” and then at 15 in “The Blue Lagoon.” It also focuses on Shield’s volatile relationship with her mother/manager Teri Shields. (ORIGINAL

APRIL 18

“Movie: The Quake”

From Norway comes this 2018 actioner about a geologist who becomes estranged from his family after predicting a mammoth earthquake would hit Oslo, a forecast that proves to be correct. Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl-Torp, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen and Edith Haagenrud-Sande head the cast for director: John Andreas Andersen (“The Burning Sea”).

CROSSWORD

The identity of the celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, un-scramble the letters noted with asterisks in the puzzle.

ACROSS

1. “Quantum Leap”

actor (2)

9. Actress Dennings

10. Actress Heche

11. Brian of “Chicago Med”

13. Take __; disassemble

15. Bishop’s accessory

17. “__ __ Is Right”

18. Amanda Peet’s age

20. “Life of __”; 2012 Suraj Sharma film

21. Role on “Abbott Elementary”

23. “Murder, __ Wrote”

24. Waterston of “Law & Order”

25. Actor Allen

26. “Life Goes __” (1989-93)

29. “__ Brea”

30. Beverly, Adam, Barry or Erica

34. Old Guy Williams

western series

36. “CSI: __” (2002-12)

38. Sense of wonder

39. Actress Anderson

42. Beast of burden

43. Role on “The Rookie” (2)

DOWN

1. Jay-Z’s music

2. Rat-__-__-tat

3. Spouse

4. Word in the title of Melissa Gilbert’s series

5. Nolte’s initials

6. __ Moore

7. Ending for Paul or Ann

8. Special-order shoe

9. “Home Economics”

actress (2)

12. Role on “NCIS: Hawai’i” (2)

14. Letter from Greece

16. __-T; “Law & Order: SVU” actor

19. __ Ortiz; “FBI: Most Wanted” role

20. “Dr. __”

22. “I __ Number Four”; Alex Pettyfer film

23. Actress Jill __. John

27. “Grounded __ Life”

28. Night we watch “Blue Bloods”: abbr.

30. Meredith __; Pompeo’s role

31. Actress Glaudini

32. Kuwaiti leader’s title

33. Singer Marvin

35. “On Our __” (199495)

37. Last month: abbr.

40. Actress Sandra

41. Ming-__ Wen

BY JAY BOBBIN

Mark Consuelos

Q: As you succeed Ryan Seacrest by stepping full-time into the role of co-host with your wife Kelly Ripa on “Live With Kelly and Mark” starting Monday, April 17, how are you feeling about it?

A: We knew about this for a little bit before we put the announcement out, and it’s all fine and good when you’re a few months out ... but as the time gets closer and closer, the reality is definitely setting in, which is great.

I’ve had the pleasure of filling in on the show a lot, especially over the past few years, and I’ve had so much fun doing it. There’s a lot of spontaneity to it, every episode is different, and it’s probably the fastest hour of work I’ve ever had to do in my professional career. I’m really looking forward to it.

Q: Do you have a concept of the difference for you in being on the show permanently?

A: So many times, I’ll be walking through a room and listen to it because I’ll have it on, and I’ll hear my name come up. I’ll hear a story that references me, and I’ll be like, “Wait. That’s not exactly how it went.” Now, I get to update the record in real time!

It definitely is different when your name is in the title, and I have a tremendous amount of esteem and respect for the show. It’s iconic, and it’s a great honor to sit next to my wife, who arguably is the best in the business. And I hope to do it justice.

Q: To anyone who speculates about pros or cons of you and Kelly spending this much time together personally and now professionally, what do you say?

A: It’s a valid question, but we’ll be married 27 years in May, and we have a lot of loyalty and respect for each other. And we tell each other how it is, so with that formula, I think you can get through almost anything.

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April 16

“Redefined: J.R. Smith”

This four-part documentary series follows the story of J.R. Smith, who at age 19 was drafted out of high school into the NBA with the 18th overall pick in 2004. Seven years later, he would find himself without an NBA team and looking to redefine his life and career, getting a college education and finding a new athletic pursuit in golf in the process.

(ORIGINAL)

April 18

“Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits”

The “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actress comes forth with her first comedy special, which is a deeply personal and wildly fictitious account of one woman’s attempt to mess with perception in a night of comedy, music and waxing rhapsodic. In a nod to “Maisel,” the performance was taped at the Wolford Theater.

(ORIGINAL)

April 21

“Movie: Judy Blume Forever”

This documentary from filmmakers Davina Pardo (“Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack”) and Leah Wolchok (“Very Semi-Serious”) examines the impact of Blume, the novelist best known for works such as “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” and “Deenie,” on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.

(ORIGINAL) Premiere

“Dead Ringers”

Rachel Weisz (“Disobedience”) plays the dual lead characters in this modern-day update of David Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller about twin siblings who push the boundaries of medical ethics to challenge antiquated practices and bring women’s health care to the forefront. Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu, Michael Chernus and Jennifer Ehle also star in the limited series. (ORIGINAL) Series Premiere

“Dead Ringers”

(Words in parentheses not in

(Rachel) Weisz

Twins

Elliot (Mantle)

Beverly (Mantle)

(Britne) Oldford

(Poppy) Liu

(Michael) Chernus

(Jennifer) Ehle

(Emily) Meade

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BY GEORGE DICKIE

Contestants get an immersive Italian cooking education on Food Network’s ‘Ciao House’

To understand Italian cooking, one must understand Italians – and vice versa. And so it is that 10 American chefs find themselves in a Tuscan villa learning and demonstrating the finer points of the craft in a competition/reality series upcoming on Food Network.

In “Ciao House,” premiering Sunday, April 16, these rising culinary stars are given an immersive experience at an idyllic villa outside Florence, where they’ll live together and be called upon to prove their mastery of Italian cooking techniques and dishes.

So in the eight episodes, they’ll be challenged to demonstrate such classic techniques as making pasta and grilling steak over an open fire. In addition, they’ll meet a butcher and a cheesemonger whose families have been in their respectivve businesses for centuries, and they’ll also get to drink in the breathtaking beauty of Tuscany and all it has to offer.

Teams and alliances will form and competitors will be eliminated until only one chef is left standing to claim a life-changing grand prize of an immersive culinary education across Italy. Alex Guarnaschelli hosts alongside Tuscan chef Gabriele Bertaccini.

“If you want to understand Italian food, you have to live like an Italian,” Bertaccini, a native of Florence, explains. “And I think that is the key to this whole

show, is that once they live in the villa, once they actually experience the way of life that is carried on through Italy, then they are really able to understand the nuances of Italian cooking.”

“This process was important for them,” he continues, “because they were able to understand how it connects from the land to the dish and how important their job as chef is to kind of carry on the heritage and the culture as a chef and a storyteller. So we physically hear what the cheesemonger has to say, we taste the cheese and then our responsibility is to physically deliver (he dish) to the customer and try to let it (speak for) itself.”

What also factors into the series is its reality-show component. In addition to the head-to-head competition, cameras will follow the chefs as they live together at Monsignor della Casa, a villa about 30 minutes north of Florence. So the tensions and frayed nerves that result from such close quarters will become apparent, notes Bertaccini.

“It’s fascinating to see how different personalities play throughout the show,” he says, “and definitely they do have an impact on their ability to either execute successfully different challenges or not. So the dynamic of it is an element of the show that is very, very interesting and it definitely plays out towards the end.”

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What’s Available NOW On

APRIL 16

“Florida Man”

A struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramirez, “Deliver Us From Evil”) finds himself on a wild odyssey through his own family’s secrets when he returns to his home state of Florida to track down a Philadelphia mobster’s runaway girlfriend in this crime drama series from executive producer/showrunner Donald Todd (“This Is Us”). Abbey Lee, Anthony LaPaglia and Otmara Marrero also star. (ORIGINAL)

APRIL 18

“Longest Third Date”

Matched on a dating app, Matt and Khani impulsively fly to Costa Rica for their third date and subsequently get stuck there when the world shuts down due to the pandemic in March 2020 in this documentary from director Brent Hodge (“Pharma Bro,” “I Am Chris Farley”).

(ORIGINAL) New

“How to Get Rich”

Money seems to hold unswerving power over us — but it doesn’t have to. In this unscripted series, financial adviser and author Ramit Sethi (“I Will Teach You to Be Rich”) travels the country to help people master their finances so they can live their fullest lives, no matter their net worth. (ORIGINAL) Series Premiere New

APRIL 20

“The Diplomat”

From creator Debora Cahn (“Homeland”) comes this political drama series that stars Keri Russell (“The Americans”) as Kate Wyler, the new U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, who deftness as an international diplomat contrast sharply with her struggles in her marriage to fellow envoy Hal (Rufus Sewell, “The Man in the High Castle”). David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh also star. (ORIGINAL) Series Premiere New

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ACROSS

1. Capital city in Europe

9. Gmail competitor

10. Swerve

11. Curved edge

13. Steer clear of

15. Two strokes under par

17. Capital city in South America

18. Shut-__; one confined

20. Most famous 1981 bride

21. Female animal

23. One of the Seven Dwarfs

24. As silly __ __ goose

25. Hullabaloo

26. __ the way; incidentally

29. TV’s “The __” (2003-07)

30. Capital city in Asia (2)

34. Valiant

36. Financial book review

38. Fall: abbr.

39. Bank teller’s call

42. Actress Myrna

43. Capital city in South America

DOWN

1. Pigeon’s sound

2. Cutlass maker

3. Tied

4. 90 degrees from NW

5. 15th word in “Old King Cole”

6. Region

7. Therefore

8. Nothing

9. Capital city in Africa (2)

12. Capital city in North America (2)

14. Empty space

16. Grow older

19. Apt to pry

20. Featherhead

22. Olympia’s state: abbr.

23. Pub. prosecutor

27. Gun the engine

28. Part of every wk.

30. Intl. military alliance

31. __ away; departed

32. Part of the musical scale (2)

33. Doing nothing

35. Piña colada ingredient

37. Bill denomination

40. Suffix for absent or adopt

41. Half of XXX

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“Raven’s Home: Season 6”

(April 19)

Season 6 of this family comedy continues to follow the adventures of somewhat psychic Raven Baxter (Raven Symone) and her son Booker (Issac Ryan Brown), who has inherited his mom’s gift of being able to catch glimpses of the future. Rondell Sheridan and Mykal-Michelle Harris also star.

“Secrets of the Elephants”

(April 22)

This four-part National Geographic documentary series from executive producer James Cameron travels the world from the savannahs of Africa to the urban landscapes of Asia to spotlight the strategic thinking, complex emotions and sophisticated language of elephants that help shape their unique culture. Natalie Portman narrates.

“Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet: Season 11”

(Available now)

This round of the Nat Geo Wild unscripted series is actually a compilation of the best moments and episodes from “Dr Oakley: Yukon Vet,” in which Dr. Michelle Oakley treats and heals animals on one of the toughest terrains of the world.

“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil’s Dinosaur”

(Available now)

After 13-year-old supergenius Lunella accidentally brings 10-ton Tyrannosaurus rex Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, they work together to protect the city’s Lower East Side from danger in the first season of this animated series. The voice cast includes Alfre Woodard, Diamond White, Sasheer Zamata and

any budget.

BY JAY BOBBIN

Harrison Ford pilots

‘Air Force One’

“Get off my plane!” For many viewers, that legendary line defines “Air Force One,” the 1997 action hit that became another big credit on the resume of Harrison Ford. Being presented by AMC on Saturday, April 22, the Wolfgang Petersen-directed adventure presents Ford as the kind of president Americans need in a time of duress.

And Ford’s President James Marshall certainly knows from duress: The military veteran’s official airplane is commandeered by terrorists posing as a news crew to mastermind a comrade’s release from prison, with Gary Oldman as a thoroughly convincing leader of the bad guys. Their hostages include the president’s wife and daughter (Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews) as the vice president (Glenn Close) tries to manage things from the ground.

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Central to “Path of the Panther” is the animal’s conflict with humans as a desire for more infrastructure and housing clash with the panthers’ habitat. It speaks to open space, conservation and protecting biodiversity.

Though now an isolated population (and thus subspecies), the Florida panther is genetically a cougar. In part due to its extensive historical range from Canada to the tip of South America, the big golden cat has been gifted a variety of names such as mountain lion, puma and catamount.

“They’re the coolest,” Bendick said, citing incredible adaptability. “How could an animal like a mountain lion in our backyard surviving this type of winter live in the swamps of south Florida?”

But the animals have also been threatened, hunted and forced from places they once called home by human development. The panthers in southern Florida are the last population east of the Mississippi River, Bendick said.

According to production notes for the film, the Florida panther was near extinction in the 1950s, with a population of

only about 30 adults. In 1973, it was among the first animals to be added to the U.S. Endangered Species List. Today, there are more than 200 Florida panthers and their range is expanding.

Like Ward, the film’s main human subject, Bendick is no

stranger to Florida. His family has roots in the state and he spent part of his childhood there. And like the panther, Bendick feels Florida has also been misrepresented: It’s not all beaches and Disney World.

“I’ve always had a sense that

the wilderness there was underappreciated,” he said.

Bendick has been filming in the state for a decade, and connected with Ward on an 80-day film expedition that explored the idea of a green corridor through the entire state, an idea

that is slowly becoming a reality.

In 2017, after over a year living in the Everglades in an attempt to track and photograph the Florida panther, Ward contacted Bendick to collaborate. When Bendick and a team from Grizzly Creek Films in Bozeman arrived in Florida, Ward was at a low point. More often than not, his cameras had been failing, thwarted by shifting wetlands or curious inhabitants like bear cubs. Camera traps, triggered by motion, can be fickle.

But there was also encouraging news. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists had found a set of tracks north of the Caloosahatchee River that, by size, indicated a female or a kitten. If this were the case, the Florida panther’s range was indeed advancing into the northern Everglades. Lone males often wander, but females and cubs indicate new life.

Filming was a “swampy project,” Bendick said, but the team was able to capture images of the female, nicknamed “Babs,” as the project evolved from a short film to a feature documentary with the help of National Geographic and a team including executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio.

Bendick, for his part, views the “Path of the Panther” as a beacon of hope. The film shows how documenting wildlife around us can change public perception and inspire action. Images of the panthers take them from black phantoms to individual animals with names and stories, Bendick said. And if a greenway can work to conserve wilderness and its inhabitants in Florida, it may be able to do the same across the country.

“You’re not going to leave the film thinking this is a problem that has no solution,” he said.

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Florida panthers at Babcock ranch.

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drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, National Geographic Explorer and photographer Carlton Ward Jr. and a coalition of biologists, ranchers, conservationists and indigenous peoples find themselves on the front lines of an accelerating battle between forces of renewal and destruction that have pushed the Everglades to the brink of ecological collapse in documentary “path of the panther.”

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BY GEORGE DICKIE

The Big Red Machine

Questions:

1) In 1876, the National League was formed with eight charter members. Besides the Cincinnati Reds, which team remains to this day?

2) In 1880, Cincinnati was expelled from the National League for what infraction?

3) What Reds pitcher threw a no-hitter in his first big league game?

4) What Red pitched no-hitters in consecutive starts?

5) What Red pitched no-hitters in 2012 and 2013?

6) In 1944, World War II enlistment forced the Reds to use a 15-year-old pitcher. Who was he?

7) Who were the principals in a landmark November 1971 trade that laid the groundwork for the “Big Red Machine” teams of the ‘70s?

8) What teams did the Reds defeat in the 1975 and 1976 World Series?

9) Off what pitcher did Pete Rose get his 4,192nd career hit, breaking Ty Cobb’s record?

10) In February 2000, who did the Reds trade to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Griffey Jr.?

Answers:

Antonio Perez and Jake Meyer

10) Pitcher Brett Tomko, outfielder Mike Cameron and minor leaguers

9) Eric Show of the San Diego Padres

8) Respectively, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees

7) The Reds sent first baseman Lee May, second baseman Tommy Helms and infielder Jim Stewart to the -Hous ton Astros in exchange for second baseman Joe Morgan, pitcher Jack Billingham, infielder Denis Menke and outfielders Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister

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BY GEORGE DICKIE

Logano will trade paint for a win at Martinsville

To racing purist, a place like Martinsville Speedway is what the sport is all about.

The slower 80-90 mph speeds on the half-mile Virginia oval make for some exciting “boys have at it” racing, as drivers can get aggressive, “trade paint” and spin one another out in effort to get to the lead, something they’d never think of trying at 200 mph on a superspeedway.

It is here where a driver such as Joey Logano excels. Since 2018, the two-time Cup Series champion has posted some very solid numbers, including one win, five top-five finishes, nine top-10s and two poles. He’s finished out of the top 10 only once – his 19th place showing in the 2019 spring race.

His one victory in that time frame came the previous fall and it was classic short-track racing. Trailing Martin Truex Jr. on the final lap, Logano bumped his No. 22 Penske Ford past Truex’s fishtailing No. 87 Furniture Row Chevy on his way to the checkered flag in an exciting finish.

In last year’s spring race, Logano wasn’t as lucky. Sitting on William Byron’s back bumper going into the final lap, he was unable to mount a charge to the front and wound up finishing second.

The defending Cup champ will return to Martinsville to vie against a field including Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, Truex and Byron in the 2023 spring race, which airs Sunday, April 16, on Fox.

Full name: Joseph Thomas

Logano

Birth date: May 24, 1990

Height/weight: 6 feet, 1 inch/185 pounds

Car: No. 22 Ford Mustang

GT Team: Team Penske

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Birthplace: Middletown, Conn.

Sprint Cup wins: 31

Top 10s: 256

Poles: 27

Honors and achievements: 2009 Cup Series Rookie of the Year; 2015 Daytona 500 winner; 2016 NASCAR Cup All-Star Race winner; NASCAR Cup champion (2018, 2022)

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