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READER

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111 Cedar Street, Suite 9 Sandpoint, ID 83864 (208)265-9724

www.sandpointreader.com

What do you think about the Return of the Reader?

“I think it’s wonderful!

I have missed it. Quality journalism for a small community is hard to come by.”

Publisher: Ben Olson ben@sandpointreader.com Editor: Cameron Rasmusson cameron@sandpointreader.com Zach Hagadone (emeritus) Contributing Artists: Daniel Cape, Susan Drinkard, Chris Bessler.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

commentary

Kyla Pincher

First Grade Teacher Kootenai Elementary School

“I think it’s great. I used to read it weekly. It presents an alternative voice and the coverage of items of interest in the community as well as a forum for an exchange of ideas.”

Craig Koester Social Work Hope, ID

“I think having The Reader back is awesome because it has different stories and perspectives.”

Cassie Peck

Therapist Sandpoint, ID

“I think it’s great because I like alternative reading.

The Reader was a cross between news and music/ entertainment—what’s out there right now.”

Brenda Evans Photographer Sandpoint, ID

“I’m glad The Reader is back to survey and map the contours of our town, our landscape again.”

David Thompson

Surveyor / Stargazer

news

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Here We Go Again

By Zach Hagadone

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Perspectives

By Stephen Drinkard

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Bordering on Complete Sanity

By Sandy Compton

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Obama’s in Idaho (no kidding)

By Zach Hagadone

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Grimm Days at an End with City

By Cameron Rasmusson

feature

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Banff Mountain Film Festival

By Cameron Rasmusson

calendar

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The Event Calendar is back!

arts & culture

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The Clink @ The Panida

By Reader Staff

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

By Jennifer Passaro

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Jellybread @ the Hive

by Cameron Rasmusson

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Live @ The Office

By Ben Olson

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Then & Now

By Ben Olson

DEAR READERS,

Well, we’re back. Ten years ago, the Sandpoint Reader was born. Through the hard work of Zach Hagadone, John Reuter, Chris DeCleur, and an army of contributors, it became an institution in Sandpoint. Since the presses stopped over two years ago, I have felt its absence. I hope that I’m not alone in this, otherwise this will be an interesting resurrection.

You will notice a few changes from the original Reader, but not many. The most beloved part of this rag (Zach Hagadone) is currently editor-in-chief of the Boise Weekly.

No matter how much I begged him, he refused to give up his actual salary for more struggle and poverty. But have no fear; he has promised to contribute on a regular basis.

On a good note, we have installed Cameron Rasmusson in his place as editor. Cameron is a young, passionate, smart newspaperman who will fit in nicely with the Reader’s style. I am very excited to be working with him. If anyone can fill Zach’s big, flapping shoes, it’s Cameron.

The Reader will focus on the same tenets that made it popular before; journalistic integrity, honest, in-depth reporting, and a sense of fun and adventure. We will always dedicate a large amount of space to the arts and entertainment that make this town special, and our calendar will again bring the weekly events to your fingertips. Also, the Reader will now provide an active website with daily news articles uploaded and expanded content not available in the weekly print edition.

I welcome you all to bring the Reader back into your lives. Please submit story ideas, cartoons, letters, and anything else you deem worthy for print. This is your free newspaper, Sandpoint. Use it wisely.

-Ben Olson

Cover: Ben Olson Contributing Writers: Cameron Rasmusson, Ben Olson, Sandy Compton, Stephen Drinkard, Jennifer Passaro, Susan Drinkard, Zach Hagadone.

Submit stories to: stories@sandpointreader.com Printed weekly at: Griffin Publishing Spokane, Wash.

Subscription Price: $60 per year Advertising: Jen Landis jen@sandpointreader.com Justin Landis heyjustinlandis@gmail.com Andrew Sorg andrew.c.sorg@gmail.com Clint Nicholson clint@keokee.com Web Content: Keokee The Sandpoint Reader is a weekly publication owned and operated by Ben Olson and Keokee. It is devoted to the arts, entertainment, politics and lifestyle in and around Sandpoint, Idaho.

We hope to provide a quality alternative by offering honest, in-depth reporting that reflects the intelligence and interests of our diverse and growing community.

The Reader is printed on recycled paper using soy-based ink. Leftover copies are collected and recycled weekly, or burned in massive bonfires to appease the gods of journalism.

Sandpoint Reader letter policy: The Sandpoint Reader welcomes letters to the editor on all topics.

Requirements: –No more than 500 words –Letters may not contain excessive profanity or libelous material. Please elevate the discussion.

Letters will be edited to comply with the above requirements. Opinions expressed in these pages are those of the writers, not necessarily the publishers.

Email letters to: letters@sandpointreader.com

Check us out on the web at: www.sandpointreader.com

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By Zach Hagadone For SPR In October 2004, Ben Olson and I were wandering up and down Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, ducking into bars to escape a torrential autumn rain storm. I was in LA to join Ben for a Hunter S. Thompson book signing, and with each successive bar trying to get him to quit his semi-lucrative career as a production assistant on commercials and move back home to work for a yet-to-be-published newspaper called the Sandpoint Reader.

I promised him a steady paycheck and the chance to be involved in something that would be important to our hometown. Sitting in Barney’s Beanery over our third or fourth round of Red Stripes, he laughed at me, and rightly so. A day or two later I rode the train back to Sandpoint and busied myself with all the paperwork and planning that went into launching the paper.

A month after our conversation at Barney’s I got a call from Ben. My promises of riches and civic glory had been working on him. He was in.

SPR Vol. 1 No. 1 published Dec. 24, 2004 with Ben on the masthead and his byline on a feature story about construction of The Home Depot and a lenghty travel piece on our

trip to see Thompson. Ben’s name would appear on dozens of stories over the next several years—tens of thousands of words on everything from killer bees and so-called “Aspenization” to post-tsunami relief work in Thailand. His fourpart series on riding the rails around the country turned into Ben’s thinly-veiled autobiographical novel Wanderlost.

Ben began as the Reader’s chief staff writer and even did a short stint as an ad salesman.

By the close of the paper’s eight-year run, he became its biggest internal critic—going so far as to challenge thenco-owner and publisher John Reuter to a public duel. In all those years he received a total of about $900. That’s $100 or so a year. Bad wages, even for Sandpoint.

In its waning days, with both Reuter and former co -owner Chris DeCleur living in Boise, I asked Ben if he’d join me as a partner in the business. Again, he laughed at me.

Shortly before the birth of my first child in April 2012, Reuter and I closed the paper and I, too, moved to Boise where I am currently editor-in-chief of the Boise Weekly.

It’s hard to express the mix of emotions I felt when Ben called me in October 2014 to tell me he was thinking of re-starting the Reader. A decade after our rainy walk

around Hollywood the roles had reversed. Even stranger, the publication date of this new iteration of the Reader coincided—almost to the day—with the birth of my second child. Alignments like that make it hard, even for a cynic, to discount the concept of fate.

Or kismet. Whatever you want to call it, there seems to be some kind cycle at work that I can’t help but feel is working for the best.

This version of the Reader has a lot going for it that the original lacked. For one thing, it’s not managed by a bunch of 22–24 year olds with zero experience running a professional news operation. Ben is taking the helm as publisher after more than 10 years of involvement with the paper, Editor Cameron Rasmusson

is a university-trained journalist with four years experience in the trenches as a working grunt reporter. The operation is receiving support from Keokee, whose bona fides need no qualifications. John Reuter and I have committed to sharing our do’s and don’ts, learned from years of bootstrapping this thing with little more than a couple of old desktop computers, the generosity of friends and family, and a song in our hearts.

Helping own and operate the Sandpoint Reader was one of the hardest, best, most complex things I’ve ever done and is therefore among the most personal associations I have with anything outside my wife, children and immediate family. Ben asked me to write this little missive as a “passing

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COMMENTARY Here We Go Again: a note of encouragement

of the torch,” and I do it happily with great excitement and gratification that it will live on in a form whose pedigree hews as close to its original intent as could be possible.

To hazard a lifted phrase from Hunter Thompson, who in many important ways inspired this project in the first place: Good luck, Bubba.

Zach Hagadone is editor-in-chief of the Boise Weekly.

The Sandpoint Reader will forever include his name on our masthead as editor (emeritus) for the years of dedication he has given, and the character he has imparted upon it. To be blessed by Zach is akin to being whonked on the head with a bottle of champagne before a long voyage at sea. He is one of the best there is, and we at the Reader feel damn humble to follow in his footsteps.

The Reader Welcomes our New Editor Cameron Rasmusson When I first moved to Sandpoint, I didn’t expect to stay very long.

As a kid leaving journalism school for his first taste of the real world, I figured my gig at the Bonner County Daily Bee would help me grow my skills, develop my writer’s voice and pad out my résumé. Then a year or two later, I’d be off again for something new.

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still here. Seems like I too have become ensnared in the mix of cultures, politics, arts, entertainment and natural beauty that make Sandpoint unique. Equally fascinating is the nebulous quality of Sandpoint’s charm. Maybe a more poetic soul than I could find words to define the certain something that makes the town so special.

That fascination is a big reason why I couldn’t say no when

Ben Olson asked me to help him bring back the Sandpoint Reader.

There’s an undeniable appeal in peering into the prism of Sandpoint culture on a full-time basis.

Here at the Reader, we want to reflect local culture as completely and accurately as we can.

We’ll be spilling a lot of ink on actors, artists, writers and musicians, yes. We’ll be following the news that keeps everyone talking, sure. But we’ll also be looking

for those certain somethings that make Sandpoint what it is.

Well, this it: the first issue of the new Sandpoint Reader. A lot of planning and preparation have led up to this moment, but Ben and I know it’s only a first step in a long journey. Who knows what sights we’ll see along the way?

Despite the vast spectrum of political opinion, despite the arguments and debates that frequently break out, there’s one thing this

town doesn’t forget, and that’s its sense of community. Residents understand that no matter our differences, we’re all in this together. You just don’t get that many other places. And I guess all I can say is this: Sandpoint, I’m happy to be in this together with you.

We’re happy to have you here, Cameron. Hope you’re all caught up on your sleep.

PERSPECTIVES

The Art of Debate, or, How to Have an Argument

By Stephen Drinkard For SPR

An acquaintance of mine once said, “Everyone has a doggone opinion about everything—and not one of them is worth a darn. Including this one.”

Every moment of every day is filled with countless opinions.

They range from whether “American Sniper” or “Birdman,” is the better movie to whether our president is a fine American or a socialist upstart.

Once you understand that no one except your dog or spouse may be interested in your opinions, you might think that it’s best to just not talk. But it seems humans are hardwired to argue and judge and opine.

Our country was even founded on an argument between opposing opinions: Whether we should remain connected to Great Britain or form our own country. The argument was settled not by reason but by bloodshed.

Debate then continued on the degree to which we empower the

federal government versus individual states’ rights. That argument continues today, with Idaho Republicans wishing to take over federal lands and others who wish the lands to remain in the hands of all Americans.

The point is, argumentation is not only in our human DNA but also in the bones of our Constitution. And the tradition continues today at an even louder volume, thanks to the explosion of Internet news, blogs and political sites along with broadcast media that give individuals more voice than ever.

But a pair of recent developments call into question if the value of all this debate is kabuki theater—that is, just a mere illusion.

First, in the 2010 Supreme Court decision called Citizens United, the court ruled corporations may spend unlimited amounts of money advocating for or against candidates. In my book, that means that unions or wealthy energy companies have more votes than you or me. Their

voices are infinitely stronger.

A Northwestern University study drew a darker conclusion: In comparison to the“power of economic elites and organized interest groups, the influence of ordinary Americans registers at a ‘non-significant, near-zero level.’”

So, are all our dialogues in the local papers, online blogs and political hearings meaningless?

Are our opinions on issues—say, whether Idaho should allow the expansion of Medicaid, or whether the state should add a few pennies to the fuel tax to help pay for highway maintenance—really no more important than our opinion on which movie deserves an Oscar?

No. I refuse to accept that; I believe the debate and argumentation that has been cooked into our country from its start continues to serve a critical role. That said, unless all of us are willing to raise the level of discourse, we will be excluded from the final decisions made on all levels of government. But how do we get to an improved level of debate?

We all should agree that facts trump belief. Just because I believe something strongly doesn’t mean it is a fact. In addition to not making up my own “facts,” it’s important that I understand my assumptions when I argue, for example, that our government has created a nanny state or that our government has been for 200 years the savior of millions of people from poverty and ill health. Each of those presumes specific values and unless a speaker or writer can identify those values his or her opinion is weak and possibly dangerous.

Moreover, we cannot prove or persuade just by noting facts. We have to depend on rational discourse that avoids name calling, misrepresenting an idea in order to easily deflate it or appealing to irrelevant authority—and about 15 more examples of poor or fallacious thinking.

For a wonderful book that illustrates the“common pitfalls in arguments” go to www.BookOfBadArguments.com;

The Reader fundamentally believes that we can discourse at a more useful level. We cannot squint at facts. We can understand the premises of our arguments and not fall prey to faulty logic. If we do, we invite you, the reader, to call us out.

We have to believe that better local and national discourse can gradually lead us to better decisions and better government. It’s in our DNA and our Constitution to do so. Perhaps the Federalist Papers said in best in 1787:

screw-up in school, but he managed to get his act together, get a teaching degree and was now back.

Like the Reader’s back.

Sort of.

What this has to do with the return of the Reader, I’m not sure, but if I thought about it long enough, I could probably draw some parallels. So, I won’t.

Somehow, I’ve managed to talk Olson and Rasmusson into allowing me to write an occasional column for the new Reader. Like I need the money. (You do not know how funny that is!)

OK, I need the practice.

Writers always need practice.

I also need a new focus. I’ve been writing The Scenic Route for about as long as “Welcome Back Kotter” has been off the air (although, with 570 channels-plus, I’m sure it’s in syndication somewhere). So, I came up with a new name, which may win—temporarily,

at least—new readers—for me and the Reader. Readers for the Reader. I like it.

I confess. I don’t live in Sandpoint. But I hang out here a lot. I live, instead, on the verge, the edge, the facing pages, the border of Idaho and Montana. I also live between Hope and Paradise, but we will save that for another moment, also.

The place I live is sort of a crazy place to live. But, it’s not completely crazy. Nor is it completely sane. It’s on the border.

Double entendrés aside, the name came to me in a moment of despera . . . I mean a flash of creative insight—as necessity is to invention, desperation is to creative insight—and I quickly wrote it down.

If you’re not having the occasional moment of desperation, you may be living way too far inside the borders of complete sanity, or what passes for it in our world. You may

have too good a job, too nice a house, too many cars, too much in the freezer, and too good a portfolio. So. Share some of it. Maybe even lots of it.

Sort of a crazy idea, I know, but what the hell. There are a whole lot of folks out there who have no job, no house, no car, no freezer—or food to put in it—and think a portfolio is a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers or drawings.

Why would you engage in such craziness?

Because then you’ll have to look out of your comfortable, completely sane, cocoon of security and take note of those who have no such thing, who

live on the border of complete insanity. All. The. Time. They are right there.

So. Go crazy. Pay attention to your neighbors. Read the Reader. Don’t be too sane.

“…. it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.”

By Sandy Compton For SPR

The theme song for “Welcome Back Kotter” has run through my head all week. If you remember the show, you a.) are likely getting old and b.) had questionable taste in television at least sometime in your life. “Welcome Back” showed when The Boss recorded “57 Channels and Nothin’ On.” Now there are 570 channels-plus, and less on, but we’ll save television for another moment.

If you don’t remember the show, you may be a.) too young, b.) old enough to forget, or c.) someone who didn’t watch television in the ‘70s, ‘80s or whenever.

In the series, Kotter was a guy who returned to his high school alma mater as a teacher and had John Travolta in his class. It was that long ago.

Kotter himself was sort of a

Illustration by Daniel Cape

Bordering on Complete Sanity: Crazy Ideas For Our Times

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NEWS

Si, Se Puedo:

President Obama Speaks to the Crowd at BSU... in Spanish?

By Zach Hagadone For SPR

It took about three hours for tickets to run out when they were offered free of charge in the days leading up to President Barack Obama’s Jan. 21 appearance at Boise State University. All told, 6,600 people turned out to see the president as he swung through the capitol in the first of several city stops following his Jan. 20 State of the Union address.

Lines of eager spectators snaked through the campus, some sporting signs advocating for the establishment of a Boulder-White Clouds National Monument, others protesting against the Keystone XL Pipeline, and still others wearing bright yellow shirts in support of Saeed Abedini, the Iranian-American pastor from Boise who has been detained in Iran since 2012 on charges of proselytizing.

Obama, who last visited Idaho during a campaign visit to Boise in 2008, told the crowd that “incredible work” had been done in the state during his first run for office.

“And the truth is … it helped us win the primary.

And I might not be president if it weren’t for the good people of Idaho. Of course, in the general election I got whupped. I got whupped twice, in fact. But that’s OK—I’ve got no hard feelings,” he said.

Obama used his crushing 2008 defeat to John McCain in Idaho—where McCain won by a more than 25 percent margin—as the springboard to his remarks, mostly echoing the message he delivered in his State of the Union the night before.

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over a decade ago, and that is there is not a liberal America or a conservative America, but a United States of America.”

The theme of unity played a central part in the president’s speech in Boise, stressing that despite the fact that in “places like Idaho, the only ‘blue’ turf is on your field [referring to Boise State’s famous “Smurf Turf”],” Americans have “a core of decency and desire to make progress together.”

Obama revisited many of the same themes of his State of the Union—a growing economy, comparatively robust job growth, a two-thirds reduction in the deficit, increased energy production and an end to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—but his remarks in Boise dwelled decidedly more on income inequality.

“Are we going to accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?” he asked to a resounding “No,” from the audience. “Or can we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and opportunities for everybody who’s willing to try hard? …

“Let’s close the loopholes that led to the top 1 or .1 or .01 percent to avoid paying certain taxes and use that money

Shakespeare, Meet Sandpoint

If you like a little outdoors with your culture, you’re in luck: Shakespeare in the Park is coming to Sandpoint.

According to Christine Holbert of Lost Horse Press, the popular Heron, Mont., event is moving into town following the retirement of former organizer, Debbie Lyman. After Holbert agreed to oversee the event in her place, she learned many of its fans were traveling from Sandpoint already. It was a

Photo by Chris Bessler

President Obama visits Boise to Reiterate State of the Union message

to help more Americans pay for college and child care,” he added later in his remarks.

“The idea is, let’s have a tax code that truly helps working Americans, the vast majority of Americans, get a leg up in the new economy.”

On the subject of the “new economy,” Obama reiterated his commitment to free-ofcost community college and expanded investment in technology research and development—specifically, the kind of work being done by engineering and science students at Boise State.

“You’re the cutting-edge of innovation,” he said. “I had a chance to tour your New Product Development lab, and I’ve got to say this was not the stuff

I was doing in college.”

Obama went on to outline technology like 3-D printing, a Boise area company working on high-performance motorcycles and research into next-generation materials like graphene, “which is thinner than paper and strong than steel,” he said. “It’s amazing.”

Despite the president’s repeated references to unity, he saved some barbs aimed at Republicans until the end of his remarks, noting that he “could see that from their body language,” they did not agree with his proposals.

“Most of these are ideas that traditionally were bipartisan,” he said. “But watching last night, some of you may have noticed, Republicans

were not applauding for many of these ideas. …

“If they do disagree with me, then I look forward to hearing from them how they want to pay for things like R&D and infrastructure that we need to grow,” he added later. “They should put forward some alternative proposals.”

The speech reached its climax as Obama challenged the now Republican-controlled Congress to tell him “how we get to ‘yes.’”

“Work with, come on, don’t just say no,” he said to roaring applause. “You can’t just say no.”

When an audience member shouted “Si, se puede,” Obama responded, “Si, se puede. Yes, we can.”

natural decision to re-establish the performances in town, she said.

Expect the finest in Victorian comic shenanigans when Shakespeare in the Park debuts its first performance, “The Taming of the Shrew.”

Holbert expects the play will take place Aug. 23, most likely at the University of Idaho extension grounds.

Bricks & Barley is taking a little spark out of Sandpoint’s downtown scene.

Both businesses announced the closures on their Facebook pages. As yet, neither has announced reopening dates, although Bricks & Barley co-owner Emily French said that’s the ultimate goal for the pizza shop.

kicking an Idaho teenager’s school project to the curb.

The House State Affairs Committee voted to shut down a proposal to make the Idaho giant salamander the official state amphibian.

Members cited a fear of federal overreach to hide their blatant anti-salamander bias.

The legislature hasn’t heard the last of this, according to the Spokesman-Review.

Ilah Hickman, who made the request, plans to continue her righteous crusade next year.

Godspeed, Ilah.

DTC, Bricks & Barley Close

The indefinite closure of Downtown Crossing and

Giant Salamander Denied Its Due

Idaho lawmakers made progress on their crush-youngdreams agenda Monday by

FEATURE

Grimm Days at the City of Sandpoint [Are Over]

By Cameron Rasmusson For SPR

It’s been a rough week for Jeremy Grimm.

No surprise there—it’s not easy stepping away from a job in which you’ve invested years of sweat and tears. In just over a week, he’ll be just another spectator of Sandpoint’s growth when he leaves his office to become Kochava’s director of publisher development. As a part of the Kochava team, he’ll help the growing software development company continue its rise as a mobile advertising analytics leader.

And while he’s excited for the future, it only takes a mention of Sandpoint’s future to get him emotional.

When it comes to local influence, there are few who’ve exerted a greater force than Grimm. Since he first took his job in the spring of 2007, he’s guided policy-crafting that affects the way residents and businesses

Illustration by Daniel Cape

work, live and play.

“Jeremy used his unique set of skills to encourage and facilitate businesses to locate here, expand here and take a second look at Sandpoint as a place they want to do business,” said Mayor Carrie Logan. “Kochava’s gain is our loss.”

Before entering grad school to study city planning, Grimm started his career as a small business owner. He managed a fly fishing lodge in Alaska, eventually moving on to start a bread company and bistro in Maine. After a stint in Wyoming, Grimm took his job in Sandpoint to enjoy the local recreation and natural beauty. If he was looking for rest and relaxation, however, he didn’t find it. The next couple years would see the town chart out its future and weather the Great Recession.

Perhaps the most important of Grimm’s projects with the city was his first: the Sandpoint Comprehensive Plan.

A document built upon contributions from thousands of residents and untold hours of work, the comp plan lays out a 20-year vision for city d e -

velopment. According to Grimm, it’s city officials’ most important resource when making decisions.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Grimm also had a hand in shaping local land management, the SPOT public transportation system, affordable housing and the city’s Geographic Information System, which links public information and records with mapping software.

Given his impact on city development, Grimm was at times a controversial figure, particularly when city and citizen agendas collided. Efforts like the comp plan and Sandpoint’s massive re-zoning project inevitably generated differing opinions. Other residents found the city’s planning policies unfriendly to business practices.

Take the Bonner Business Center, for example. Last year, the parent company for local biomedical device manufacturer Lead-Lok threatened to move the company from Sandpoint if the city couldn’t accommodate its expansion plans. Grimm ultimately decided to give Lead-Lok full access to the Bonner Business Center, previously a small business incubator. The decision preserved dozens of local jobs, but it also evicted the other businesses that shared the facility.

It’s just one moment in seven years of decisions, and Grimm has collected his share of difficult and rewarding memories alike. He leaves behind a city hall grateful for his work through good times and bad.

I sat down with Grimm to talk about his work with the city and some of the rougher patches of the job. He shared a few of his thoughts in the interview to the right, edited for length.

SPR: You’ve spent more than seven years with the city. What influenced your decision to move back into the private sector?

JG: It was a significant decision. Government jobs are relatively thankless, and you take a lot of abuse from the public.

People don’t always realize what you’re doing and how hard people work. But at the same time, there’s a lot of security [and great benefits] … There was a lot of agitation as I considered quality of life for my family. But for me, Kochava is the opportunity of a lifetime. I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t see it as that.

SPR: What is it about Kochava that persuaded you to make the change?

JG: It’s fascinating to see the private sector do what it does and how quickly it can move. The pace is break-neck [at Kochava]. Very exciting things they’re working on there, pushing the technological limits and creating a product the world has never seen before. … In my mind, this is like going to work for Henry Ford. It’s an industry leader in an industry that is revolutionizing the world.

SPR: Thinking back on your time with the city, what were some of the biggest challenges you faced while working with public officials?

JG: One of the most challenging things is when elected officials won’t engage you. Maybe they have an agenda and they aren’t interested in a dialogue or a discussion or educating themselves. One of the most frustrating things is seeing an elected official make a decision and not explain him or herself. How do you deal with that? … I think [an explanation] is something they owe the public.

SPR: How do you respond to criticisms that Sandpoint policy can be unfriendly to business, sometimes even pushing them out to Ponderay?

JG: I guess my response could be one of two things. One could be frustration, because it simply isn’t true. If you look at the data of businesses that move from Ponderay to Sandpoint, if you

look at the comparable fees … it’s not an accurate perspective.

But I think the way I’ve chosen to respond is that Ponderay and Sandpoint have a relationship, and I don’t want to pit us against each other. … I think the best way to respond is to point out the businesses that say, ‘Way to go. You are an amazing city.’ …

My philosophy was to show that we are friendly to business, and over the last five years, I’ve went out of my way to address the concerns of the business community.

And coming from the private sector, I understand regulation. No one wants to sit all day figuring out what they can and can’t do – they want to make their widget or their product.

SPR: What is your greatest hope for Sandpoint as it moves forward?

JG: I hope we can get over this defeatist attitude that we’re nothing but a tourist town. With the success of [so many businesses and industries], I think it’s clear we can be more than burger-flippers and bed-makers. … I just hope the community believes in itself and recognizes that we’re not just about selling second homes. We’re not just about catering to tourists. And don’t get me wrong, tourism industries are good industries. I’ve always said they’re the third leg of the stool.

My second greatest hope is that we’ve learned the lessons from Colorado and some parts of Montana. What brings almost all of us to this place is its scenic beauty and the environment.

Whether you’re blue or red, Tea Party member or joint smoker, we all love this place because of the environment. The key to maintaining that … is absorbing that city growth.

SPR: One last thing, and this is probably the most important question: Every time I go into Kochava, I notice what a beardheavy work culture it is. It’s nothing but beards, beards, beards.

Are you going to adapt or maintain your individual style?

JG: (laughs) No, I’m going to stay beardless. I don’t know what my style will be exactly, but it’ll be beardless.

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Banff Mountain Film Festival

Poetry Open Mic 6pm @ Monarch Mounta

at the Panida. The epic three-day outdoor adventure film fest that always makes you realize how cool you aren’t, but wished you could be Advanced tickets $15, or a buck more at the door Doors open at 6 pm, films start at 7

Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Panida. Doors at 6pm, films at 7

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Live Music by Will & R 8pm @ Eichardt’s Pub

Live Music from the M 5:30pm @ Pend d’Oreill

Live Music from Marty Perron & Doug Bond 5pm @ Idaho Pour Authority Beer? Music? I’m there Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Panida.

Doors at 6pm, films at 7

Live Music with Justin Lantrip 5pm @ Idaho Pour Authority

Starlight Jun Night time at

Western Winter Round

Starts 9am @ Western Pleas Classic & Skate Nordic and $25 per person - (208)263-90

Smokin’ Aces Slopesty @ Schweitzer Mountain

Walking Tour of the Clark Fork River Delta Restoration Project

12noon - 2pm @ the Clark Fork River Drift Yard

Learn about the resources of the Clark Fork Delta, how it is being threatened, and the mitigation efforts underway to protect the delta.

Sponsored by Idaho Conservation League and Idaho Fish and Game

Monday Night Blues Jam with Truck Mills 7:30pm @ Eichardt’s

Speed Dating at Idaho Pour Authority $10 Register @ 5:30p, Dating @ 6:30p Time to find some love... quickly!

Trivia Night

7-9pm @ MickDuff’s There is nothing trivial about this night of nights... except the triva of course 24 Hours for Hank Fundraiser 4p-8p @ Idaho Pour Authority Featuring live music by Marty Perron and Doug Bond, and appetizers. Come support a good cause and raise money for Cystinosis research

“Live @ The Office” with Vance Bergeson

6pm at the Reader’s office 111 Cedar St. Suite 9 A new way to listen - Tickets $5 first come, first serve

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A weekly entertainment guide to keep you on your toes. To list your event free, please send an email to calendar@sandpointreader.com.

Reader recommended

Women (and Men) Who Wine w/ Leslie Villelli 6pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery Come be happy on purpose

Dollar Beers 8pm @ Eichardt’s Til the keg is gone

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stern Pleasure Guest Ranch Nordic and Snowshoe Races 208)263-9066 for info

sponsored by POAC and SPT Parks & Rec

5:30p-7p @ Columbia Bank

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Kami Omodt Public Art Reception

Live Music! Jellybread!

9pm @ The Hive Wear your funky pants

Free Handspinning and Fiber-

Slopestyle Competition Shopping Event Mountain Resort 9am - 5pm @ The Heartwood Center

KPND Ski and Board Party :30p @ Laughing Dog Brewing rizes, food, drink specials, oh my

Landis House Show

8pm @ Shingle Mill Rd. Featuring the Holy Broke & Planes on Paper

contact jen@thelandises.com for more info

Bingo Night 6:30p @ MickDuff’s Beer Hall It’s not just for your grandma anymore

Bike Movie Night pm @ Greasy Fingers Dollar Beers 8pm @ Eichardt’s Prudently priced pilsners

Coal Trains and Climate Change: an ICL After Hours Event

5p-8p @ Mickduff’s Beer Hall Open to the public

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ARTS FEATURE

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Story by Cameron Rasmusson

If you can say one thing for the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, it’s that it never loses touch of humanity in the midst of grandeur.

Whether audiences find themselves climbing the cliffs of South Africa or exploring the heart of the Himalayas, there’s a deeply human spirit built into each featured film.

Take, for instance, “Tashi and the Monk,” which showcases the efforts of one Buddhist monk to care for a group of abandoned children.. “Delta Dawn,” meanwhile, examines man’s relationship to nature through a journey up the Colorado River Delta, where human impact on the environment is increasingly evident.

In each of the 28 films selected this year, the breathtaking photography and adventurous spirit are grounded by personal passion.

The tone is doubly appropriate considering the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour’s Sandpoint event is itself a passion project. Now in its 19th year, the festival originally added Sandpoint to its circuit thanks largely to local businessman Michael Boge.

In the mid-1990s, Boge caught wind of the festival and recognized its local appeal.

“At the time, I just thought ‘This would do really well here,’” Boge said.

It turned out others had the same idea. Banff Film Festival organizers informed Boge that two others already inquired about bringing the festival into town. Boge responded

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David Lama Climbs a Rock Face in the Film “Cerro Torre” Showing in Friday’s Festival Line-Up by gathering support from all around town, including Karen Bowers of the Panida Theater and the Sandpoint City Hall itself. The festival started out small at a single day to see if it would catch on, Boge said.

Nearly two decades later, that question has been answered definitively. The Banff Film Festival World Tour con-

Boge for regional appeal. Just as the film festival is wrapping up in Banff, Alberta, in November, Boge and other “tour hosts” from around the world visit the city to gauge the year’s offerings. Festival organizers pare down the morethan-300 festival submissions to the cream of the crop, from which the tour hosts select

“Sandpoint just has this incredible energy that’s going on [during the festival],” Boge said. “ There just aren’t audience reactions anywhere else like there are in Sandpoint. It’s amazing.” sistently sells out each of its three days, which kick off tonight, continue tomorrow and wrap up Saturday night. Doors open at 6 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m.

It helps that each film in the local festival is handpicked by

their final line-up.

“It’s always fun to meet up [with other tour hosts] and exchange ideas on what makes a good festival,” Boge said.

This year, “Mending the Line” is one of Boge’s favorite selections. The film covers

90-year-old Frank Moore, who fought in the Normandy landings in 1944, as he attempts to heal old wounds by fly-fishing in the beaches he helped free.

For Boge, films like “Mending the Line” and “Tashi and the Monk”—another of his favorites—are perfect choices.

They introduce the audience to new people, ideas and places while still speaking to the common elements of humanity that unite every culture.

Humanity doesn’t just apply to the festival films—it’s also built into the structure of the event itself. From the beginning, Boge knew that he wanted the festival to benefit people both globally and locally. In past years, for example, the festival proceeds benefited the Panida’s restoration efforts, Boge said. This year, proceeds go to the Satipo Kids Project, which helps educate about 40 elementary schoolage kids from Peru each year.

The festival will also support the North Idaho Mountain Sports Education Fund, meaning 73 local low income kids will be able ski at Schweitzer. The NIMSEF crew will also be raffling off some major pieces of sports equipment throughout the festival.

Bringing the festival to the town Boge loves is always a special experience for him.

By way of gratitude, each of the attendees will receive a packet of the “Kick Ass” blend from Canadian coffee company Kicking Horse. It’s a little thank you to the town for making the Sandpoint stop on the world tour a massive success.

“Sandpoint just has this incredible energy that’s going on [during the festival],” Boge said. “ There just aren’t audience reactions anywhere else like there are in Sandpoint. It’s amazing.”

STAGE & SCREEN The Clink: the only fun part of being in jail

By Reader Staff

Lesbian heroin addicts, jilted wives-turned-convicts, bipolar identity thieves: Just about every character in “The Clink” is carrying some serious baggage.

Even the lead character Fifi, an average 25-year-old cheesecake enthusiast, is transitioning from youthful immaturity into adulthood. To top it off, she and her husband are struggling with infertility. A DUI conviction and two days of jail time don’t help matters.

For Kristin Cooper Herby, the hardships mirror her own as a young adult. But even the worst circumstances have a silver lining. Her 48 hours of hard time inspired “The Clink,” a musical drama-comedy that crystallizes laughs, pathos and life lessons into an evening of

entertainment. Already a hit in Coeur d’Alene and Spokane, the play makes its Sandpoint debut at the Panida Theater in early February.

For Herby, inspiration came in staggered bursts. From the beginning, she recognized its potential as an art project.

“I just kept thinking, ‘Gosh, that would be a great concept for a musical play,” she said.

It didn’t hurt that her father, Tom Cooper, had about 40 years of musical theater experience under his belt. He started in the 1970s on a series of historical operas and musicals, most prominently a dramatization of the Lewis and Clark expedition. When Herby begged Cooper to help develop her concept for a musical, he eventually agreed. The play materialized in bits and pieces—a lyrical phrase here, a

You’d think Clint Eastwood should be missing a beat or two at 84 years old.

But chair lecturing aside, the man keeps knocking out one compelling film after another in his signature sparse directorial style. “American Sniper” is his latest: a harrowing look at the life and career of Chris Kyle, deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. Starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle, the movie is already racking up accolades and a record-setting box office debut. Impressive stuff, but we expect nothing less from Dirty Harry himself.

dramatic exchange there—until there was enough material to perform one scene at a time.

One of those performances caught the eye of John Allred.

A man with extensive theater production and management experience, he immediately offered his help in shaping the production. Eventually he came on board as director and contributed a keen visual sense to the set design and overall aesthetic.

“I don’t think we would have brought the play to full production as early as we did without him,” Cooper said.

One of Herby’s primary goals was to leave audiences with memorable characters simultaneously eccentric and familiar.

“All these women are struggling with different things in life as we all do,” Herby said.

Stacia Bruner plays Deana Lacoco, a woman awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband after she discovers with another woman.

Lacoco was particularly tough role to cast for the creative team until Bruner sang a few lines over the phone with perfect pitch, Cooper said.

Faith Mitchell is Norma Rae Strong, a heroin addict nabbed for buying drugs from an undercover cop. Strong is a closeted lesbian who hasn’t yet come out to her parents.

Morgan Keller plays Lula, jailed for an identity theft scheme gone awry. As a sufferer of bipolar disorder, she struggles with her lack of friends and family connections.

Anika Bryceson rounds out the primary cast as the main character Fifi. Cooper said they were quickly won over by the actress’ perfect mix of naivety and enthusiasm.

Finally, Martin Sanks contributes a smattering of supporting parts, including Fifi’s husband Dan, the booking officer and Judge Crawford.

Herby and Cooper hope Sandpoint audiences find a little piece of themselves as they follow the cast through moments of humor and tragedy.

A production fueled entirely by passion and a love for art, “The Clink” fills its tiny jail cell with big heart.

“It’s like holding a mirror up to people, and they’re seeing aspects of their lives in one form or another,” said Cooper. “You know, the play ends with good news and hope, and I think those are compelling themes.”

“The Clink” is scheduled for performances at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7. Tickets are available at Eichardt’s, Pend Oreille Arts Council, at the door and online.

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Starring Johnny Depp as an adventurous art dealer hunting Nazi gold, “Mortdecai” is the mystery box of the weekend. The premise sounds pleasingly bizarre. Then again, the movie hasn’t been pre-screened for critics.

Usually not a good sign.

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DINING

Won’t You Be My Neighborhood Pub?

By Jennifer Passaro For SPR

John Akins cannot serve a frozen beef patty. It just isn’t in his DNA.

A young, enthusiastic entrepreneur, Akins grew up in the food service industry and believes in high quality ingredients. It was the guiding philosophy for the Little Olive Greek restaurant in past days, and now it informs the Neighborhood Pub, opened last October.

“We wanted a place where whole families could come in,” Akins says.

“We have darts, live sports on TV, popa-shot basketball, cornhole outside in the summer, and board games. It is fun.

It is rowdy and loud.”

The Neighborhood is an open, bustling two room pub, with dining on one side. On the other are couches, games, a few packed tables, and a bar that looks like a recently felled log polished to a quick shine.

It’s still early Monday, but the place is already hopping. A party of four, clad in Seahawks jerseys, walks in for an early lunch. Akins greets them and heaves an already-tattered accordion file containing Beer Club cards onto the bar.

Essentially a loyalty program without the punch card, Beer Club is designed to keep customers exploring, trying new brews and most importantly, coming back. The customer signs an oath to finish all beers, including ciders. And with ten rotating beers on tap and more than eighty beers in stock, they have plenty of options. “[General manager Wyatt Langley] and I sat up late with our laptops, facing each other, drinking beer, coming up with Beer Club,” Akins says.

The club is comprised of four levels.

After drinking 50 different beers, you pass the “New Kid on the Block” level and earn your own beer-can shaped Neighborhood Pub glass. Dozens of pub glasses perch on shelves made from skis along the restaurant walls.

“I think we will need an upper echelon, even more levels in the club,” Akins says. “We have a few guys that are already over 100 beers.”

With the Neighborhood Pub, Akins

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wanted to be busy all year, to reach local people. He and his wife have 20 employees, including chef Charles Crase. Together, they came up with a gastropub-infused menu like nothing else in town.

Take the bon bon sandwich: A thick house-made pork sausage patty set in a tangy Asian slaw of cabbage, carrots, cilantro, and green onions. It’s topped with a spicy red sauce, onions, and tomatoes and served on a toasted hoagie with homemade potato salad.

The beef stroganoff that Akins serves up to a customer at the bar, meanwhile, looks rich, hearty and more authentic than any Grandma’s came-across-the-Atlantic recipe.

The food is all the better since Akins is willing to pay more for local ingredients, despite the tight margins of the restaurant industry. The tofu comes from Newport, the bread from Corey at Bread of Life and the produce from local farmers during summer.

“We finally landed on who we are,” Akins says. “Three times a week in the summer we get produce from local farmers. We make everything from scratch. One hundred percent. Twenty-eight different sauces.”

The fun, anything-goes atmosphere also keeps the booths packed. People are free to bring in games and hang out. On Wednesday, tables play Cards Against Humanity. “[My wife Tullaya] had been working on the idea for a year before we opened,” Akins says. “The concept was games. If you want to bring Dungeons and Dragons and play all day, that’s fine.”

photo by Cameron Rasmusson

Before the recession hit, Akins worked as a fashion designer for Zumiez. When the economy soured and there was no job security in fashion, the Akins moved to Sandpoint and used their savings to open the Little Olive. They wanted a better future for their family. With the Neighborhood Pub, that future may be well within grasp.

“This is more us than the Little Olive. This is our personality. I can show up to work in jeans and a t-shirt,” Akins says.

For Sandpoint residents, the Neighborhood Pub provides a place where people drop by to say hello.

Strangers become acquaintances. In just about every way, it’s a little slice of neighborhood life.

“Our customers are passionate about what they do here,” Akins says. “It’s not some corny line from ‘Cheers,’ where everyone knows your name. [It’s] something better: a quick beer after work with friends and then you can go home.”

The Neighborhood Pub is located at 124 S. 2nd Ave. Sandpoint. Open seven days a week 11 a.m.-10 p.m., 9 p.m. on Sundays. (208)597-7499

MUSIC

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Jelly Bread Delivers Funk Sandwich at The Hive

By Cameron Rasmusson For SPR

If you’re expecting empty calories from Jelly Bread, think again.

The four-piece outfit from Reno, Nev., isn’t just packing a name that supplies writers with a wealth of lame food wordplay. They also bring a sound that cooks together funk, rock and soul flavors into one distinct dish (I warned you…). Music lovers can sample a taste for themselves this weekend when the band performs live at The Hive.

Count on a lot of dancing at this one, folks. Jelly Bread specializes in the kind of driving groove that tends to pack the floor. Drummer Cliff Por-

ter and bassist Jeremy Hunt tap into a funky rhythm that guitarist Dave Berry and keys player Eric Matlock knock home with tight instrumentation. All four members contribute vocals dressed with harmonies and playful lyrics.

Lap steel and the occasional twang add a welcome dash of Americana spice to the mix.

Jelly Bread has built a reputation as a top-notch opening act for the likes of Robert Cray, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and more. Between busy touring schedules, they found time in 2013 to record their latest project, the “Lessons Learned” EP. The fivetrack release provides a great introduction to the band with numbers like “Soundcheckin’”

and “Personal.” Those looking for a full serving of Jelly Bread should check out the 2012 album “No Dress Code.”

Better yet, go see them live. Jelly Bread plays 9 p.m.

Saturday at The Hive, where their big sound should be even bigger thanks to the venue’s

top-notch lights and sound system.

Tickets cost $20 at the door. Advance tickets are $15 and can be snagged online at www.livefromthehive.com.

Are you a Schweitzer season pass holder? Then you’re in luck: show your ski pass at Pucci’s Pub in Schweitzer Mountain Village for tickets discounted to $10.

Live @ The Office: a new way to listen

By Ben Olson For SPR

One of the jobs of the Reader is to report on the artistic happenings around Sandpoint so that you, the reader, may attend and benefit from said events. Our other job is to create events of our own in order to add to the cultural make-up of our community.

Enter our new concert series: “Live @ The Office.” On the last Thursday of every month, we will invite a local (and sometimes a touring) musician up to our offices in the Farmin Building on Cedar and Second Avenue for a different sort of live show. Think house show, but in a downtown office building.

If you’ve never been to a house show, I suggest you give it a try. Some of the best performances I’ve seen have been at these quasi-under-the-radar gatherings of dedicated music fans.

If you have attended a house show, “Live @ The Office” bears much of the same characteristics; a small stage, an intimate atmosphere, and a listening audience.

NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts” are a good example of what we’re trying to go for here. An alternative venue for a unique experience.

Our offices are small. Space will be limited. We plan to sell tickets to the event the week of

the show; first come, first serve.

Each show will be recorded by the Reader’s studio guru Jesse Gunn of Pinky Haus Studios.

From these recordings, we will provide the musician with a live CD they may keep and sell at their gigs. This CD will also be shared with sponsor KRFY 88.5, who has expressed a desire to run the content in their quest for promoting local music. In addition, we will be filming and regularly uploading clips to our website.

For our inaugural show, we will be featuring local musician and guitar luthier Vance Bergeson.

Vance has been playing around the fringes of the Sandpoint music scene for more than a decade. A carpenter by day, guitar builder and musician by night, Vance chooses not to play many gigs. Each show he puts on seems to be full of new songs, arrangements, and a different cast of accompanying musicians.

When he plays for a crowd, man-handling the guitar he built with his own two hands, stamping his well-worn boots on the floor and crooning words you feel from the depths of his hard-working soul... well, it’s what music is all about for me; something true, honest, meaningful. His style fluctuates often, swinging from folk to punk to garage band rock.

In my opinion, he is one of the most underrated musicians in town, as well as one of my absolute favorite songwriters. I’m truly looking forward to seeing what sort of magic he puts together for our first of many “Live @ The Office” shows. See you there!

“Live @ The Office” with Vance Bergeson will be held Thursday, January 29th. Doors open at 5:30, music begins at 6pm. Bring a pillow to sit on.

Tickets available Monday, January 26th for $5 at the Reader office on 111 Cedar St. Suite 9.

Tough Trip Through Paradise by Andrew Garcia is a book that is always on my night stand. It was published by an editor who found the manuscript pages wrapped in a dynamite box and forgotten years after the author’s death.

He never saw it in print.

Garcia was a trapper, living along the Mussellshell River in the last decades of the 19th century. Through his eyes, and the stories of his Nez Perce wife InWho-Lies, we are treated to a firsthand view of the troubling period of time in America when the Native Americans lost their fragile hold on the land.

The book covers the dying days of the American West, sometimes quoting eye witness accounts of Nez Perce War battles. It is full of rich, complicated characters, comic tragedies, dark history, and a trove of beautiful remembrances.

LISTEN

Broken Social Scene is one of those bands that sometimes slips through the cracks, not given credit for the groundbreaking material that they have accummulated.

Originating from Toronto, and

at one point including a staggering nineteen players, this experimental group continues to push the limits of indie rock.

Founding members Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew started the band in 1999. Most of the additional members—including Leslie Feist, who has gone on to stardom—play in separate bands and projects, giving each subsequent album a new feel.

My favorite is their first album, Feel Good Lost; a collection of ambient sounds and instrumental ballads that can play for hours on repeat and not lose anything. A perfect album for a quiet morning, or a long road trip through the Palouse.

WATCH

If you liked “Napoleon Dynamite” (and let’s face it, some of you thought that was the worst movie ever made, even though it summed up Southern Idaho better than any other film to date), the third film by Jared Hess is worth checking out, even just for laughs.

Gentlemen Broncos is the story of a high school science fiction writer who authors a story called Yeast Lords that is stolen by a washed-up writer named Chevalier (played hilariously by Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement).

Also starring Sam Rockwell, this ridiculous, irreverent film is fun to watch when you want one of those whatthe-hell-is-this kind of movies.

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w o N & Then compiled by

Ben Olson

This is a new feature for the Reader. Each week, the Bonner County Historical Society will generously provide us with a historical photograph taken around Bonner County. With the help of the knowledgable staff and volunteers at the Museum, we will deduce from where it was taken and attempt to recreate the scene in modern times. Let us know what you think about this new feature, and anything else for that matter.

Write to info@sandpointreader.com.

Historical information provided and verified by Museum Staff (special thanks to Olivia Morlean, Will Valentine, and Allen Robertson). If you have any scrapbooks or old photographs taken in Bonner County that you would like to see Then & Now’ed, please submit them to the Museum so they can digitize and return the photographs to you. The Museum is located at 611 S. Ella and their phone number is: (208) 263-2344.

The northwest corner of First Avenue and Main Street, taken between 1906 and 1910. This was originally called the Northern Mercantile Company building, and was later the location of the original Merwin’s Hardware.

THEN

The same corner today, home to the Corner Bookstore and Finan McDonald.

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Reader Acquires New Illustrator

By Reader Staff For SPR

We are always on the lookout for talented artists who can lend their craft to our cause. One serendipituous find was caricature artist Daniel Cape, who drew the artwork for the Jeremy Grimm article in this edition of the Reader.

Originally from North Carolina, Cape first became interested in drawing portraits when his father bought him a book on caricatures.

“I had a part-time job when I was in college in the rental shop of a ski slope,” said Cape. “I drew the people I worked with.”

In the years following, he drew on the street, honing his ability, and eventually landed a job doing caricatures at Universal Studios.

“That’s where I really learned the art form,” he said.

Cape moved to Sandpoint a couple years ago and worked for Echo Springs in Bonners Ferry

until recently.

Though he is off to live the next three months in Belize while working on his PhD in creativity studies, Cape will draw for the Reader and send his work in remotely. We are pleased to have him on board.

Want to draw for the Reader? Drop us a line: info@ sandpointreader.com

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