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Photos from the biggest party of the year It was a great first week at the Festival at Sandpoint. We thought we’d share some photos of the performers, dancers, audience, staff and volunteers that make this amazing event so great, year after year. All photos taken by Cameron Barnes unless otherwise noted.

Clockwise from top middle moving to the center: Miranda Zickler with Rabbit Wilde. (Photo by Ben Olson); picnickers enjoy a fanciful spread at the Super Saturday show; Bridges Home open the concert series Thursday night; Two young concert goers hold their spinning neon toys high during a break in dancing at the Railroad Earth show Friday; Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers wow audiences Thursday night; the famed Green Team directs a concert-goer where to properly toss his refuse; Emmylou Harris plays to a happy bunch of people on Super Saturday; young Green Teamers take a break from their work to smile for a photo; a festival-goer takes a walk on the wild side in costume; Skehan of Railroad Earth feels a solo with all his heart (photo by Ben Olson); the crew at MillTown Distillery are all smiles during Thursday’s Brewfest.

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DEAR READERS,

What a great first week at the Festival at Sandpoint! I don’t know about you, but I was pretty worn out by Monday morning. I hope you’ve all gotten your beauty sleep, because it’s on for the final week of fun starting tonight.

Check out our interview on page 22 with Thursday night’s performer, Angélique Kidjo and don’t forget to check out The Hive’s Aftival performances Friday and Saturday night. All the information you need is on page 23.

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Cameron Barnes is our new photographer and staff writer. Yes, I know, another Cameron. Trust me, we’re working hard to figure out a nickname for the new guy.

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OPINION Protests are Vulgar... LPOSD Levy...

Dear Editor, I was very much looking forward to Wednesday’s farmer’s market with the kids. We parked and walked over only to overhear another mom say to her kids, “Don’t look!” Naturally, I looked.

The spectacle was the vulgar anti-abortion sign. Why were they there? I feel this was not the place for them to share their social or political views - especially in this manner.

All it did was help spread the opposite of their intended message as I explained to my four children (impressionable ages also - 7, 9, 11 and 13) that abortion is a personal choice to be made by the individual. I told them it’s safer to have it legal than not as an illegal abortion would hardly be sanitary.

No, I’m not a “liberal lefty” or whatever label a person wants to put on me. On paper, people would think I’m a Christian square.

However, I’m what you would call politically and socially ambidextrous—both sides are useful.

Relevant or not, I digress.

The second adverse result of their inappropriate presence at the park was that instead of sticking around to spend the $50 in cash I specifically took out of the bank for the Farmers’ Market (in support of local businesses), we left.

We ended up going home to eat our Walmart vegetables.

They hold these signs because they care about human life (or claim to care), however, they have a blatant disregard on the negative impact on their community. If they want to purchase a booth at the market, I wouldn’t be opposed as long as they were not allowed to bring that sign and had to stay behind their booth and leave the megaphones at home. That way they may share their message in a peaceful manner and allow their community to continue to enjoy a beloved tradition without having an adverse effect on the local businesses.

They need a gentle reminder that kind words turn away wrath.

How much more effective than their vulgar sign.

Crystal Rosenau Sagle, ID

Dear Editor, Lake Pend Oreille School District has proposed a school levy to extract $56 million from our community to fund its facility expansions. This includes an addition to the existing high school, constructing a new middle school, an enormous athletic center for little jocks growing up, a “vo-tech school” addition to the Clark Fork High School with an extensive addition to its existing classrooms, as well as athletic fields and “play areas” for both Washington and Northside Elementary Schools.

The projected property tax rate on this levy beginning in 2017 would show an increase of $192 for a home valued at $100,000 home and up the scale to $1,344 for a home valued at $450,000. This levy is scheduled to be paid off in six years. The information that was not disclosed is that another levy follows, right after this one is paid.

These are on top of their operational budget, which is 85 percent salary and benefits, that is already built into our property taxes.

In 2010-11 the number of K1-12 students were approximately 3,650, with a declining number of 3,588 in 2015-16.

The 2015 population of Bonner County is 41,585. More than 10,000 of those are 65 and older. The estimated 24,500 taxpayers consist of 49 percent private wage earners, 49 percent self-employed and 2 percent are government workers (city-data.com). How many of these taxpayers are homeowners was not disclosed. A small portion of these 2 percent government workers (25 listed LPOSD members) are expecting that homeowners who already support their salaries and benefits, pay an additional $56 million dollars for 3,588 students a year.

It’s as if they are in denial of the rising costs of inflation—the increases in healthcare, food, gas, utilities, insurance, taxes—while the current amount of tension in the United States is almost nuclear.

People are already describing the intensity as akin to the brink of civil war. That a small percentage of 2 percent government workers want to impose an additional financial burden during these uncertain times, could not have come at a worse time.

Vickey Babayco Sandpoint

GOP Woes...

Dear Editor, The Republican Party has been building toward Donald Trump since 1992. They lost the White House, to which, after 12 years, they seemed to feel entitled. They dealt with the Clinton Administration as if they viewed him as a placeholder. They seemed to think if they obstructed and prevented him from any success the voters would rush in and return them to office.

In 1996 they chose a poor candidate in Bob Dole. The country wasn’t ready to take the mantle of leadership from a young president and give it to a generation that had passed its prime. In 2000 they made a bigger mistake by picking George W. Bush. He was fortunate to find the country in an “anyone but Clinton mood”, yet he lost the popular vote and was anointed president by the Supreme Court.

Bush confirmed that he wasn’t up to the task in so many ways, making it easier for an inexperienced unknown with an ora-

torical gift and a vision for the county to easily win. Again, the Republicans obstructed, vowing to make him a one-term president. Again they failed. And in the process they have also failed to develop people capable of leading this country or a vision of where the country should be going.

When a field of 17 winnows down to Donald Trump, you know there is a problem. When Republican leaders disavow Trump insults and rhetoric but insist on supporting him because he is the party’s nominee, you know something has gone horribly wrong. Clearly they place party before country. How can a party, willing to do that, be trusted with leadership? That’s not leadership, it is simply desire for power.

Bob Wynhausen Sandpoint

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COMMENTARY Fact checking the Democratic Convention

By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Author’s note: Two weeks ago I checked Trump’s convention speech, so it is only fair that I now look at statements from the Democrats.

According to a Gallup poll, the 2106 Republican Convention set a record. Reporting the lowest level of support in 30 years, only 36 percent of those polled were now inclined to vote for Donald Trump. Those more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton after the Democratic Convention now stands at 45 percent.

On the first night of the Democratic Convention Bernie Sanders claimed that “Trump believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25.”

As with most issues, Trump is hard to pin down, but this statement was rated “mostly true”

by Politifact.

A video shown at the Democratic Convention featured the many Trump products that are made overseas. Some of the products are made in the U.S. (suits, for example), so Politifact rated the content as “mostly true.”

In an interview done during the convention, Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez told Fox News that “there are fewer people crossing that border than in the last 30 years.”

With the caveat that border arrests were at their lowest ever in 2011, Politifact rated this statement “mostly true.”

This puts the lie to right-wing fear mongering about aliens swarming into our country.

On the second night Obama declared that the world “sees America as stronger and more respected today than when I took office.” No international poll has measured “strength and respect,” but many surveys show an approval rating higher than 2008. With this qualification Politifact found Obama’s 6 /

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statement “mostly true,” and this undermines the GOP’s propaganda that the U.S. is viewed negatively.

Fact checkers at USA Today found that Obama exaggerated the nation’s clean energy production. In his speech he claimed that it had doubled, but it has still gone up a respectable 40 percent.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder’s statement “one in three black men will be incarcerated in their lifetimes” was found to be mostly true; and his claim that blacks “receive sentences 20 percent longer than their white peers” was also true.

Independent billionaire Michael Bloomberg railed against Trump’s bragging about his business success. Politifact rated as “mostly true” Bloomberg’s claim that Trump hired foreign workers instead of locals at his resort in Florida.

On the second night Sen. Harry Reid warned that “Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to gamble with your retirement benefits in the stock market.” Although Trump once stated that he wanted to privatize social security, he now wants, contrary to GOP policy, to preserve it as it is. Pence follows the GOP platform that young people ought to have the right to invest their payroll deductions in the stock market.

Both Clintons have had a difficult time accepting the fact that they, along with millions of other Americans, have only gradually come to support gay marriage. So Bill Clinton’s claim in his convention speech that his wife had supported “equality” marriage all along was false.

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s claim that “we have not lost a single job, a single month” since 2009 is of course false, even though job gains have been substantial month after month. He was also incorrect when he said that the U.S. trades “more with Mexico than we do with China.”

FactCheck.org concluded that Hillary Clinton’s claim

about the Children’s Health Insurance Program that she initiated as First Lady “fits with the facts.” The same fact checkers rated her claim that Obama has created “nearly 15 million new private-sector jobs” as true. R. David Edleman adds that this is “the longest streak of private-sector job growth on record”(http:// go.wh.gov/MarchJobs).

Hillary was speaking the truth when she claimed that Trump refused to pay most of his bills after one Atlantic City casino went bankrupt. When the Trump Taj opened, Trump owed $70 million to 253 contractors. According to National Public Radio, “many contractors got just 33 percent of what they were owed.”

It’s time to update Politifact’s Truth-O-Meter where Trump is racking up a record number of Pants-on-Fire (If all of his statements were checked, the falsehoods would number in the hundreds). He is now at 40, more than doubling Mitt Romney’s 19 during the 2012 election.

Clinton has added two Pants-on-Fire for a total of five (her most recent one was claiming that she spoke the truth on her emails). Her percentage of true, mostly true, half true statements now stands at 71 percent. Trump’s percentage in these categories is a mere 30 percent.

Nick Gier of Moscow taught philosophy at the University of Idaho for 31 years. Read all of his columns on the election at www.NickGier.com/Election2016.pdf.

No to Levy...

Dear Editor, Lake Pend Orielle School District has proposed a $56 million levy on taxpayers to fund their new capital expenses. This would increase taxes for six years, in addition to taxpayers already supporting their operational budget; a hefty request.

LPOSD has proposed an enormous sports facility.

This will eliminate a recently built baseball/soccer field. Sports programs need to have the majority of their funding by the participants, families and supporters.

LPOSD is not pursuing “bond” loans, which would lower the rate for taxpayers.

Why not? Why has LPOSD neglected maintaining existing buildings to the point where they think they need to be totally rebuilt?

LPOSD scheduled the voting date of Aug. 30, which is Labor Day weekend, when end of summer vacations are common. Was this by design or happenstance? I believe that it should be mandatory that LPOSD inform all Bonner County taxpayers by mail of their proposed levy, its costs and tax rates. Their minimum requirements for advertising are not sufficient to inform the people of the enormity of this tax levy.

Property values are once again being reassessed, which could create a massive burden on all taxpayers in Bonner County. All taxpayers should have a vote, not just county residents.

Steve Frye Sagle

Cartoons...

Dear Editor, I take exception to the recent cartoon in the Reader showing both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with the caption, “Pick Your Poison.”

First, I am a Bernie Sanders supporter, but now that Hillary has been selected as the Democratic Nominee, I will work for her election. As my wife pointed out, we have an “after-Bern” as evidenced by the very

progressive, Sanders-influenced platform on which Hillary will run.

There are two possible readings of this cartoon. The first suggests that Trump, whose enlarged head spews out blotches of poison from dagger-shaped teeth, overwhelms the smaller Clinton figure. Donald Trump supports violence and torture.

As his rhetoric incites fear, division and hatred, his voice is truly poisonous. In this interpretation, “Pick Your Poison” means that if you want poison, there is Trump.

The second interpretation suggests that both candidates are equally poisonous. This interpretation is unfair to Hillary and is a false equivalency. Hillary has worked for children’s and women’s rights, worker’s rights, and rights for the LGBT community. She agreed with Sanders to guarantee tuition-free college education for most students, to work for environmental protection, and to go after the major financial institutions on Wall Street who triggered the Great Recession. And, she is on record in opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

It seems that all Donald Trump has done was to help himself financially and not pay workers for work they have done by declaring bankruptcies.

For 25 years, the rightwing has accused her of many things, and put her under a number of investigations, but there was never any finding of illegal behavior. It is true that she must overcome a sense of public mistrust. Is Hillary perfect?

Of course not. No politician is. Perhaps she has been careless or has not fully disclosed mistakes she has made, but this is no reason to sit out this election.

If Trump gets in, then any hope of a reversal of economic inequality, and any hope for a progressive future for our country will be stymied for years to come.

There is a real difference between these candidates and along with Bernie Sanders, I encourage you to get out and vote for Hillary Clinton.

Philip A. Deutchman Sandpoint

COMMUNITY

A deep, dark, smelly secret

Since the age of 17, I have been harboring a secret. I committed a crime, orchestrated a cover up and got away with it.

Today, I am going to wipe the slate clean.

My story starts back in the summer after my senior year of high school. I was 17 years old and enjoying my last summer in Sandpoint before heading off to college. At the time I was dating a young man from Coeur d’Alene. He was also 17, but still in high school.

This point alone doomed the relationship, but we were 17, and therefore dipshits. Looking back, I feel bad about what I put that poor kid through. I was essentially his first “serious” girlfriend but he was not my first boyfriend.

In the four short months we were together I managed to crash into his mother’s Volvo with my beater truck during a clandestine beer transporting operation. After the beer incident, as fate would have it, I contracted chicken pox at the age of 17. This saint of a teenage boyfriend stayed on my parents’ couch and took care of me for several days. Our relationship consisted heavily of me helping him mastermind lies to tell his parents so that he could come to Sandpoint and party. This required dangerous driving back and forth from Sandpoint to Coeur d’Alene.

My parents adored The Saint,

as he was a celebrated athlete and willing to take on the arduous task of their “free-spirited” daughter. His parents were counting down the days until I left for college.

Both sets of parents eventually caught on to the lying pattern and decided that it was safer for us to stay at each other’s houses than sneak around.

I was to stay in the guest bedroom at his house and he slept on the couch at mine. His house was Christian and fancy, and they had extra china and guest rooms. My house was nice, but more country. My dad liked to walk around toting a rifle at 5 a.m. to shoot the crows that were “killing my baby hummingbirds.” I hated staying at the Saint’s house. It felt like going to reform school.

The Saint’s mother was gifted at creating an atmosphere of anxiety and expectations. She could give you a look that shot straight to your core and even though she was saying “hello” it was obvious that she meant “soon my son will see you for the backwoods hussy you really are.”

It was my last weekend before college, and she had invited me to stay for the weekend. She had gone all out making us reservations at a fancy restaurant, even inviting her mother over.

The weekend started out with dinner at a fancy restaurant on Lake CD’A. We were dressed up, awkwardly navigating the adult world. Because I was a cheeky 17-year-old and aware of the much older and more distinguished diners

in the room, I decided to try to break the tension and do a “cheers” with The Saint. When I lifted my virgin daiquiri to clink glasses with him, I saw an entire room of eyes staring at me, my coordination succumbed to an anxious wave and the glass slipped out of my hand. The daiquiri glass hit the appetizer plate on the way down causing it to loudly shatter and explode red liquid onto The Saint’s crotch, my dress, my shoes and the fancy white table linens. We decided to stay and eat. However when we arrived back at The Saint’s house, I couldn’t help but notice his mother’s smirk. Did she call the restaurant and have them cover all my utensils with WD-40? Paranoia was setting in. Was The Saint’s mom that evil?

She had been feeding me non-stop, and my stomach was starting to hurt.

I have a shy waste elimination system. I can not urinate if I think someone can hear me, and unless I am in confirmed solitude I need to turn the faucet on in order to use the restroom. I have spent my life orchestrating my bathroom trips so that other people are not aware or involved. I cannot look another human being in they eye if they know I just took a dump.

I have suffered on countless occasions because of this.

While in “vacation mode” I can go two to four days without making a biological deposit, but the combination of fancy food and nerves knocked my digestive tract off balance.

About 48 hours into the weekend with the Saint family, we were having family movie night. This took place in a basement family room with an adjacent bathroom. This meant that everyone in the room watched you get up, go to the bathroom and could even hear you flush.

I had been legitimately holding it for around eight hours at this point. I wasn’t eating, barely drinking and all attempts I had made to eliminate the waste anonymously (i.e. during my shower time and in various public restrooms) were fruitless. My bowels had betrayed me.

At the tender age of 17, I had to face my fear or shit my pants. With the movie as a distraction, I could use the bathroom unnoticed, right? It would only take a couple of seconds as I could literally feel my feces “crowning.” I would just turn on the faucet, which was normal for me, quickly make the deposit, then use a bunch of fancy soap to eliminate any odor. It seemed like a foolproof plan.

I executed my plan perfectly. It took less than 60 seconds.

I flushed, began washing my hands and smugly looked down at the toilet. To my horror, the toilet had some sort of mechanical issue. There in the bowl resided one average-sized log of fecal matter. I almost died.

I wished I would have died, but my body resisted death, because when they found my body, everyone would know that the shit in the bowl was mine. I had to think fast. If I

was a character in a DC comic book, this was the day when I transformed from anxious twerp into a hardcore villain taking her first steps toward a life of crime.

Pouring sweat, I left the water running as I checked the back part of the toilet for any easily fixable mechanical issues. I considered placing the log in the tank, upper decking The Saint’s mom. It did seem kind of funny, but too dangerous, as the toilet was broken and the discovery would happen while I was still under her roof. I considered placing it in the trash can, or stuffing it into the drain of the sink, both options seemed time consuming and risky. I looked toward the heavens for an answer.

There it was; a window. It was ground level and over a garden.

I would just simply wrap my hands in toilet paper, grab the turd and throw it out the window into the garden. No one would ever know the truth.

That’s exactly what happened. I threw a piece of shit out of the fancy people’s window and into their garden, and then left town for college the next day.

I would do it again if I had to. There is a point in everyone’s life when they find out if they are a little bit more villain or superhero.

To legit to shit, Scarlette Quille

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NEWS

Commissioners delay action on subdivision changes

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff County commissioners put the brakes on proposed changes to county subdivisions after three hours of deliberation and public comment last Thursday.

A hotly contested proposal among county landowners, the revised revisions will establish a minor land division as four or fewer lots, a minor subdivision as 10 or fewer lots and a subdivision as 11 or more lots. Commissioners saw the changes as another means of lessening expense and hassle for county landowners, an objective they’ve pursued through various measures for more than a year.

The subdivision alterations were especially needed due to an epidemic of divisions created through recorded deed and out of compliance with county code, Commissioner Todd Sudick said.

“The process we have now is not working,” he added. “If it were working, we wouldn’t have this problem.”

According to Bonner County Planning Director Milton Ollerton, the smaller divisions would be authorized by the Planning Department without a need for a public hearing, detailed plat map or a confirmation that the property had been inspected by Panhandle Health District.

Ollerton said the revisions would make the subdivision process easier and less expensive for county landowners.

He cited a case where one landowner spent six months and $50,000 to divide his property.

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claim was resisted by landowners Ken Haag and Jeremy Grimm, who said the new system allowed individuals to quickly divide into the smallest allowable parcels.

“What happens ... is you get very fast development,” said Grimm, a former Sandpoint planning director.

“I would equate it to death by 1,000 cuts,” he later added. “Sure, none of them kill you, but if you go to the standards of fly-by-night approval, there’s no [comprehensive perspective].”

Some comments during public testimony were supportive or neutral of the changes. Raphael Barta, representing the Realtor community, was neutral but encouraged commissioners to make decisions based on proven planning policies.

“We want proposals based on science and best practices,” he said. “[We want] principles before politics and personalities.”

Sandpoint Planning Director Aaron Qualls, also neutral, reminded the county to be careful the potential increase in development didn’t cause the cost of county services to outweigh generated revenue.

Other comments were in favor of the changes.

“If it makes the process a little bit easier, I’m in favor of that,” landowner David Marshall said.

The majority of public testimony was opposed to the changes. A major concern centered on the instances where Panhandle Health District authorization was no longer required. The risk of a faulty and unauthorized septic systems contaminating the environment and waters was too great to ignore, many argued. Erin Mader, program coordinator for the Pend Oreille Lakes Commission, said that malfunctioning septic systems could have a devastating impact on lake

The Bonner County Commissioners special meeting drew a big crowd last week. Photo by Cameron Barnes health.

“We should be making progress to lessen, not set ourselves up for, more problems,” she said.

The most frequent request from those in opposition was that the process be slowed down. Commenters asked that informational meetings be organized so that residents

knew exactly what changes were on the horizon.

County commissions ultimately sided with residents requesting a delay. They sent the matter back to the Bonner County Planning Department, which has organized a series of public meetings to discuss subdivision changes. They are scheduled for 6 p.m. at the

following dates and locations: Aug. 16 at the Bonner County Administration Building, Aug. 22 at Sagle Community Hall, Aug. 23 at Blanchard Grange #440 and Aug. 31 at Memorial Community Center in Hope.

Seventh-grade football program to debut

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Football has been a defining school experience for innumerable students. Now local seventh graders can count themselves among them.

Local sports volunteers Mose Dunkel and Owen Rust are organizing a new seventh-grade tackle football team to compete in the Coeur d’Alene junior tackle league.

Parents and students can meet the coaches and learn more information 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Great Northern Field in Sandpoint.

“We are starting this team as a affordable alternative to

help Sandpoint families who want a quality football experience for their son or daughter,” Dunkel said. “Our hope is to field one seventh-grade team this season and to expand to more age groups next season.”

The new team will play four home games and four games in the Coeur d’Alene area. Practices start Aug. 22 and will be held 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday. After school begins, times adjust to 5-7 p.m. The first game is Sept. 10. The $125 registration fee includes a jersey and safety equipment and will cover an eight-game season.

Registration is open for the

next two weeks. While individuals can register until Sept.

9, a $10 late fee is added after the two-week period.

The program board holds regular open meetings. Their plans and accounting are available online at cdajrtackle.org. The coaching team, meanwhile, brings a combined 20 years of experience and is trained in the latest concussion awareness standards.

“We are excited about the opportunity to get more young people involved in a positive structured activity,” Dunkel said.

Call Dunkel at 290-1888 or email him at modunkel@hotmail.com with any questions.

FEATURE Anti-abortion protesters disrupt community

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff For a provocateur, Scott Herndon is unexpectedly calm and articulate.

Sporting a long beard and speaking in a measured tone, he communicates philosophical ideas that, if overheard piecemeal, might sound like standard coffee shop conversation. It’s surprising, then, that these ideas form the foundation of the Abolitionist Society of North Idaho movement, a group that has aroused more local anger than perhaps any other in the past several years.

“It’s a free country, but it’s totally obnoxious that [this protester] is doing this,” said Steve Rookey, a bystander at a recent protest by abolitionist Chris Hutto. “He just wants to do his diatribe. He’s not willing to quote Jesus.”

While Herndon is cool and collected in conversation, abolitionist protests are anything but.

The protesters’ aim is to be confrontational, an end achieved through images of dismembered fetuses and loud street preaching in locations with high foot traffic. The graphic imagery and aggressive approach are often quick to flair bystanders’ tempers, sometimes leading to shoving or fights.

“One time, someone grabbed our signs and tried to rip it out of our hands,” said Hutto.

“One followed us and began howling and tried to unplug my microphone. Three people were making a ruckus and trying to drown out the noise we were making.”

Confrontations are all the more likely during protests at the Sandpoint Farmers’ Market.

According to market president Kelsey Racicot, the graphic signs and use of voice amplification are hurting market turnout, limiting vendor sales and upsetting attendees. Now city officials are caught in a tricky dilemma: How can they protect the livelihoods and well-be-

A community responds

Abolitionist Chris Hutto, right, shows a large sign depicting a dismembered foot from an aborted fetus to a young Farmers’ Market attendee last week at Farmin Park. Photo by Ben Olson. ing of the majority while still respecting the First Amendment rights of the protesters?

A portrait of a movement According to Herndon, a contractor who owns Herndon Homes in Sagle, the abolitionist movement sees no problem in comparing abortion to historical atrocities like American slavery or the Holocaust. For abolitionists, being opposed to abortion isn’t enough—they see the mere toleration of its legality as a moral failing.

“If people don’t recognize this as a gross injustice, I have to force it on people,” said Herndon.

The use of the term “abolitionist” is a deliberate reference to the likes of William Lloyd Garrison, a public agitator and social reformer who railed against American slavery in his newspaper, The Liberator. To Herndon and his cohorts, abortion is an evil equal to or even worse than slavery, an injustice so profound that the only moral response is to unsettle society until it is banned.

“When you’re trying to turn

a culture around 180 degrees, it’s going to necessarily be disruptive,” Herndon said.

This ethos of confrontation manifests in the now-familiar anti-abortion trappings: the shouted scripture, the pamphleteering, the megaphones, the GoPro cameras capturing confrontations and altercations. The defining image is undoubtedly the gory photos that abolitionists often wave around children.

“I hope children see these images,” said Hutto. “I hope they have compassion to do what parents have failed to do—which is to abolish abortion.”

Within the broadly accepted strategy is room for improvisation. Based on Herndon’s extensive YouTube channel, his preferred approach is streetside sermonizing punctuated by oneon-one debates. Others, like abolitionist YouTuber Todd Bullis, are more aggressive, calling out passersby as murderers, evildoers and cowards.

The abolitionist movement is rooted in a literalist interpretation of evangelical Christianity. But surprisingly, the group’s targets are often fellow Christians, who Herndon believes

should be rising en masse to demand the prohibition of abortion. And Herndon has nothing but disdain for the mainstream pro-life movement, which he calls “wrong, compromised and evil.”

Abolitionists frequently stage protests at churches before and after Sunday services, inevitably resulting in emotional families and impromptu theological debates. The point is to convict pro-lifers of their inadequate response to abortion, Herndon said.

The protests are by nature designed to elicit reactions, which Herndon said vary from day to day. Some people thank the abolitionists for their activism, but anger and frustration rule the more typical response. That’s particularly true of protests targeting youth outside high schools or high-attendance family events. Either way, Herndon isn’t worried that his extremism is hurting the anti-abortion movement.

“I’m so confident in the righteousness of my ideology that I’m convinced it will persuade upon [people] in the end,” he said.

While Herndon is confident in the justice of his cause, many of Sandpoint’s faith leaders are less convinced. In a letter sent to the Sandpoint Reader and the Bonner County Daily Bee, Pastor Eric Rust of Cedar Hills Church said that while he respects protesters’ zeal for the unborn, he sees their tactics as an act of cruelty to everyone else, including post-abortive individuals.

“I have a hard time wrapping my head around how the love and grace of Jesus Christ can be adequately communicated on poster board through pixelated images and words in red,” he wrote.

Likewise, Dan McDonald, an outspoken conservative and politician, is frustrated by the hawkish behavior. Although he is opposed to abortion, he believes the abolitionists’ methods are irresponsible and harmful. “[One of the things] that bothers me is they make Christians and people opposed to abortion look bad,” McDonald said. “They’re leaving out the compassion and forgiveness that’s a part of Christianity. It’s all judgment.”

McDonald formed Citizens for Common Sense of Sandpoint, Idaho, a group of locals that primarily operates through a 369-member Facebook page.

He took inspiration from citizens who thwarted the infamous Westboro Baptist Church by holding up sheets to block their messages from view at military funerals. The biggest obstacle is finding people who can mobilize on the spot when the protesters show up, McDonald said.

“Part of the problem we have is you get a lot of people that are angry, but when it comes time to show up, you only get a handful of people,” he added.

Nevertheless, the response

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44th Arts and Crafts Fair for all ages and artistic mediums

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Intern

Bouquets: •We’ve had a great last couple of months thanks to our summer intern, Lyndsie Kiebert. On break from college at University of Idaho, Lyndsie helped us keep our website updated, wrote a couple of stories each week and injected our sour hearts with hope that the next generation isn’t just a bunch of nitwits. Glad to have you with us this summer, Lyndsie!

•Let’s hear it for the Green Team! You may recognize these awesome volunteers at the Festival at Sandpoint. They’re the ones who help you determine which trash bin to place your compost, recyclables or garbage. They also patrol the grounds after each show and clean up the grass so that each night, Festival-goers are safe from broken glass and unsightly trash. If you see one of these great people, please give them a pat on the back for doing the work that needs to be done.

•People bring us some great gifts from time to time. I was blown away last week with Katie Bradish from Wildwood Grilling brought us over a box of their cool cedar smoking planks with the Reader logo emblazened upon it. So cool! I tried their salmon entree at the Festival last week, and it was absolutlely amazing. This company is doing a great job and we wish them luck moving forward (we actually have a story about the company scheduled for the Aug. 18 issue).

Barbs: •Whenever I see someone cleaning off the sidewalk in front of their home or business with a garden hose, I always think of how much water is wasted. I know we don’t worry about water consumption that much here in North Idaho, but it still seems to be overkill when a broom probably takes just as long. Elbow grease never hurt anyone!

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A year ago, Hannah Combs volunteered as a face painter at the Pend Oreille Arts Council’s annual Arts and Crafts Fair. It was her first summer living in Sandpoint.

“It was really cool because, I didn’t know it then, but [POAC]’s mission is to bring art to the community,” Combs said, noting that it was at the Arts and Crafts Fair that she got to see that mission statement in action.

Now, as her second summer in Sandpoint culminates and Arts and Crafts Fair approaches, she’ll be there in another role—as POAC’s arts administrator. Still, her initial introduction to the fair—through the experiences of the children whose faces she painted—is what showed her the range of community members the fair can reach.

“It’s just fun to be there, and cool to see the age groups [POAC] is able to affect,” Combs said. “This could expose kids to artists who might inspire them.”

The Arts and Crafts Fair provides local, regional and

visiting artists who work with a multitude of mediums—wood, ceramics, glass, metal, paint and photography are just a few that POAC’s website lists—to gather and exhibit the fruits of that labor. Proceeds from the event go on to support other POAC programs meant to further the mission statement that Combs began to familiarize herself with last summer.

Seeing as this is Combs’ first year as the arts administrator for POAC—and therefore a key organizer of the Arts and Crafts Fair—she said she is excited for every aspect of the event. She looks forward to connecting with each of the participating artists.

“It has been so cool to talk on the phone with vendors and hear their stories,” Combs said. In fact, she said those stories are exactly why community members should come out for the fair.

“I would encourage people to ask [the artists] questions,” Combs said. “What do they make, where are they from, why do they do what they do.”

And just as POAC’s Arts and Crafts Fair serves as an event for community members of all ages, it showcases the work of

artists of the same breadth.

“Some of these artists are just beginning, and this is their first fair,” Combs said. “It’s fun to see their designs and ideas— they’re so eager.”

Still, Combs said there are artists and community members who will be attending and participating in the fair that have been doing so for more than 30 years. While she may be one of the many fresh faces celebrating Sandpoint’s artful community, Combs said some will be attending who have

seen the Arts and Crafts Fair grow since it first graced downtown Sandpoint.

The 44th annual POAC Arts and Crafts Fair begins Saturday, Aug. 13, at Sandpoint City Beach from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and continues Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Over 100 artists will participate, along with a handful of food vendors and performers.

The Arts and Crafts Fair is free to attend, while the kid’s booth (for children 12 and under) is $5 to cover the cost of supplies.

tion, the First Amendment and Supreme Court precedent protects the abolitionists’ right to demonstrate on public ground.

According to Scot Campbell, Sandpoint city attorney, earlier efforts to keep protesters out of farmers’ market ended with Herndon threatening a lawsuit.

The city paid to settle the matter without litigation in May 2015.

Following last week’s council meeting, Herndon fired another warning shot. In a letter to Mayor Shelby Rognstad, he claimed many of the reported complaints, including children being told they were going to hell, were inaccurate. “... I will continue to encourage abolitionists at all times to wear body cameras in the event of false allegations against them, and we’ll make sure to tell our attorneys to keep their pencils sharp,” he wrote.

Even so, council members proposed adding aggressive

handbilling to the city’s solicitation ordinance, a measure they passed at a special council meeting Wednesday night.

Campbell said he’s also working on a noise ordinance, which will limit the abolitionists’ ability to amplify their message. At their meeting, council members speculated on other ordinances that might be used to protect the public.

“I feel like we’re so hesitant to even step in that direction, to question behaviors that are, in my personal opinion, absolutely abhorrent,” said Councilwoman Shannon Williamson.

As with the previous week, residents offered up emotional testimony about their frightened children and damaged business.

Brenda Paddack argued that the public had a right to be protected from obscene images.

“They’re standing behind their freedom of speech, but they’re infringing on some of

our rights as well, and our rights are being ignored,” she said Herndon also offered testimony. While he said he wasn’t involved with recent farmers’ market protests, he had spoken to those involved and was told the voice amplification would stop. Nevertheless, he was concerned about the handbilling ordinance, saying the language was too vague to effectively protect First Amendment rights.

It remains to be seen whether the city will pursue additional measures beyond the handbilling and noise ordinances. As the popular adage goes, “My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.” The problem the city faces is legally determining how far the abolitionists can swing before they bloody the public.

Face painting will be offered in the kids booth, along with other activites. Courtesy photo.

< PROTEST, con’t from page 8 > team charted several successful counter demonstrations throughout 2015. They also protested Vern Spencer of Vern’s Veggies, a market vendor who McDonald said was an abolitionist supporter. When Spencer caught wind of the protest, he stopped selling produce at the market, McDonald added.

Despite the community response, farmers’ market vendors are increasingly frustrated by the diminished sales and turnout due to abolitionist protests this year. Last week, market vendors and officials asked the Sandpoint City Council for some kind of solution.

My rights versus yours The city is in an awkward position when it comes to curbing abolitionist activity.

While city officials want to protect local livelihoods and the cherished farmers’ market tradi-

Ben Olson contributed reporting to this story.

Mad about Science:

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist

You knew it was coming.

If I could reference something to put into a taco, I definitely would, and here I am!

Peppers! You love them, you fear them, you know that one weird uncle that eats habaneros like potato chips.

If you’re as much of a Food Network fan as I am, I’m sure you’ve seen at least some of their stars touting the level of heat of various peppers using something called the Scoville Scale, where they use ridiculously big numbers in seemingly random quantities to attempt to frighten and confuse you.

How does it work?

Basically, you take a panel of five people with exceptional taste buds for peppers. You then take a dried pepper, mix the hottest parts of it with a sugar water solution, then once at least three of the five judges have declared they can no longer taste any trace of pepper in the solution, you have your number based on how much of the solution was required.

Unfortunately, this method of measurement isn’t completely scientific. It’s largely subject to both human error and personal sensitivity (or lack of thereof) to heat. There are other, more empirical forms of measurement, but none have caught on in the public eye quite like the Scoville Scale.

Worth noting, once you start getting into the 5-billion range of the Scoville scale, the chemicals involved begin to be referred to as “Toxins”. You know, like the delicious lemony stuff under the sink your mom wouldn’t let you drink as a kid (or an adult.).

So you think you can take the heat?

Let’s start with a poblano.

You find these in chile rellano.

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Peppers Tender, a little sweet and they hide a bit of kick when you reach the seeds near the stem.

1,000-1,500 Scoville Units.

Nice.

How about a jalapeno?. It’s got a little kick to it, not bad.

They range from 1,000-20,000 Scoville units depending on a number of factors. That’s pretty cool! You don’t devour 20,000 of anything very often.

Barely a sweat.

How about cayenne and tabasco for some sweet southern heat? These bad boys range from 30,000 - 50,000 SHU, Scoville Heat Units. If you’re keeping count, that’s over double the heat of the hottest jalapenos.

Phew, a little bit of a bite to it, but I’m good.

The dreaded Habanero, the hottest pepper used in standard cuisine. Some people can handle these dry and eat them like you or I eat french fries.

How hot is it? 100,000-350,000 SHU. Habaneros are used frequently in hot sauce and have a unique cautionary orange color.

Maybe it’s trying to give you a hint.

Now that I’m starting to pant, I should let you know that this is the threshold of standard cuisine.

In some states, exceeding this threshold requires signing a waiver, because people have been hospitalized and died from this level of spice.

The ghost pepper. Feared, loved, admired. Its true name is Bhut jolokia, but it’s a lot easier for us yanks to say “ghost pepper”, since you’ll probably wish you were dead after eating it. Rest assured, any run-ofthe-mill taco chain store (any corporate-run one spanning several states) touting a $2.99 burrito stuffed with ghost pep-

per chiles is lying to you, or at least telling a half-truth. It may have ghost peppers, but it almost certainly doesn’t include the seeds, which are the hottest part. We’re talking just over 1 million SHU, here. If a jalapeno were a stick of dynamite, the ghost pepper would be an atomic bomb.

Seriously, folks, they crush the seeds to create an extract that they infuse into pepper spray for prisons and bears.

(And maybe even bears in prison.)

I’m not done.

The ghost pepper may have once been the reigning world champion, but specialty farmers have gone above and beyond the call of duty to deliver a physical manifestation of an edible hell.

The Carolina Reaper.

1.5 million SHU, 50 percent hotter than the ghost pepper.

Though I’ve never eaten one of these bad boys, I can only assume that it tastes like nuclear fission. Someone proudly holds a world record (and likely a transplanted colon) after eating 22 in 60 seconds.

After speaking of this mad inferno, I may have some tips on how to beat the heat, if you’re feeling brave.

Drinking milk after eating something hot won’t save you.

In fact, it will probably just make you feel even more sick, and the last thing you want is to taste the pepper again.

If you drink the milk first, slowly over about five minutes then eat the pepper, it may help a little bit, but not a whole lot.

Did you just bite off more than you can chew? Don’t drink the water, it will only fan the flames. If you have sugar at the table, pour liberally over

your tongue, or into water. The sugar counteracts the capsaicinoid in the pepper that causes your mouth to burn. It won’t work instantly, and the hotter the pepper, the more sugar you need. Give it a few minutes and keep dousing your tongue until it dies down.

If you’re unsure about how

you will handle something very, very spicy, the best cure is prevention. You might not even want to try it at all.

If all you’ve ever eaten is jalapeno poppers and you’re thinking about a Carolina Reaper speed eating competition, you may want to rethink some of your life choices or consider taking out some life insurance. Just sayin’.

Random Corner The incredible tardndeigr ofrtheanatdurael are a wo These tough, tiny and chubby specimans olutely amazing. Read on! world. They are tough, chubby and abs

1. Tardigrades are also known as “water bears” and “moss piglets” for the endearing way they trundle across their chosen habitats.

2. Scientists estimate that tardigrades have been around for 600 million years. To put that in perspective: Dinosaurs first appeared about 230 million years ago.

3. They can live anywhere. Most prefer water or on damp places on land in the world’s temperate zones.

Dirt, leaf litter and patches of moss are favorite hangouts.

4. Tardigrades can live in outer space for up to 10 days. When times are tough, tardigrades undergo cryptobiosis, which means they shrivel into husks and wait in suspended animation until conditions are better. In this state, they are nearly unkillable.

5. Tardigrades have been exposed to heat over 300ºF, and cold below -458ºF and they remain alive.

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Culverts and the fish who love them

By Kevin Davis, USFS Reader Contributor Do you enjoy fishing in North Idaho? Or, perhaps you like to fish for kokanee on Lake Pend Oreille? Are you fly fisherman that enjoys the seclusion of fishing in mountain streams?

What about hiking up to a high mountain lake and bringing your light-weight spinning rod on the off chance you might catch a native cutthroat trout?

A variety of fish populations are distributed widely across North Idaho and you can catch fish just about anywhere you go. The fisheries division with the Idaho Panhandle National Forest is working to make sure that fish are well distributed across their range and have the ability to increase their population. One way to do this is to make sure that fish can access their range of available habitat.

Many miles of forest roads wind across the landscape. At every stream crossing you’ll find a culvert that passes the stream under the road. Some of these culverts pass the water but not the fish. If culverts are too small, have a big vertical drop at the outlet, or are too long, fish are not able to navigate to their upstream habitat.

These blockages present a variety of problems. Culverts may prevent fish from accessing suitable spawning areas. In the summer when water temperatures are rising, fish that reside in mountain streams tend to migrate upstream where water temperatures are cooler. If fish populations are healthy, undersized culverts can prevent fish from expanding their range.

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veyed to identify the quality of stream habitat. Then the type of fish and their approximate distribution in the stream are identified. The Forest Service focuses on native fish species such as cutthroat trout and bull trout, but also prioritizes important game fish such as kokanee and Kamloops.

If the crossing is considered a problem and it would benefit fish to replace it then the culvert is surveyed and a contract is made to remove the existing culvert and replace it with a larger structure. These contracts are called Aquatic Organism Passage projects (AOP).

In addition to fish and aquatic insects, AOPs also benefit more terrestrial creatures like frogs, salamanders and turtles.

In the case of the North Fork of Grouse Creek, an old culvert that blocked fish passage to miles of good habitat was replaced with a bridge. All age classes of fish now swim freely through the crossing benefitting cutthroat, bull trout, and Kamloops trout.

The Quartz Creek culvert on the #419 road in Upper Lightning Creek was replaced three years ago. In addition to fish passage problems this culvert had a high risk of plugging and washing out the road. The five-foot diameter culvert was replaced with a 25-foot bottomless arch pipe designed to pass flood waters and log debris.

The stream channel under the pipe was also constructed to match the natural channel.

This technique is called stream simulation and is good insurance that the constructed channel will be stable and not create fish passage barriers.

More culverts that present barriers to fish are being replaced this summer. Shertz Creek, a tributary to Trout Creek near the mouth of the Pack River and Quartz Creek a tributary to the Priest River are under construction in September.

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Many rusty culverts are in need of replacement anyhow since they were first installed more than thirty years ago.

It makes sense to take the opportunity and improve our fisheries as well as our road infrastructure.

When you’re out driving a forest road this summer and cross a stream, take a look at the culvert. Is there a lot of gravel deposited at the inlet? Is

there a vertical drop at the outlet? Are there fish in the creek?

If you answer yes to any of these questions stop in your local Ranger District office and let us know. It may be on our list to fix or it might be one we didn’t know about.

We’ll work to ensure that our fisheries in North Idaho have the best chance to flourish well into the future for many generations to come.

Top: The old 5-foot diameter Quartz Creek culvert taken circa 2010. Photo by Kevin Davis.

Bottom: The new 25-foot width by 13-foot tall Quartz Creek Arch culvert taken in 2014.

Photo by Kevin Davis.

WELLNESS

Living Life:

Community efforts enhance region’s mountain bike trail system

By Reader Staff

Back to School guide for parents

By Dianne Smith Reader Contributor When summer winds down, it’s time to get ready for a new school year. Whether your summer was filled with fun activities and trips or with complaints about being bored with nothing to do, children often have a hard time making the transition back to the structure and routine of school.

As with any new or potentially scary situation—like starting school for the first time, entering a new grade or starting new school, children need time to adjust. Remind them that everyone feels a little nervous about the first day of school and that it will all become an everyday routine in no time. Help them conquer their fears as that is a skill they will need in the adult world and you are their cheerleader in reminding them that they manage fearful situations.

When your children are used to running around outside until dark each night or staying up late watching their favorite TV shows, changing to the early morning school rush can be a real shock to the system. To help with the transition, about a week before the first day of school, start their bedtime routine about 10 minutes earlier each night and wake them up 10 minutes earlier each morning, every day, until they’re used to the school schedule.

Start conversations about starting school if your child is a brand new kindergartner. For those returning, talk about what the next grade will be like. Go visit the school, and if possible identify where their classroom will be and who their teacher

is. The more information they have the less anxious they will be.

Ask your children about their concerns and worries. The start of school is exciting, but can also bring some anxiety especially when it comes to the unknown. Take a few minutes to ask what they are most looking forward to during the school year, and what things may be worrying them. By giving them an opportunity to express their concerns, you can help them talk through any worries before school starts and clear up any issues that could lead to a bumpy start.

Point out the positive aspects of school. They will see old friends and meet new ones.

Refresh positive memories about previous years, when they may have returned home after the first day with high spirits because they had a good time.

Talk about what the routine at home will be regarding homework, where they put their belongings when they come home and any afterschool activities or childcare.

The more they know they better they can plan and the easier it is for parents.

Get to know new teachers.

There will be open houses, back to school night and other opportunities at the beginning of the school year, but none will give you the chance to spend some quality time getting to know your children’s teachers. Try to find a few minutes before or after school

to connect with the teachers or, send an introductory email.

Find out what their routine and expectations are regarding homework and how you might be able to support them in the classroom.

Have your kids pack their backpacks before they go to sleep that night and pick out the clothes they would like to wear the first day of school so that the first morning is less stressful. Talk with them about what the morning routine will look like and what you expect.

Talk with your children about bullies, peer pressure and being nice to others. If your child has been bullied in the past, this is a time to talk with them about how to handle bullies. Encourage them that if they see someone being bullied to reach out and be their friend and to let an adult know. Encourage them to make the right choices and be their own person and not just follow others.

After each day talk with your children about what they learned and what was good about their day. Often it is all too easy to focus on the negative when really there is more good out there than bad. Use these conversations to listen to your child and find out about their thoughts and feelings and to reinforce developing good life habits that will help them in their journey into adulthood.

Enjoy each moment because quickly they will be on their way into the adult world and you will wonder where the time went.

Dianne Smith, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 30 years experience. She has an office in Sandpoint and in Bonners Ferry and can be reached at 951-440-0982.

Thanks to ongoing efforts from The Pend Oreille Pedalers (POP) Selkirk Recreation District (SRD), the city of Sandpoint and Schweitzer Mountain Resort, mountain bike enthusiasts now have the opportunity to ride over 4,250 vertical feet of mountain bike trails in and around the resort.

A newly completed trail winds its way from the summit and connects with long established trails in the Schweitzer basin, creating 13 miles of inspiring single track leading all the way to the valley floor.

“The newly constructed Highpoint Trail makes it possible to ride from the top of the Great Escape Quad, connect to the Uleda Ridge and follow single track all the way to the the city of Sandpoint and the Selkirk Recreation District trails,” says Kirk Johnson, Schweitzer’s rental shop manager. “The trail will be maintained by the SRD and POP and adheres to International Mountain Bicycling Association standards of less than a 10 percent grade, making it great riding in both directions—uphill or downhill.”

“The sport of mountain biking is growing at a significant pace and is a perfect fit for ski resorts who are looking to find activities to increase their offerings during the summer months,” said Schweitzer sales and marketing director Sean Mirus. “The new trail con-

struction on the mountain has created a ‘must-ride’ trail in the region thanks to its length and vertical drop. We think this is a great addition to an already solid trail system at Schweitzer.”

SRD offers a weekend shuttle service for those who are looking to maximize the vertical experience on the trail. Using the shuttle and the lift to access the summit trails makes it possible for the average rider to enjoy the trail more than once in a day without having to climb.

“By next summer we hope to complete additional trail work that will allow riders to have uphill access to the summit of Schweitzer for the first time ever,” said Johnson.

The planned construction is part of the larger, multi-year Watershed Crest Trail project which will create a 30-mile loop starting at either the Schweitzer Red Barn or Mickinnick Trailhead.

“That trail system would create an incredible option for mountain bikers and hikers in the area. The views and the track would be amazing,” said Mirus.

“When completed, this trail will be one of the top trails in the Pacific Northwest, if not the nation.”

For more details on mountain biking at Schweitzer and a full map of the trail system, visit www.schweitzer.com.

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The Straight Poop:

The quest for dog-friendly businesses in North Idaho

By Drake the Dog Reader Pet Columnist Where am I taking my humans on this crazy day in Sandpoint?

The Mister and Missus woke me up at o-dark-hundred.

Hence my morning constitutional schedule was off and breakfast was served on the fly.

This is going to be the best day ever!

After our first round of sniffin’ out barkin’ good bargains, we head to the Cedar Street Bridge for a cup of Joe and a treat. The scent of Meadowbrook Home and Gifts overtakes the morning coffee aroma—lavender, pine, Thymes perfume, lotions, potions, candles—is all rolled into that smell that is most pleasing to humans and K9s as well.

Owners Eric Blomdahl and Angie Obie serve up my favorite local treats in my corner of the store (everything is devoted to dog lovers—pictures, cards, plaques, frames, blankets, pillows, etc). Welcome to my home! I’m drooling over the pillow that says, “All you need is love… and a dog.”

My tail waggin’ ceases when I see the sign, “You break it—you buy it.” I’ve got to be careful in this place. Meadowbrook Home and Gifts has prospered in Sandpoint for 11 years (six years in the Bridge).

Eric, Angie and the staff love dogs. Bree’s Chocolate Lab, Ruger; her Brittany Spaniel, Gunner; and Taylar’s Walker Hound, Tank (13 weeks), are all chillin’ at home while I, mister man about town, am sweltering in this heat! In Meadowbrook, it is so cool— not only the temperature—it’s like home in here!

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MEADOWBROOK HOME AND GIFT home.

Tigger, Eric and Angie’s Boxer, was the official shop dog for 10 years. I wish I would have known him. He watches over us and channels play dates to me often. Tigger was used in Meadowbrook’s advertising. Someday, they’ll get another fur baby. For now, they get their kicks when my four-footed friends come into the store. If they ask me to be their official shop dog, I’ll bark at the chance to make myself comfortable in each and every room of the store.

While in Meadowbrook, check out these tips for freshening up your home’s interior without breaking the bank: 1. Set the tone at the front door.

2. Light and neutral wall colors give the best decorating flexibility.

3. Make sure your sofa talks to your chairs.

4. Let sunshine in.

5. Hang at least one mirror in every room.

6. Scale artwork to your walls.

7. Anchor rugs under furniture feet.

8. Call in a pro to de-clutter.

9. Decorate with K9 friendly pillows and artwork.

Meadowbrook rules: 1. If you lift a leg, let them know.

2. Leashes required, please.

3. Be adorable and lap up the love!

4. Boomer’s Barley Biscuits—bet ya’ can’t eat just one!

5. It’s OK to try out the furniture, lay on the rugs and help your humans decide.

Meadowbrook owner Eric Blomdahl gives a little love to Drake.

Sandpoint Ambassadog update

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

After over a month of voting, Sandpoint’s Ambassadog fundraiser is off to the races.

With 40 submissions and thousands of votes cast, the pooches are vying for the coveted position that will surely bring them fame and fortune. Well, maybe not so much fortune, but definitely fame!

The fun program will culminate on Sept. 10, 2016, when the winning dog is selected as Sandpoint’s official “Ambassadog.” The selected pooch will be named the distinguished canine spokesdog of Sandpoint.

The best part? It’s all a fundraiser for Panhandle Animal Shelter (PAS).

Log onto SandpointAmbassadog.com to cast your vote for

your favorite area canine. You can vote free once per day or buy votes, with proceeds going directly to PAS. Even with such blatant bribery, each dog has a chance to win. Every vote adds up to an additional chance in the drawing for the finalist dogs.

Those with the most votes have more chances, but the finalists will be picked at random from all entrants. The five finalists will be judged by a panel of celebrities at PAS’s September Yappy Hour event, where the winning Ambassadog will be crowned.

While we certainly have a dog in the race with our very own Drake (“author” of the Straight Poop column), we wish each and every canine and owner the best of luck.

Here are the top contenders: •Drake (owned by Don and Phyllis Foro) – 609 votes •Rosie (owned by Lindsey Simler) – 337 votes •Winston (owned by Catharine Helms) – 273 votes •Bibi (owned by Steve Anderson) – 202 votes •Falcon (owned by Lilly Mitsui) – 148 votes •Fiefvel (owned by Autry White) – 105 votes Cast your votes today at www.SandpointAmbassadog. com.

Pokémon Go in Sandpoint: Who are the town’s leading players?

By Cameron Barnes Reader Staff Despite the number of Pokémon haters out there, there’s no denying its impact in changing the way gamers interact with society.

“Pokémon Go” has gotten people out of the house to battle their Pokémon at gyms and to collect items and Pokémon at Poké stops, which are usually placed at city landmarks such as public art, statues, churches, etc.

Modules can also be purchased from the in-game store that are “plugged in” publicly to Poké stops, so everyone around benefits with an increased percentage of Pokémon. This person is loved by nearby strangers and friends … well, at least until the lure module expires and your 30 minutes of fame is up.

Alright, maybe the claim that players are “getting out of the house” is a bit of a stretch. Sure, their physical bodies are outside, but all their attention is focused on their phones.

As a former New Yorker, it strikes me as normal to avoid eye contact, conversation or taking in the sights, and for good reason. Although the city has some of the most beautiful sites in the world, you’re more likely to see a homeless man peeing in the corner of the subway car, so why not keep your eyes glued to a mobile device? With “Pokémon Go,” the rest of the world has become a bunch of Yankees.

Through very thorough field-testing on my part—solely for the purposes of this article alone, of course— I’ve witnessed nights at the ever popular Sandpoint City Beach Poké stops where upwards of 30 people are out for the hunt. Pokémon that appear are shown simultaneously to all users. As soon as a rare or powerful Pokémon is spotted, it’s announced with directions to help others run in time to catch it as well, much like lions hunting gazelles in a coordinated team effort. One of these hunters from Sandpoint, Jaymes Hyder, says he feels, “far less anxious after hours in town, as police can’t assume any suspicious activity is occurring when it’s blatantly obvious that they’re Pokémon Go users.”

To put it lightly, Team Instinct (yellow), is clearly the dominant team in Sandpoint. It is led by captains Davey Breakey (DarthDavey, Level 29), Eric

The Statue of Liberty at Sandpoint City Beach is a popular Poké stop. Photo by Ben Olson.

Clark (7BTedBundy, Level 28), and Jaymes Hyder (SharkKing420, Level 26), who coordinate together to claim all the gyms in town and place their Pokémon. They consistently take 10 or more gyms each day, which can then be cashed in for coins via the in-game store. As the highest-level player in town, Davey often plays together with his father, Jeff. He says it “has become a really great way to bond with my dad.”

Clark is a Sandpoint police officer (he assures me he doesn’t play on the taxpayers’ dollar, so no worries there.)

Since his job takes up so much of his time, he makes the most of his free hours and is a threat on the streets and in the gyms.

Team Valor (red) is headed by captains R.T. Bruce (RT, Level 26) who early on in the game caught a Dragonite in Sagle. There’s also a very strong and admirable player who goes by the username CameronPhoto (Level 26) …oh wait, sorry. That’s actually me.

As for Team Mystic (blue), Josh Swanlund (JustJohnin365, Level 25) is a clear front-runner for team captain with a Gyrados at CP 2006.

Some of the notable gyms in Sandpoint include Joel’s Mexican Restaurant and the Statue of Liberty at Sandpoint City Beaches. This area in particular—along with the

fountain at Jeff Jones Town Square— have become a nexus for Pokémon enthusiasts as there are three Poké stops in very close proximity to each other. Another gym in Sandpoint, for reasons still unclear, is located at Coffelt Funeral Services on Division and Pine, which strikes me as a strange choice by the game developers. It leaves me asking how exactly locations were chosen throughout the city. If Joel’s can benefit from their “Pokémon Go” gym assignment, why not other similar establishments?

Does this open up a Pandora’s box of sponsorship opportunities for businesses and companies to bid or pay for prime in-game locations? On the opposite end of the spectrum is the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., where officials have asked for the location to be removed from the game.

Truly, I realized the impact of this game on my second day playing, when I decided to swing by the gym located at the roundabout in town. As I got close to being in range, I passed a group of maybe five “Pokémon Go” players who began to shout at me, “Hey kid, get away from that gym.

This is our gym! Keep on walking.”

It’s no joke, Pokémon gangs and foot soldiers guard and protect their territory. It brings its share of strange moments, like being called a “kid” by

a bunch of teenagers at the age of 27.

Out of the total 721 total Pokémon, only the first 151 (first generation) are listed so far in the game. These 151 were the only ones available in the initial Gameboy games, which basically dictated my entire fifth-grade life alongside the Pokémon trading cards.

I remember the ecstatic feeling of getting a Charizard in a pack of cards, comparable to finding a rare Michael Jordan or Babe Ruth card. It was just as profitable, too, with me selling the card for $250 to facilitate my obsession.

However, I believe “Pokémon Go” is different. It’s a ground-breaking feat of technology that has elevated this potential fad into a world phenomenon, especially when you consider the generations of Pokémon enthusiasts in line awaiting their favorites that have yet to be released.

Whether you’re a hater or a fanatic, this fusion of our virtual lives into our real ones (and vice versa) is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Even just under the Nintendo umbrella, I can easily see games like “The Legend of Zelda” and “Super Mario Brothers” utilizing this unifying first-of-its-kind tech.

Just imagine what your favorite game would look like in the real world.

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MUSIC

The diva with a heart of gold

Angélique Kidjo talks to the Reader about her upcoming Festival show

By Ben Olson Reader Staff With a career that stretches back three decades, Grammy Award Winner Angélique Kidjo continues to create music that speaks to the soul. Dubbed “Africa’s premier diva” by Time magazine, and named one of the 100 most inspiring women in the world by The Guardian, the Benin-born Afro-pop singer is also renowned as an activist for human rights and equality for women.

Not only has Kidjo created a body of work over her staggering 15 albums, but the list of stars she has collaborated with over her career is a veritable who’s who among music, including Alicia Keys, Ziggy Marley, Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Dr. John, Peter Gabriel and Bono.

We were lucky enough to ask the pop star about her upcoming show at the Festival at Sandpoint, her musical roots and the difference she is making in the world, one song at a time.

Ben Olson: I love the energy and driving nature to your music. Your songs seem to be imbued with a cultural view of the world that is not the norm in popular music today. How did your early years in Benin influence what would later become your creative world view?

Angélique Kidjo: I had a very happy and rich childhood. I was raised listening to Beninese traditional music and legends.

Beninese traditions are very beautiful and diverse, and the drumming is very complex.

Through the history of slavery those rhythms have influenced the music of the Americas.

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rock. This is why my music is so eclectic. I always try to have it rooted in Benin tradition but with many different influences.

BO: I read that you speak four different languages. How do these different tongues affect your ability to craft a song?

AK: In Benin we have 50 languages but I speak mainly 3: Fon, Yoruba and Mina. But as a Francophone country, everyone has to speak French, and then with my traveling, I learn English. I have a passion for Brazilian because their songs are so beautiful. Now, I’m starting to lean Spanish as I just did a tribute to Celia Cruz.

BO: Is it true you even have your own language?

AK: Not really! I read this on internet like you did. The truth is that sometimes I create words with sound that I like, like Wombo Lombo or Batonga. But it is not a full language!

BO: Who were the performers who influenced you early in your musical career?

AK: My first influence was the great Togolese singer Bella Bellow who died very early but had such an amazing voice. I sing her songs quite often. Then Miriam Makeba came to my world and everything changed.

I understood that it was possible to be an African singer and travel all over the world and be successful. Also James Brown and Celia Cruz have inspired me so much for their energy and their rhythms.

BO: Your activist and humanitarian work has been lauded around the world by some important voices. The Guardian named you as one of the 100 most inspiring women in the world. How does it feel to be a role model for young

women growing up today?

AK: This is a big responsibility. I am not perfect, but I always try to open doors and build bridges between African culture and the rest of the world.

It is a long road, of course, but I’m very happy when young artists and young women tell me they are looking up to me.

at Sandpoint. How do you feel bringing a different cultural view to our community?

AK: I hope to bring the uplifting sense of joy and beauty that African music provides to the world. After all we are all Africans from our ancestors so let’s

songs from the album “Eve” that won the Grammy last year. Get ready to dance and sing with me please!

Catch Angelique Kidjo at the Festival at Sandpoint Thursday, Aug. 11, at War Memorial Field.

The gates open at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. with opening band, Afrosonics.

All tickets are $39.95. For more information, call 265-4554.

BO: Your work with the Batonga Foundation strives to bring more education to women in Africa.

Do you see your efforts making a difference?

How can people help your efforts?

AK: I feel it is making a difference in the lives of those young women we are trying to help. I’m seeing a whole movement around girl’s education these days and this trend make me feel really good.

Everybody can help, but remember your own community is sometimes lacking a great education system for girls so you don’t always have to look far away to help!

BO: We’re all excited to have you play here at our beautiful outdoor Festival

celebrate together and remember we are one humanity and we should try to support each other as much as we can. As I said, African music has influenced Latin Rock and Blues so I promise you won’t be lost.

You’ll feel home in the warmth of the groove!

BO: What can we expect from your show at the Festival at Sandpoint?

AK: It will be a combination of my old classics like “Batonga” and “Agolo” with the new

Photo by Pierre Marie Zimmerman.

MUSIC

This week’s RLW by Ben Olson

The Festival at Sandpoint: week 2

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

Thursday, Aug. 11 –

Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is the undisputed queen of African music. The Beninese-born singer-songwriter and activist is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative, upbeat sound. The Guardian listed her as one of its Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World. In her career spanning three decades, Kidjo has collaborated with some of the best musicians in the world, including Alicia Keys, Ziggy Marley, Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Dr. John, Peter Gabriel and Bono. Opening for Kidjo is Boise-based Afro indie band, Afrosonics, whose upbeat, positive, multicultural music will definitely make you want to groove. Tickets are $39.95 and gates open at 6 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. 265-4554.

Friday, Aug. 12 – After 50 years of making music, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band needs no introduction back to Sandpoint, where they have solidified themselves time and time again. Formed in Southern California during the ‘60s, NGDB began as a scruffy young jug band. Fifty years

later, they are still going strong, with their special blend of country music infused with pop, rock and bluegrass.

With over 30 albums under their belt, NGDB’s love of traditional American music explores all sorts of musical roots and has always accentuated the diversity of the band and celebrated the life and love of the common man. Opening for NGDB is Luke Bell, who Rolling Stone said “plays classic honky-tonk with a wink and a yodel that summons the sleeping ghosts of country better than any voodoo spell ever could.” Tickets are $44.95 and gates open at 6 p.m., with music starting at 7:30 p.m. 2654554.

Saturday, Aug. 13 – Get ready to dance and feel the grooves of superstar Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music. The three-time Grammy Award winner is known to worldwide audiences for his hit songs “Burn One Down,” “Steal My Kisses, and the latest “Pink Balloon.”

Harper is joined by his old college friend and collaborater Tom Fruend, a California-based troubadour with a style that swings from buoyant pop to boho jazz. Opening for Harper is local

artist Sadie Wagoner, accompanied by her father, Michael, and her mother, Nashville singer-songwriter Tammy Davis. Tickets are $64.95 and gates will open at 4:30 p.m. with music starting at 6 p.m. This is a dance show, which means the venue will be configured differently. 265-4554.

Sunday, Aug. 14 – Family Concert Another great season culminates with the Grand Finale Concert: A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring the Spokane Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Gary Sheldon. Sensational jazz pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi and Sandpoint natives Jason Moody and Hailey Fuqua will also be featured with solos. The summer-inspired program includes Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vivaldi’s Summer from the Four Seasons, Strauss’ Voices of Spring Waltz, Gershwin’s Summertime and Tchaikowsky’s Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker. The night ends, as always, with a fireworks finale accompanied by music that always gives us goose bumps. Gates will open early at 4:30 p.m. for the annual “Taste of the Stars” wine wasting, the largest wine event of its kind in the state of Idaho. The wine tasting is complimentary for all concert-goers 21 and over. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $39.95 for adults, $10.95 for kids 18 and under. 265-4554

Aftival lineup at The Hive

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

Sandpoint this time of year is bursting with amazing music. The Hive’s Aftival concert series has a great lineup scheduled. Here’s what to expect: Friday, Aug. 12 In their first appearance at The Hive, rock and roll jam band juggernaut The Revivalists bring their New Orleans roots driven rock to music fans in Sandpoint. The high octane seven piece band has been wowing festival audiences around the country since 2007. Following the release of their first two independent albums “Vital Signs” and “City of Sound,” The Revivalists came to a head when their third full-length studio album “Men Amongst Mountains” debuted at #2 on the Billboard Alternative

Albums Chart. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. If you bring a Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ticket stub from the Festival at Sandpoint, save $5 off the ticket price at the door. Doors open at 9 p.m., show starts at 10 p.m. 21+.

Saturday, Aug. 13 The Hive welcomes back Nashville-based Moon Taxi, a band formed in 2006 with three acclaimed albums under their belt. The high energy fivepiece has steadily rosen the ranks to become THE live band, working their way up from a Bonnaroo buzz-band to something approaching Kings of Leon country. The cross-bred rock is a little bit indie, a little bit prog rock, a little bit poppy, and Southern jammy all the way. Think Allman Brothers meets Kings of Leon. Tickets are $20 in ad-

vance or $25 at the door. Save $5 If you bring a Ben Harper ticket stub from the Festival at Sandpoint. Doors open at 9 p.m., show starts at 10 p.m. 21+.

Crossword Solution

READ One of my favorite books of the south is “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt. The nonfiction novel highlights the eccentric characters in historical Savannah, Ga., and centers around a notable murder case in the 1980s.

Berendt plays the perfect straight man among the drag queens, antique dealers and Savannah socialites that populate his book.

“Midnight” is testiment to the validity of the statement, “Truth is often stranger than fiction.” If you haven’t read it, do it.

It blows the movie out of the water.

LISTEN

My girlfriend just picked up an old vinyl of Dock Boggs, an old time singer and banjo player of Appalachia.

Boggs’ voice is lonesome and confident and his up-picking banjo style influenced a host of musicians over the years. Imagine Hank Williams Sr. and Lightnin’ Hopkins had a baby and gave it a banjo.

If you can find any of these old records, snap them up. Cadie ordered hers from the Long Ear in Coeur d’Alene.

WATCH

If you were to tell me I could make a living blowing stuff up and testing the boundaries of science and engineering, I’d be in hog heaven. Such is life for “Mythbusters” co-hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, two special effects experts who officially have the coolest job in the world.

The show tests popular beliefs and internet rumors and ascertains whether they are confirmed, plausible or busted. Between Savage’s laughing buffoonery and Hyneman’s stolid, dry humor, “Mythbusters” is always entertaining and chock full of explosions, high speed crashes and over the top experiments. Too bad the series was cancelled this spring after 14 seasons.

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‘Dept Q’ trilogy to play at Panida

By Cameron Barnes Reader Staff

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Last Thursday at the Festival at Sandpoint Brew Fest, we caught up with Mickey and Duffy Mahoney, co-owners of MickDuff’s Brewing Company. In between beers, we asked the frothy brothers Mahoney and assistant brewer Mack Deibel about their favorite subjects: Beer and localism!

Ben Olson: What’s hot right now in the world of beer?

Duffy Mahoney: Goses [pronounced GO-zuh] are really hot right now. Gose means “sour.” Mack’s been listening to this super nerdy podcast called “Sour Hour” lately and learning all about them. He submitted some questions to them, actually.

Mickey Mahoney: Yeah, they even made fun of his signature on the emails, which is like twelve lines long.

BO: So what’s the deal with sours?

Duffy (left) and Mickey (right) Mahoney, co-owners of MickDuff’s Brewing Co. Photo by Cameron Barnes.

Mack: The gose is the inspiration of that. There’s a quick sour, a kettle sour and we’re working toward aging sours now. We’re acquiring the equipment.

Duffy: It’s funny, two years ago, IPAs were everywhere. Now it’s sours.

Last year, Idaho Pour Authority probably had two sours on their shelves.

Now they have four or five. It’s the new “it” beer to brew. The evolution has gone from pales to IPAs as taste buds evolved. Then it went to imperials, sessions, and then the double IPAs. Now we’re onto goses.

BO: What’s it like to have this much exposure at the Festival beer tent?

Duffy: It’s great to support our town at this great beer event. We’re a sponsor of the Festival this year, too, so we’re excited about that. Also, we’re on tap every night. It’s pretty cool.

Duffy: It’s the next frontier of craft beer. It takes your taste buds on an adventure.

BO: This year makes 10 years since MickDuff’s has been open. How do you feel after your first decade?

Mack Deibel: It’s interesting, we’re finding sour beer is actually how it was brewed in the beginning.

Duffy: I take pride in being able to provide a living wage to people in Sandpoint. Our employees even own their own homes. That’s pretty cool. The best thing to happen to us has been being accepted by the locals. I care more about the locals than tourists, because eight months a year, the tourists aren’t here.

Locals are the reason we’re open.

Duffy: Yeah, 1,000 years ago they were brewing beer in clay pots, so of course it was sour. What’s old is now new.

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Denmark’s acclaimed “Department Q” trilogy is set to grace the screens of the Panida Theater beginning next week.

Based on Jussi Alder-Olsen’s Nordic crime novels, these films (directed

by Mikkel Norgaard) have been compared to “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series, but according to the Panida Theater website, “these stories are even sharper.”

Catch the first installment of the series “Keeper of Lost Causes” on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 5:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m., followed by “Absent One” on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 5:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m., and ending with “A Conspiracy of Faith” on Friday, Aug. 19, at 5:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. If you’re not available all three nights, your best bet is to see all three at once on Saturday, Aug. 20, beginning at 3:30 p.m.

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Cameron Ba

Historical information provided and verified by Bonner County Museum staff and volunteers. The Museum is located at 611 S. Ella — (208) 263-2344.

Gunning’s Alley building on First Avenue. Estate Realty had an office here.

1977 Copyright www.mirroreyes.com

CROSSWORD ACROSS

The same view today. Currently, Santosha Imports has a store on the left and the rest of the Sand Creek Landings building is occupied with offices.

2016

Wortdhe of

Week

tweedle

/TWEED-l/

[verb] 1. To lure by or as by music.

2. To produce high-pitched, modulated sounds “The robin tweedled away happily as we walked through the woods.”

Corrections: We haven’t had any bricks through our windows with grammatical errors attached to them, so we’ll just assume everything is cool. Cool? -BO

1. Comedian 6. Outbuilding 10. Mogul 14. Gorillalike 15. Employ 16. Vagabond 17. Electrical pioneer 18. A long way off 19. Amazes 20. Kirk’s starship 22. Anagram of “Tine” 23. Bite 24. Loads 26. Type of food grain 30. Steeple 32. Bay window 33. Undeviating and precise 37. Engine knock 38. Discharge a firearm 39. Notion 40. Set up 42. Assists 43. Reluctant 44. Pledge 45. Radar signals 47. French for “Name” 48. Oceans 49. Become similar 56. Not first 57. Anagram of “Sire” 58. Cloaked 59. Against 60. Be worthy of 61. Come together

Solution on page 21 62. Pear variety 63. Toboggan 64. 4-door car

DOWN 1. Provisions 2. Not closed 3. Fog 4. Small island 5. Sepulchral 6. Not dull 7. High fidelity 8. Historical periods 9. Homeless person 10. Branched lighting fixture

11. “Holy cow!”

12. Assists 13. Thorny flower 21. A sizeable hole 25. Biblical boat 26. Brood 27. Colored part of an eye 28. Fluff 29. Strictly obeying the law 30. Make a splashing sound 31. Milne bear 33. Voucher 34. Doing nothing

35. Retained 36. Not difficult 38. Knife-wielders 41. Hit on the head 42. Arm bone 44. Soak 45. Keno 46. Persists 47. Nuzzled 48. Generous slice of the pie 50. By mouth 51. Small amount 52. Not a single one 53. Footnote note 54. 6th Greek letter 55. Biblical garden

There’s a world that we know nothing about, that we can only imagine. And that is the world of books.

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