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“I used to watch the Super Bowl, but it was an excuse to drink beer. I quit drinking so I don’t bother.”

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COMMENTARY V-Day in Sandpoint

By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior It’s February, which means only one thing. It’s time to face the music of that dreaded holiday we all know is coming.

Presidents’ Day. That’s right: the one day a year we Americans honor the first few presidents we remember, condemn the last few we remember and completely ignore the middle ones no one remembers. If I had a dollar for every president no one remembered, I’d have an unknown amount of money because I have no idea how many presidents there are. Pay me in Susan B. Anthony dollars, because no one knows who

Put them on the bus...

Dear Editor, I’m getting tired of idiots who claim to be either 100-percent conservative or 100-percent liberal and keep shrieking that the rest of us must line up beneath their particular goal posts. Such persons by their own definition are severely unbalanced. They are often intolerant of any opinions other than their own and are a threat to all rational citizens. They agree on only one thing, that their way is the only way.

What are we to do about this?

Both groups are equally sure in the righteousness of their cause. To settle this once and for all I propose a race between a 100-percent conservative bus and a 100-percent liberal bus. This being north Idaho, we can put the 100-percent liberals in a minivan. The doors will be locked and no one gets off the bus of their choice until things are settled. The 100-percent liberal bus has a great engine and no brakes. It will start at

that lady was either. Shout out to Sacagawea for being both known and on currency.

Sacagawea was a pretty outdoorsy lady. She sort of had to be. It was in her job description. Sandpoint also has a lot of pretty outdoorsy ladies and dudes. That’s great, especially if you’re skipping Presidents’ Day for the less popular February holiday, Valentine’s Day. If you’re a couple who moved here together or met in high school, I’m sure Valentine’s Day is a breeze. It probably feels more like Tax Day or Christmas—it’s more or less obligatory. Or perhaps it is super romantic and filled with vibrant, textured, pleasant memories that completely confirm your choice of life the top of Schweitzer Mt Road.

The 100-percent conservative bus has no engine and locked brakes. They will start on Boyer astride the BNSF tracks. We don’t need to worry about a finish line.

You know what the results of this race will be. As a society I think we would all be the better for it.

Unless you are a 100 percenter and thus immune to rational thought, the point here should be obvious.

In a changing world standing still is not a viable option. Whatever route we choose, we can’t get there in one piece without both an engine and brakes. If you are a 100 percenter, do the rest of us a favor, and get on the bus!

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Dear Ben Olson, Those who desire to keep Syrian refugees out of North Idaho are not necessarily embracing fear,

partner. Anything is possible, I suppose.

But for the rest of the locals who have been here a while, Valentine’s Day can be more awkward than Saturdays on the SSA soccer field in terms of bumping into exes.

The restaurant selection is limited in a small town, making it extra easy for me to watch cab fares get anxious about bumping into an ex or exes while with their new partner. This leads to awkward block circling and ultimately increased meter rates for you, my dear customers. I offer you a solution.

I can go inside and scout for you. Simply give me a description of the person and I’ll sketch him or her on the hate and racism like you claim in your commentary in the Jan, 21 Reader. They just may be embracing the law.

There are laws related to immigration that you and people of your persuasion wish to ignore to relieve an “emergency” in Syria.

But what about all the emergencies in Mexico, and elsewhere in the world? Should we then just throw open the borders (put in place by law), and bypass those who have been waiting lawfully in line to come into the country legally?

Next time you are waiting in line to get into the Panida why don’t you stand down and let all those who came later than yourself crowd in front of you and get the better seats or a seat at all.

Your position is one that advocates lawlessness. This puts you well within the majority of the people of this country. This is not surprising considering that most of the people driving Highway 95 are exceeding the speed limit. Even

spot like a police station sketch artist. Then I’ll check out the restaurant and see if your ex or any other person you don’t want to see is in there, for the price of the time on the meter. It’s a great deal.

Of course, there are restrictions. You must be specific.

You can’t tell me to go in and look for a dude with a description like, “He’s outdoorsy-looking with varying degrees of stubble to beard, and a hat on or possibly carharts or jeans or maybe flannel.” That’s everyone. Same deal for women. It would be like asking me to go into the Banff Film Festival to find the worse most people are ignorant of God’s law (the Ten Commandments) or out of selfishness, while preaching “love,” refuse to keep it, and call those who try to keep it, out of love, legalists.

Perhaps, it is time to open your eyes and realize why you really do want borders on your country and locks on your doors.

Much left unsaid, Jerry Blakely Bonner County Jerry, while I appreciate you sharing an opinion, you have failed to change my position on this matter.

How exactly does a stance such as yours rejecting refugee resettlement equate to embracing the law?

Whose law? The federal immigration policy legally allows admittance of refugees from nations across the world, Syria included. This is a federal program, fully backed by the U.S. government. There is no law being broken in doing so. All of this debate going on within lower levels

person in a blue or black Patagonia jacket and hiking boots.

Given the right description, we can almost guarantee you a safe Valentine’s Day trip—safer than Sacagawea navigated the wilds—that is hopefully more memorable than any middle president. Plus, it costs less than the price of a pocket-full of Susan B. Anthonys. Please call ahead to reserve. Hopefully we don’t double book you with an ex in the car. Happy holidays.

of government is essentially moot, since we have no say in the matter.

If the federal government wants to accept refugees, that is their policy.

The U.S. does not operate under “God’s law.”

Furthermore, I believe those entering the country as vetted refugees are a far safer bet than those entering under various visas.

Finally, your Panida analogy doesn’t hold any water. This isn’t about who was here first. If it were, the Native Americans would have precedent to this land. What’s more, if I were standing in line at the Panida and noticed someone bleeding, bruised or otherwise distressed, and by giving up my place in line I could possibly help them, of course I would do so. Would it matter if they were white, black, Christian, Muslim, et. al? Nope, not a bit.

I mean no disrespect, but your position is primarily based on fear and backed by misinformation. I don’t agree with it, and I stand by my position.

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PERSPECTIVES You asked for it... the Laddies of the Day

By Tim Henney Reader Contributor

Within recent months this esteemed journal has run two features on Sandpoint’s wondrous Ladies Of The Day. Readers responded happily. Well, ladies did.

But laddies? Not so much. To this writer’s horror, an unruly mob of local laddies cornered me in the library lobby. Slinging rotten tomatoes, shouting vile slogans and waving obscene banners behind a stack of burning tires, these Laddies Of The Day demanded Reader equality. The noise and stench of burning rubber brought David bursting into the lobby from the circulation desk. One of David’s jobs is to keep the lid on at the library. A curious species of librarian, David has a triple black belt in quaff som sashimi, most deadly of the martial arts. He tamped things down in a hurry.

Risking the wrath of the spooky NRA, my 1957 bride and I feel it unnecessary to arm ourselves against our friends and neighbors. Sissies at heart, we believe in a powerful military but much prefer peace to war. We don’t even pack heat when visiting granddaughters their elementary school, dining at Arlo’s or shopping at Yokes. I know, we’re sitting ducks. Clearly lacking the required backbone and machismo of U.S. congressmen and senators (who fear NRA warriors) I quickly caved to the mob’s fury.

The next day I recorded happy encounters with several of my favorite Laddies Of The Day. Arlene’s Pack River Store is among the most convenient, oldfashioned neighborhood foodie hangouts on the globe. To dine there or grab a bottle of highly drinkable cabernet to go is both scrumptious and festive. Doing much to make it so is Arlene’s ebullient, craggy-faced husband, Bob The Sailor. New Jersey born Bob’s white hair is long and braided. Like Willie Nelson’s.

Whereas Willie strums and sings, Bob keeps the store shipshape and serves as roving ambassador.

His authentic grin lights up the lives of Arlene’s many loyal, finger-lickin’ customers. Unless the wind blows. Then it’s jibe ho!

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sell single malt scotch, so I go where they do. It’s January and Mike at the liquor store cash register isn’t clad in his usual short pants. I ask if he’s okay. A new winter dress code, Mike explains.

“Funny, but I feel warmer now,” he says. In the parking lot I am hailed by old pal Shannon. I suspect that he, too, might be going to visit Mike. I mean, his name is Shannon Patrick May. History has never known a teetotaler with a name like that. Shannon keeps things maintained up on the ski mountain. A journalist by training, Shannon has a surplus of leadership DNA and ably chaired our library board for several years. He plays tennis and might even be fairly good at it. At least he’s skinny. All good tennis players are skinny.

In the drug store l hear my name called. It is Laddie Of The Day Daniel. A single dad, Daniel is the scion of a distinguished Santa Fe, New Mexico family.

He’s happy to be rearing his young son, Avery, in Sandpoint.

Daniel calls him “cowboy.” My dad called me cowboy in the 1930s. Daniel works for Bonner County and grooms ski trails at Schweitzer at night. My educated guess, based on decades of labor in NYC’s corporate vineyards, is that some Schweitzer corporate personnel maven must know his or her stuff. Shannon May and Daniel Britt would help nourish any business’ bottom line.

Among Sandpoint’s finest Laddies Of The Day are those who make things work. Including us. Frazier King, MD, has been keeping locals healthy and happy for years. He’s expert at both. He is a doctor whose droll wit and people skills match his medical talents. His bedside manner, as we called it in the olden days, is everything PBS’s Doc Martin lacks. The American Medical Association should bottle Frazier’s upbeat personality and, prior to graduation, sprinkle it over every med school student everywhere.

Ralph Millen of Whisky Jack Road (someone deserves an Oscar for that name) makes TV sets function as they ought to. A throwback, Ralph is 80-something and scrambles up a ladder like a monkey. He can install a roof antenna and coax

it into finding lost channels. His ancient vehicle bulges with tools, gadgets, wires, pipes, cable and assorted electronic geegaws.

From this intimidating pile Ralph plucks odd pieces and constructs communications miracles. He charges 1943 prices. But any customer who fails to at least double what Ralph requests is cheating this amiable gentleman from yesteryear.

Selle Valley Prime Minister Don McCabe is another whose toil and talents keep us feeling perky. A devoted catch-and-release trout fisherman, Don grows an annual veggie garden that would make our downtown farmers market green with camaraderie. Over several decades Don built his one-of-a-kind, big-timbered house on 20 forested acres.

He won’t build you a house, but he will paint one for you. Local homeowners who have had this one-time logger turned Michelangelo paint their ceilings (and the rest of their homes) are many. In some cases they are famous. Like me. No, scratch that. Some of his customers really are famous.

Laddie Of The Day Don credits his ongoing success to a hardy, hard-working cadre of faithful craftsmen. Rich Holub of Trestle Creek is one. He can build a house, remodel a kitchen or add a front porch. So, what contractor can’t? But Rich brings something to the job that not every builder can. Rich is fun just to have around. He’s like family.

During lunch breaks from arduous projects at our house Rich has built a dog door, unplugged a sink, fixed a shower door and repaired a barn outhouse. Every homeowner needs a Rich Holub.

Society at large needs more Rich Holubs. They bring kindness and good feelings along with their craftsmanship.

As a former Heisman Trophy recipient back before Reader readers were born (which is how I can make such an outrageous claim), it is fitting to end with a comment about a local soccer coach. Justin Landis is, among other things, the sort of coach parents feel grateful for when they see him coach their kids.

At least they ought to. Like his friend and fellow coach Justin Henney, Justin Landis is to pint-

Top: Dr. Frazier King. Bottom, Mike Johnson peeks through the bottles at the Liquor Store. Photos by Ben Olson.

sized soccer stars what a horse whisperer is to a bucking bronco.

No yelling or yanking around. No chewing out. No dramatic sideline meltdowns. Just lots of love, congratulations and encouragement. Whether football, baseball or soccer, America’s little leaguetype competitions have produced their share of screeching, demanding parents, grasping for glory through their progeny.

They have long since become a negative sports cliché. But not so much here.

That’s because Laddies of The Day like Justin Landis choose to laud rather than lambast their

mini-athletes if they kick at a ball and miss it. Parents see this and follow suit. Win or lose, Justin’s half-pint players adore him. And who wouldn’t?

Justin Landis. Photo by Alycia Lovell.

NEWS Snedden, Dunkel, Luttmann approved by council

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Big changes are afoot at Sandpoint City Hall following council approval on Wednesday of Stephen Snedden as a councilman, Mose Dunkel as a Parks and Recreation Commission member and Ryan Luttmann as public works director.

Snedden fills the seat vacated by Shelby Rognstad following his election as mayor. But he’s no newcomer to the political scene. He was elected in 2007 to a four-year council position, during which he led the charge on high-profile council actions like the purchase of two Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail parcels.

“I continue to walk around Sandpoint and feel great satisfaction and pride on the projects that were accomplished during that time period,” Snedden said.

Following his term on the City Council, Snedden made a bid for the Idaho House of Representatives but was defeated in the Republican primary election by Heather Scott. A third-generation resident of Bonner County, Snedden works as an attorney for Berg and McLaughlin.

“I have absolute confidence in his commitment to the community,” said Rognstad.

Snedden wasn’t the only big change at City Hall on Wednesday night. Former mayoral candidate Mose Dunkel was also approved as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission. A longtime volunteer in youth sports and tutoring programs, Dunkel will serve as a special liaison on the Memorial Field renovation project.

“Mose is a family man who cares about the youth and our community,” said Rognstad.

Left: Stephen Snedden is sworn in to fill the vacant council seat. Right: Mose Dunkel is appointed to Sandpoint Parks and Rec. Commission. Photos by Ben Olson.

Finally, the council approved Ryan Luttmann as the new public works director and city engineer. Luttmann will officially take over the department after director Kody Van Dyk retires on March 1.

“A role in public service is something I look forward to,” said Luttmann, who anticipates the challenges of reshaping

Sandpoint’s downtown and overseeing wastewater management projects.

A 15-year resident of Sandpoint, Luttmann began his career in regional water, wastewater and transportation projects. He moved on to become the engineer for Bonner County Public Works and director of Bonner County Road and

Doctor blames Idaho Legislature for deaths

under the federal poverty level have access to healthcare through Medicaid. But those in that 38-percent gap find themDr. Kenneth Krell didn’t selves without options. Idaho mince words Tuesday when lawmakers have the option testifying before the Idaho to fill the gap by expanding Legislature on its resistance to Medicaid, but have refused to Medicaid expansion. He laid consider it out of opposition the blame for 1,000 Idahoan to the Affordable Care Act and deaths at their feet.

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those deaths, according to the Spokesman-Review.

“It’s been said that perhaps it’s an ideological difference, that we just don’t want to accept federal dollars,” he said in his testimony. “But if that were true, I don’t see that we would see many in the Legislature accepting federal dollars for federal farm subsidies. …

All of us have insurance, and it hasn’t led to dependency on

our part. I could only come to one inescapable conclusion: That the Idaho Legislature is unfortunately responsible for those deaths.

Krell based his figures on a study in the New England Journal, which found that a failure to expand Medicaid resulted in 19.7 deaths per 100,000 population.

He also derived it from his own experience, in which he encountered uninsured and sick patients on a “near-daily” basis.

That included Jenny Steike, who died from asthma.

“Our intransigence in failing to pass Medicaid expansion for the last three years has probably resulted in over 1,000 deaths in this state,” he said.

“Please help us. I would ask you to please stop the killing.

Thank you.”

Bridge, where he worked until 2012. Since then, Luttmann has worked in the private sector for J-U-B Engineers, but continued to serve as a contract engineer for the city of Kootenai and manager of engineering review services for Bonner County Planning.

According to Rognstad, Luttmann brings with him a specialization for getting results within public works budgets and keeping several government and private agencies in the loop on project progression.

“Mr. Luttmann’s experience and skills will be a great asset for the city of Sandpoint and a wonderful addition to our city staff,” Rognstad said.

BGH brings new doctors on board It’s a comfort to have a doctor you trust, a fact Bonner General Health officials know all too well.

That’s why they’ve expanded their orthopedic services with some familiar faces. The hospital has hired orthopedic doctors Doug Cipriano and Brent Leedle, formerly of Sandpoint Orthopedics.

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FEATURE

The rise of new media:

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s no secret that the Internet transformed the way people find and consume media.

With so much information available, people are increasingly shaping the types of messages they’re exposed to. Communications scholars are concerned it’s weakening the divide between facts, advertising and propaganda. In this wild west environment, media literacy, long a subject of study, is more important than ever, according to Dr. Seth Ashley of Boise State University.

“It’s really become a buyer-beware environment,” said Ashley, professor of communications for Boise State University. “People need to be more aware of what they’re getting themselves into.”

There was a time when some digital prophets of the ‘90s had nothing but optimism for the Internet’s educational, economic and communication possibilities.

In a 1994 speech to the International Telecommunications Union, then-Vice President Al Gore was downright effusive about the possibilities. “...It will in fact promote the functioning of democracy by greatly enhancing the participation of citizens in decision-making,” he said. “And it will greatly promote the ability of nations to cooperate with each other. I see a new Athenian age of democracy forged in the fora

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the Global Information Infrastructure will create.”

What few predicted is how, 20 years later, the Internet has multiplied the volume of media people absorb. Between traditional media sources like radio, TV or print and computerized media like tablets, laptops, social networks and video games, the average individual is exposed to a near-constant bombardment of one or several media streams. A 2013 study through the University of Southern California, San Diego estimated that by 2015, the average person would be exposed daily to more than 15 hours of media—enough data to fill up more than nine DVDs. To be clear, that study didn’t measure the level of comprehension or internalization of that media. Nevertheless, the flood of information is startling.

“As we increase the number of simultaneous media streams going into the home, and increase our multi-tasking behaviors, a lot of content assumes the role of background or secondary content streams,” study author James Short told the UC San Diego News Center. “... Moreover, this increasing level of multi-tasking is creating competition between media streams to be the dominant stream at any one time.”

The need for media filters and the near-infinite customiza-

Donald Trump.

tion of the digital age presents an unprecedented situation. For the first time, people more or less tailor the content they see or hear, and media outlets are taking advantage of that. Ashley said people are increasingly turning to partisan outlets for news content.

Partisan media outlets are nothing new. In fact, news was almost entirely party-driven prior to the 20th century. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson famously slung vicious attacks at each other through the partisan press during the 1800 election. Likewise, the abolition and pro-slavery movements of the 1800s were largely fueled by the rhetoric in partisan newspapers.

Then the rise of mass media in the 20th century brought with it mass advertising, and advertisers didn’t want to alienate half of their potential audience. Initially, objective journalism wasn’t a matter of principle—it was a matter of economics.

Economics once again drives the return to partisan media, and all it takes is a look at the ratings of Fox News or MSNBC to see why. The bottom line also drives the minimization of original, factual reporting in favor of commentary.

Why spend money on reporters when panels of people yelling at each other bring in more cash?

“It’s entertaining and people watch it, but it does little to promote an informed public,” Ashley said.

Studies bear the phenomenon out. According to a 2013 Pew Research Center study, CNN featured 48-percent commentary and 52-percent factual news reporting, Fox News consisted of 45-percent news reporting and 55-percent commentary and MSNBC ran 85-percent commentary and only 15-percent news reporting.

Internet-based new media outlets charted a similar course. Leftwing sites like Daily Kos and Gawker and right-wing sites like Breitbart and Red State use attention-grabbing headlines to draw huge numbers of clicks.

And a sizable percentage of those clicks come through posts and shares on social media.

This trend has trickled down all the way to local and state politics. Better Idaho has become a popular blog covering Idaho politics with a left-leaning spin, while Sandpoint’s recent mayoral election and refugee debates brought about a wave of local right-wing websites. And in many cases, the first people hear of breaking story is not from a newspaper, but from the Sandpoint Yard Sale Facebook group.

The problem is that nuanced analysis or original reporting typically don’t drive web traffic. And the more fringe the website, the more common it is to find mischaracter-

Bernie Sanders.

izations, deliberate spin or even outright falsehoods. For Ashley, the 2016 presidential campaigns brought wingnut commentary into the mainstream.

“Some of things Donald Trump has been saying read like one of those forwarded emails you get from your grumpy uncle,” he said.

On the flip side, new media outlets have given rise to entirely new phenomena in current events. Love them or hate them, populist candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders wouldn’t have a prayer without Twitter and Facebook. Similarly, Ashley believes net neutrality—the movement to keep the Internet free from corporate meddling—would be a non-issue if new media hadn’t led the charge against it.

Ashley also wonders whether past errors would have occurred had new media been around to fill a void. Mainstream media, for instance, is widely regarded to have failed in scrutinizing the evidence justifying the invasion of Iraq. It’s an open question whether new media would have been as unquestioning.

The democratization of media empowers the public to amplify its voice and accelerate change.

But people also need to be responsible in the way they exercise that power. Ashley recommends slowing down to confirm information before sharing it.

He also encourages individuals to vary their news sources rather than rely on a single outlet.

Above all, he urges consumers to approach media critically, questioning the motives and biases inherent in the source.

“We’re all media producers when we share something on [social media],” Ashley said.

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Chess Class 4pm @ Spt. Library Beginner class for elementray school age kids, but all are welcome

Throwback Thursdays at the 219 7-11pm @ 219 Lounge Featuring live music with Brian Jacobs and friends, $2 domestics and $3 crafts.

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Live Music w/ The Flying Mammals DJ night @ the Niner 9pm @ 219 Lounge 5-8pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery Featuring the music of DJ Josh Adams Inland NW group of brothers Live Music w/ Marty Perron and Doug Bond Live Music w/ Chris Lynch 5:30-7:30pm @ Idaho Pour Authority 6pm - 9pm @ Arlo’s Ristorante Guitar and mandolin duo

Live Music w/ Rogue Audio Mechanics 5-8pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery Acoustic/electric band w/ classic rock covers Live Music w/ Electric Cole Show 7-9pm @ La Rosa Club Live Music w/ Justin Lantrip 5:30-7:30pm @ Idaho Pour Authority Sandpoint native singer/songwriter

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Learn to dance the Rumba – 7pm @ SWAC Learn the Rumba from Diane Peters, with classe every Monday in Februrary. 610-1770 for info

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Bingo Night KPND Ski and Board Party 6:30pm @ MickDuff’s Beer Hall 5pm @ Trinity at City Beach Bingo, beer, popcorn, friendly bar- Prizes, drink specials and fun tenders, a nice courtyard. Seriously, what else do you need?

The Conversation 6-8pm @ Ivano’s Ristorante Featuring arts community leader Carol Deaner. The Conversation is a FREE monthly event with the intent to support our artist community by cultivating conversations on and about the creative processes for all the visual, literary, and performing artists in and around Sandpoint

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6pm @ Wildlife Building, BoCo Fairgrounds Join acclaimed wildlife educator Beth Paragamian and her slithering friends for presentation on reptiles and amphibians. Sponsored by Kaniksu Land Trust, attendance to the FREE event is limited to the first 65 who RSVP by calling 208-263-9471

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Singles Meet and Greet 5:30pm @ Talus Rock Retreat Come together for a fun “meet and greet” gathering and perhaps find a new friend in the same boat. No agenda. No pressure. No expectations. No age limit. Free, call 255-8458 Cosplay Workshop – Construction I 3:10pm @ Sandpoint Library Make professional accessories and cosplay garments with guidance from an experienced DIY cosplayer. BYO supplies, some basic supplies will be provided. A new creative theme will be developed each time.

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Live Music w/ Ken Mayginnes 7pm @ La Rosa Club Clark Fork Story Time 10:30am @ Clark Fork Library Reading, games, snacks and more

Priest Lake Sled Dog Races 9am–2pm @ Hwy 57 & Raven Ranch Rd. The race classes feature sprint, mid-distance, and skijoring. Cost for spectators is $5 per car, each day. To learn more, visit IESDA.org or call 208-683-2387 AHWF Cheesecake Tasting Fundraiser 02 S. Euclid) 1pm @ Clark Fork Methodist Church e clues that wildlife leave behind Hosted by the American Heritage Wildrubs, hair, smells and behaviors as life Foundation Each ticket allows two the woods, fields, and wetlands. samples of gourmet cheesecake.Tickets y contacting the NIC Workforce are $5, or $15 for a family (up to 4). Hot -3333 coffee or tea provided. 208-266-1488

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In support of the new album “Love Saves The Day,” G. Love is a road dog who “will be touring until I fall off the earth.” Tickets are $15 and now on sale

Feb. 12 Sandpoint Winter Carnival Parade of Lights and Bonfire Feb. 12 Sandpoint Throwdown Ski and Rail Jam Feb. 12-13 & 19-20 “Cold Feet” play, presented by Unknown Locals @ the Heartwood Center Feb. 17 KPND Ski & Board Party @ 219 Lounge

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By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff

Super Bowl III: Namath’s guarantee

Almost a national holiday in its own right, the Super Bowl celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. When the Carolina Panthers face off against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, they carry on a tradition that has seen five decades of heroic plays and legendary moments.

At least, that’s what I’m told. I really don’t know much about football, although I enjoy Super Bowl parties as much as the next guy.

Still, you have to appreciate the thrills that the game has generated in the past 50 years.

So I’m deferring to the real sports journalists, who have been sharing their picks for the greatest Super Bowl moments of all time.

Some might call it bravado. Others could chalk it up to supreme confidence.

Either way, NFL.com makes the case that New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath’s guarantee of a Super Bowl III victory is the greatest clutch moment in the game’s history.

In 1969, popular consensus held that the NFL would wipe the floor with the AFL any day of the week, a belief backed by the first two championships. Three days before the Super Bowl, Namath made headlines when he guaranteed a win for the AFL. Sure enough, Namath led his team to a 16-7 victory against the Baltimore Colts and cemented his place in sports history.

Super Bowl XXIII: Montana’s pass

Super Bowl XLIX: Butler’s interception

Everyone loves of nail-biting Super Bowl finale. And according to ESPN, there was none more suspenseful than Super Bowl XXIII, which saw the San Francisco 49ers edge out a late-game touchdown for a 20-16 win against the Cincinnati Bengals in 1989.

Super Bowl XXIII proved a tight match between the Bengals and 49ers, but by the fourth quarter, it appeared the Bengals had the championship tied up with their 16-13 lead. Then, with just 34 seconds left in the game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana passed to John Taylor for a touchdown. It still holds the record as the latest game-winning Super Bowl touchdown.

USA Today sportswriter Nate Davis believes the most recent Super Bowl, which saw the New England Patriots kill the Seattle Seahawks’ dreams of back-to-back championships, will be remembered as one of the all-time greats.

Indeed, even a sports-illiterate rube like me can’t forget the Malcolm Butler interception that secured the Patriots’ victory and likely resulted in a million spilled beers across the Pacific and Inland Northwest.

Another historically tight game, the Patriots finally took the lead with only two minutes left on the clock. But the Seahawks rallied to for a final push that restored hopes for a last-minute touchdown.

Malcolm Butler shut that possibility when he intercepted Russell Wilson’s pass, a play that has received no end of criticism.

Super Bowl XXXIV: Jones’ tackle NBC Sports singles out the game-saving tackle by St. Louis Rams linebacker Mike Jones that broke hearts across Tennessee in 2000. Down seven points, the Tennessee Titans enjoyed a brief moment of exhilaration when wide receiver Kevin Dyson made a rush to the end zone in the game’s final play. The potential for a game-tying touchdown and overtime was squashed when Jones tackled Dyson just one yard shy of the goal line.

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STAGE & SCREEN

‘Cold Feet’ set to break a leg at Heartwood Center

By Dion Nizzi Reader Staff

Oscar Wilde once opined in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

That notion is about to be tested as Sandpoint-based production company Unknown Locals brings the Chris Herron original play about a wedding day, “Cold Feet,” to the Heartwood Center on Feb. 12-13 and 19-20.

Herron and his Unknown Locals co-founder, Madeline Elliott, have spent quite a bit of time at the Heartwood over the past few weeks. They were married on the stage of the event and entertainment center a couple of weeks ago. It was a small, intimate weekday ceremony ... squeezed in between rehearsals for the play. They tied the knot, so we know cold feet were not an issue for the two.

“The funny thing about it,” Herron said, “is I started writing it around 2014.

I actually didn’t propose until April 2015.

I’d written about this guy who may or may not have cold feet before I had actually proposed. There really wasn’t the concern on my part like there is with the character in the play, but it was fun to have the

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The cast of “Cold Feet,” written by Chris Herron. Courtesy photo. shows I’ve written, they responded with, ‘Oh, we know that guy ... he’s the dark comedy guy.’ That’s the coolest thing so far.”

Dark comedy, light-hearted comedy and biting wit are quickly becoming a trademark for Herron’s plays. His real life wedding went off without a hitch on the Heartwood Center stage, and he hopes the play will come off just as well.

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dove-tailing of planning a wedding and producing a show about a wedding that may have gone awry.”

Director Elliott chimed in: “The situation in the play is a much different circumstance, so even though it takes place at a wedding there weren’t a lot of parallels between our romance and that of the characters.”

Herron’s fifth original play deals with the wedding day of Jack and Molly, both of whom may or may not be feeling the cold feet phenomenon. Family members, friends and even a stranger or two show up at the wedding to celebrate, commiserate and even throw a few left hooks as the couple examine their relationship and future on their wedding day.

The production company has been experiencing an increase in local following with their original plays, which Herron and Elliott have been churning out one a year. “My favorite story about that,” he explained, “is hearing things from people we’ve worked with, like actress and former resident Liz Curry, telling people in her neighborhood about working with this local writer, and having them respond ‘Who is it?’ And when she tells them about the

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The characters in the play? Not so much without a hitch. This wedding day has plenty of opportunities for disaster and carries with it a boat-load of laughs. Next week, we’ll showcase the director, Elliott, and those characters with a cast of locals known and unknown like Dan Simons, Michael Bigley, Tim Martin, Mike Clarke, Eric Bond and newcomers Yarrow Frank and Nicole Buratto.

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My Saving Grace

By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Lovers lay careful plans for elaborate getaways and romantic dinners (unless the mother-in-law arrives on Feb. 13 for a week’s stay—sorry about my poor timing, John). Young children paste tissue paper and doilies to shoe boxes and scrawl their names to assorted heart-shaped cards, which they proudly deliver to friends and teachers. Heart-shaped cookies will be baked in assorted sizes, decorated in shades of pinks and reds, adorned with sticky fingered sprinkles and shared with a whole lot of love.

Beyond partners, parents and children, love can be found in all shapes and sizes. It can

come and go fleetingly or have staying power that makes a profound impact upon our lives.

Lucky for me, I have someone I love dearly, a person who came into my life during the days of my misdirected youth. She was aptly named Grace: tall, slim, and lithe. Her manners were impeccable, her fashion sense modern and I fancied everything about her.

I worked for Grace and her late veterinarian husband, Bob, for many years. Those were important years when I was young and impressionable, and to this day I give them credit for my strong work ethic.

They taught me new skills and helped me shape my life with steady goals.

Grace taught me that less is more, especially when it came to makeup. She was quick to remind me that long dangling earrings were best saved for “carnival girls,” and prompted me to say, “No, thank you,” instead of, “Oh, ick.”

Armed with a fresh degree in home economics and avant-garde vision, Grace designed a

home in the late ‘60s that is timeless and practical to this day. Though I already knew my way around a kitchen, I’d never seen anything like her modern-equipped one with a JennAir range and built-in small appliances. Grace and Bob loved to entertain, and many days, if the clinic was slow, I walked to their home next door and helped Grace as she prepared party food that was exotic sounding to my ears and foreign tasting to my palate.

I chopped onions for beef stroganoff and buttered and layered phyllo dough that she’d carefully dot with ricotta filling and fold like a flag. Sometimes I would peel eggs for her famous potato salad, served on warm summer days.

I came with a few skills of my own, including Catholic schoolgirl penmanship. This served me especially well the time I was asked to hand address dozens of fancy black envelopes. Nervously, I dipped the nib into the well of silver ink before carefully scribing names onto invitations for a

Gracie Painter, circa 1970. black-tie ball. Never had I felt so sophisticated!

Collections of dishes and dining accessories for every possible occasion were available to use, and I loved digging through the dining room cabinets to find a perfect piece of silver to polish for the elaborate buffets set on long tables in the stone entry way.

In her home I had my first cautious bite of Steak Tartare and sipped a chilled vodka gimlet. I sampled Iced Vichyssoise, and though I loved the first spoonful, I loved the way the words rolled from my tongue even more.

Between us we’ve prepared foods for wedding receptions

Three Cheese Roasted Red Pepper and Crab Dip Great appetizer to take to a party. This time of year when Dungeness crab is in season and reasonably priced, I make two and freeze one for later. Well wrapped, the frozen one will keep for up to six months.

INGREDIENTS: •2 tbs olive oil •3 cloves garlic, minced •1 pint cream •1 pint plain Greek yogurt •1 (7 oz.) jar roasted red peppers, drained and chopped •1 (10 oz.) package frozen spinach, squeeze out excess liquid and chopped •1 cup fresh picked crab meat (reserve a little for top) •½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (reserve a little for top) •½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese (reserve a little for top) •½ cup grated parmesan cheese (reserve a little for top) •1 tsp salt •1 tsp pepper •1 tbs fresh parsley, chopped fine

Serves 6

(including my own), 50th wedding anniversaries, Hawaiian luaus and pig roasts, milestone birthday celebrations, and life celebrations for those who left us behind.

Grace defines me as the sister she always wanted and the daughter she never had. I define her as my saving grace.

She is godmother to my children and has been my confidante and mentor for more than forty years.

Do you have someone who you love and adore, a mentor or muse? Perhaps they even changed your life? Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to let them know how much they mean to you. Thank them by starting the evening with this delicious cheese and crab dip.

Serve with plenty of champagne and lots of love.

DIRECTIONS: •Preheat oven to 375 degrees •In large sauté pan, heat olive oil and add minced garlic, cook until soft, but not brown.

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•Add cream and bring to boil, stirring so it does not scorch. Add yogurt, peppers and spinach and simmer for a couple of minutes.

Stir in salt and pepper. Turn off pan and stir in crab and cheeses.

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•Turn into a greased 9x9 or 8x10 baking dish. Sprinkle with reserved cheese and crab. Bake 30 minutes or until bubbly and browned.

•Garnish top with parmesan and parsley and serve with heart-shaped lavash crackers (available at Yokes) or crostini.

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This week’s RLW by Jen Heller

READ

The Rio Olympics are nearly here, and how better to get in the mood than by reading Olympic-themed “The Boys in the Boat?” Filled with fascinating tidbits of regional history (including the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam), this book actually merited its long-lived stay on the NYT bestseller list.

The characters are rich, the strokes are perfectly executed and the waters are a little less polluted than the ones we’ll soon be watching in Brazil.

LISTEN

These slushy midwinter days, I love to play “M’Bifé Balafon” for an energy boost. It’s a short track introduced over 10 years ago on “Dimanche à Bamako” by Amadou & Mariam, the power couple of Mali’s music scene.

Other fan favorites that showed up on Dimanche include peppy “Sénégal Fast Food,” fluid “La Fête au Village,” and the love ballad “Je Pense à Toi.” Amadou & Mariam might stretch your rusty high school French a little, but their rhythms render language completely unnecessary.

WATCH

Pointless animal videos. Everyone’s got their secret dumb favorites that they watch when no one’s around.

Here’s mine: Type “two hamsters one wheel” into the nearest search engine. Watch. Laugh. Repeat.

The grainy clip’s about 57 seconds long, maybe shorter than it takes you to read this paragraph.

But if you don’t have that long to spare, the 29 second mark is the point where I start laughing so hard I cry... Every single time.

keeper of the Special Sauce A Reader exclusive interview with Garret Dutton, aka G. Love

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Sometimes a performer comes along and redefines the genres in which we listen to music. Garret Dutton—better known as G. Love—did just that in the early ‘90s when he fused blues with hip hop. Now, some 20 albums later, G. Love is still touring 150-plus days a year with his special brand of sauce. I had a conversation with G. Love about the inspiration of his unique style, his latest studio album, life on the road and what’s next for the keeper of the Special Sauce.

BO: You’ve been making music for decades now. Where did the inspiration for the blues hip hop fusion thing come from?

G. LOVE: It just kind of happened, honestly. I grew up playing acoustic guitar and then I learned the harmonica. That led me into the Bob Dylan side of town at a young age. I started listening to Dylan and it subconsciously inspired me to write songs. After that I started performing out at coffee shops and open mic nights. I saw a lot of people were also interested in Bob Dylan. I definitely had an instinct at a young age that I had to be original, so if everybody else is doing Bob Dylan at these open mics, I was digging for an original sound.

I stumbled upon the delta blues of John Hammond—he played guitar with harmonica—and that led me to finding the delta blues. Once I found that, I really felt like I found something unique that no one in my circle was hip to. As a writer, I was always writing about the cityscapes of Philadelphia. I grew up as a hip hop kid in the ‘80s, listening to Beastie Boys, Run DMC and LL Cool J like everyone else. Hip hop was this exciting new music you didn’t think you could really do as a white kid, but it was part of me, I was a graffiti writer and basketball player and break dancer as a kid. I was always interested in hip hop culture. One day I started rapping to I started rapping to Erik B. & Rakim song, “Paid In Full” over his blues riff. At that particular moment, that was the epiphany, I said, “Now I’ve got it.” A week later I wrote my first rap over a slide guitar riff, and I said, “This is it.”

You found your sound?

I knew it. It was like the whole world just opened up. I knew I had something.

Your latest album, “Love saves the day,” is it your tenth?

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cords, it’s like the twentieth.

Wow. I noticed a few cuts on it that swung a little into the rock realm. Was that on purpose?

I think what it is … if you keep pushing the blues you’ll end up with rock and roll. We came about it in the right way. If you learn your rock and roll from the Foo Fighters or Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones, you’re separating yourself by different generations from the source, which is the blues. A lot of the great rock and roll bands started out as blues bands ...

We were a blues band, and then we kept pushing it and pushing it, and we ended up on the rock and roll side of town.

You had a lot of guest artists on this new album. What was it like working with some of them?

Aw man, it was so awesome. For one thing, David Hidalgo [from Los Lobos] came in the first night. He is such an amazing player, he just brings it … he raises the bar … We had a six-day session with all these special guests. Everybody brought their flavor. Citizen Cope came in … Lucinda [Williams] came in, and she was very much like us, she liked to just let shit fly, no rehearsal … We had never met her before, and that was cool.

Ozomatli came in. We toured all around the world with these guys, they’re just good friends. ... One of the most special things of my career has been the musical friends that you meet along the way … There’s a real deep love and a sense of community, it almost makes you tear up. We’ve got so much love for those guys, we don’t get to see them very often, to come together and make some music, we did that song “Let’s Have a Good Time,” and you could tell we were having a good time.

I read somewhere you play 150 shows a year.

Yeah, we’re pretty much on the run for most of the year. I think back in the day, we did up to 250 shows a year. Now we do between 100-150 shows a year …

I like to play. You do have to figure out a balance, you can get burned. You have to pace yourself. You have to think about it like a marathon. Your career, tour, making records. You gotta have the right energy at the right time and be ready to deliver.

The great shows are the things that keep it going. All the rest is bullshit. The business is bullshit. The travel is bullshit. The thing that counts is playing the music.

If you don’t put love into that music,

G. Love doing what he does best. then you don’t get it back. Then shit starts to feel wrong, so it’s all driven on the creative side of things. That’s why the chemistry of a band is so important. I always say about music, if you’re an athlete, you know whether you won the game or broke a record. With music, you don’t know because it’s such a subjective thing. You can play a sold out stadium and not feel good about your performance. You can cut a record that gets a lot of radio play but maybe you won’t be happy with how it came out.

What’s next on the radar?

We’re just super focused on the tour right now. We’re actually performing the entire new record as the first set, which is something we’ve never done. And then the second set, we’re doing all social media driven requests. We’re looking forward to a great tour and getting up there on the mountain with y’all.

G. Love and the Special Sauce will be playing the Hive Thursday, Feb 11. For tickets, go to www.LiveFromTheHive.com. To check out more from G. Love, tune into @Glove, or on Instagram at @PhillyGlove. You can also check out all the tour info and listen to some new cuts at G. Love’s website at Philadelphonic.com.

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Each week, we feature a new photograph taken from the same vantage point as one taken long ago. See how we’ve changed, and how we’ve stayed the same.

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

The 1910-1911 Sandpoint High School basketball team. The only player identified is Oscar Lindgren, third from the left.

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1910 The 2016-2017 Sandpoint High School varsity basketball team. From left to right: Carlos Collado #22, T.J. Davis #15, Patrick Rockwell #11, Paul Sundquist #10, Matthew Curtiss #2, Kyle Perry #21, Taran McLaughlin #23, Alex Stockton #24, Spencer Thompson #1, Davan Norris #5, and Coach Kent Leiss. Special thanks to the team and Coach Leiss for posing for the shot.

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“He denounced the protesters with a pugnacious sneer.”

Corrections: In last week’s feature about Infini Art Gallery, I misspelled Kris Dills’ last name in the sub headline. Sorry Kris! -BO

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The best man I know

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

The world is shining a little dimmer this week. Ted Bowers, one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure to know, has passed away from a heart attack.

Ted has meant so much to a lot of people in this community. He was a father to Jenna and Darian, a husband to Gini, to Karen, a boss to his crew at Bowers Construction, a mentor to many and a friend to all.

There is not enough space in the entire world to encapsulate Ted with any justice. I hope this small tribute will suffice.

My own father passed away ten years ago. It’s a hard thing losing a parent, but especially tough when you lose your father. They are anchors in your life, strong waypoints and beacons that keep you on track, keep you grounded.

When my father passed, I was left without that beacon. I drifted aimlessly. I was unsure of who, if anyone, would take that position in my life as a guiding force.

Enter Ted Bowers. I’ve known Ted for a long time. He was the father of a good friend, and we always had a natural way together. He understood me and I understood him.

After my father died, Ted took it upon himself to step in as a surrogate father to me. He took me under his wing, showed me what he knew about music, about carpentry, about life. Ted knew a lot about life. More than he would ever let on.

He bought my photographs and hung them proudly in his home and office. He was always interested in what I was doing and always took the time to see how things were going. He was the closest thing to a father to me, and I am not alone in feeling this. There are so many of us out there that can credit Ted for making us better human beings.

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Ted Bowers (1947-2016)

Ted Bowers, photographed on a job site in 2008 for a Sandpoint Magazine article I wrote about him. Photo by Ben Olson. stepped in and put me to work.

He knew I needed a hand. He set me loose on his property, instructing me to clean up piles of leaves, chop wood after the blowdown nearly flattened his home, and he even worked alongside me on various construction projects. We spent a couple of days building a horse barn together, and those days remain in my memory vividly. I got to watch Ted do his “cowboy carpentry” thing, which is a sight to behold.

An example of cowboy carpentry? We were fitting sheet metal pieces along the side of the barn and one didn’t quite fit. Ted, with one of his classic proverbs, said, “OK Ben, PTF that piece and then we’ll get to work on the other side.”

“PTF?” I asked. “What the

hell is that?”

“Pound ‘Til it Fits,” he said, with a smile.

After I started the Reader, I no longer had the time to help out with house work, so I didn’t get many chances to hang out with Ted, aside from the occasional music jam. He wrote a bi-monthly column for the Reader until this winter, and was just getting geared up to start the column again in the next few weeks.

Also, the moment I told him the Reader was coming back into print, he immediately signed up for a monthly ad. He was the very first person to pledge his support for my endeavor, and he has always been a big supporter.

Ted was kind and said his mind, but was always respectful of your feelings. He was the type of guy you never saw angry or

short with people. He treated everyone with humanity and you couldn’t help but love him after meeting him. He was one hell of a bass player, a great father and husband, a loyal friend and a unique person who will be remembered forever.

The last time I saw Ted alive was during my Thursday deliveries. I told him of a mutual friend that was in some pain and Ted told me he’d see what he could to help. That’s Ted for you. Always there when you needed him.

When I heard that Ted passed, it was as if the world had stopped spinning. He had made a name for himself in Sandpoint not only as a master carpenter, but as a human being with a heart of gold. He has touched so many lives here, and his family remains my family, no matter if

we don’t share the same blood.

We share the same heart, and that’s what family is all about.

They have built a village of love and support, and I’m honored to be one of the many stray dogs the Bowers family has taken in, fed, nurtured, instructed and turned loose on the world. I would not be the same man I am today if not for Ted Bowers.

Sandpoint has lost a beautiful shining light. Rest in peace, Ted. Thank you for being a part of my life and showing me what it is to be a man.

A small informal service will be held for Ted Bowers at the Gardenia Center at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6. Come to say goodbye, share memories with friends and family, and to celebrate a life well lived. A larger celebration will follow later in the spring.

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