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Not quite halfway through the season, the Seattle Mariners are tied with Texas for first place in the Western Division of the American League. Do you think they will fold once again or make the playoffs this year?

“I went to 11 games when I lived over there. I’m a fan, but I’d say ‘no’ to the playoffs.”

James Christy Construction supervisor Sagle “I think they might have a chance this year because they are doing very well right now, and I have faith in them.”

DEAR READERS,

A couple things...

First, if you want to win a pair of season passes to the 2016 Festival at Sandpoint, check out the short story on page 21. We’re dying to give them to you!

Second, I’d like to officially end the Lee Santa vs. Ben Olson back and forth that has gone on too long in our letter to the editor section. Many of you have contacted me saying you can’t wait for the next one. Some have told me I’m being mean-spirited. I never want my letter to the editor writers to think I’ll lay into them for no reason, and I don’t want to cultivate the opinion that I’m cutting somebody down for spiteful reasons, so I’m tapping out. Lee, I wish you luck writing for any other publication in town, but I’m not going to play the game anymore and I’m not going to publish your writing in the Reader. Please stop sending it to me. Thank you.

Third, we’ve been getting some great cover art coming in lately, thanks to all of you Sandpoint artists out there. If you are interested in contributing a cover in the future, send me an email and maybe I’ll throw an idea your way!

Cheers to you, dear readers. May your beers be frothy.

-Ben Olson, Publisher

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COMMENTARY

Benghazi: The GOP is beating a dead horse None of the charges against Clinton are true

By Nick Gier Reader Columnist The GOP House Select Committee on Benghazi has interviewed 100 witnesses, spent $7 million of its own funds, and has forced other agencies to spend an additional $13 million. The Defense Department is at its wit’s end and is rightly accusing the committee of making frivolous requests.

Letters from Gen. Dana Chipman, the committee’s own former chief counsel with 33 years’ military experience, have been now released. In one to former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Chipman states: “I think you ordered exactly the right forces to move out and to head toward a position where they could reinforce what was occurring in Benghazi.” Contrary to the right-wing press, there were no orders for those forces to stand down.

One of the most inflammatory charges made against Hillary Clinton was that she dismissed the Benghazi deaths by saying “What difference does it make?” In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1/23/13), the gravity of this loss is clear: “With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans.

Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?”

There is also the accusation by GOP Rep. Darrell Issa that Clinton had “personally signed” a cable requesting reduced security in Benghazi.

Fact checkers at the Washington Post awarded Issa four Pinocchio’s (a “whopper”) for this lie. The fact is that every cable from the State Department has the Secretary’s signature renders its author unidentifiable.

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charged that Clinton “was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables.” Investigators at Politifact have judged this claim “mostly false.” They state that “no one has shown Clinton willfully ignored the cries for help from Libya. Paul’s office didn’t provide evidence linking requests for security directly to Clinton.” All cables to the State Department cables are addressed to “SECSTATE” in “WASHDC,” but only a select few ever reach the secretary.

On the October 15, 2012, Fox New’s Sean Hannity claimed that “somebody at the State Department was watching the attack in real time” via video, and therefore should have known exactly what was happening.

First, there was of course no live video feed from Libya to any government office; and second, Hannity may have misunderstood Charles Lamb’s testimony that Clinton was in telephone contact with state department officials in Libya as if it were “almost in real time.”

Clinton’s critics apparently did not realize that this claim of real time contact contradicts their accusation that Clinton and Obama were “unaccounted for” during and after the attack. Not only was Clinton in constant telephone contact with the deputy chief of mission in Libya, but she was also speaking directly with national security advisor Tom Donilon, President Obama, and other administration officials.

With regard to the cause of the attack, UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been rightly criticized for blaming it on an anti-Islamic video that caused protests in Egypt but not Benghazi. From the very beginning, however, Clinton was sure it was a terrorist attack.

On the day after the attack, September 12, 2012, she called the Egyptian prime minister stating that “we know it had nothing to do with the film.

It was a planned attack—not a protest.” On September 21, 2012, Clinton declared: “What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, and we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four Americans.”

Critics have charged that at a ceremony honoring the Benghazi victims, Clinton told their family members that the video caused the attack. But Jan Stevens, father of Ambassador Chris Stevens; Cheryl Bennet, Tyrone Wood’s mother; and Barbara Doherty, Glen Doherty’s mother, each said that Clinton did not mention the video in conversations with them. Only Charles Wood, Tyrone Wood’s father, recalled that Clinton referred to the video.

Allegations that Clinton ordered the “scrubbing” of Benghazi documents, that she blocked a whistle blower from coming forward, that she was silent about Benghazi attack for weeks and that she did not take responsibility for the attacks have all been found to be false.

When she was Secretary of State Clinton’s approval ratings were 70 percent, but the fact that they are now at 45 percent is primarily due to this dark cloud of lies hanging over her head.

Nick Gier of Moscow taught philosophy at the University of Idaho for 31 years. Read all of his columns on the 2016 election at www.NickGier.com/ Election2016.pdf.

Dirty Politics...

Dear Editor, I listened to “Face to Face” on KSPT today and heard Dan McDonald tell Chris Bessler, sitting in for Bob Wynhausen, that there were dirty politics in recent campaigning in Bonner County.

I am only aware of one such incident. The “Face to Face” show on May 13 is being considered by many an appalling case of dirty politics. Dan McDonald started out dumping on Lewis Rich.

Respected Republican George Eskridge phoned in to question the ethics of this attack on Lewie as there would be no way for Lewie to respond.

Ignoring that wise advice, Dan announced a “surprise guest,” Mike Nielsen, who had an acrimonious relationship with Lewie when they were commissioners together. Bob requested that they stop calling Mr. Rich “Lyin’ Lewie” and finally walked off the show which Dan and Mike had so successfully hijacked.

Two days earlier was the final candidate forum. Dan could have bravely debated Lewie at that time, giving him the chance to reply. Dan’s cleverly planned usurping of the show appeared cowardly, bullying, and just plain nasty. I hope he matures into a responsible commissioner, as we certainly don’t need another bully on the board. Perhaps he can perform his responsibilities in such a way that his new moniker, “Dirty Dan,” doesn’t stick.

Carol Jenkins Sagle

Dubious Election...

Dear Editor, The approval rating of Hillary Clinton is 42 percent, and Donald Trump is at 29 percent. That means that if the election was held today and it was between Hillary, Trump, and none of the above, the latter would win. In fact, I think many would write in “please God please,” next to none of the above.

So what do we do now?

If you’re a Democrat who was feeling the Bern, as most Democrats who caucused in Idaho did, you may be feeling just burned.

Let me point out a few things. If you take out the super delegates Bernie still loses, not by as much, but he definitely still loses. He just

didn’t convince the majority of the party.

So what are you Bernie fans going to do? If you write Bernie in, or just not vote, you are voting for Donald Trump. Trump may not even have a third of the people who like him, but they are passionate. They are willing to fight, literally, for him, and they will all vote. Are you going to tell your children that in your anger you let a guy who brags that he would torture possible terrorists and kill their children be president? What can Bernie supporters do? May I suggest staying active in the Democratic party. Evolution is frustrating but more Millennials can vote every year.

If you’re a Republican, it’s harder. Donald Trump doesn’t fit in many of the rooms of the Republican tent. He isn’t pro-life.

Trump isn’t a fiscal conservative; he talks about a 45 percent tariff which would cripple our businesses overseas. Can you imagine the increase in government required to deport 11 million people? And of course he isn’t a moderate on anything. So what do you disenfranchised Republicans do? What I’ve done in the past is write in a candidate. Hillary Clinton is not pro-life, but in many ways she is more fiscally conservative than Trump, much to Bernie supporters’ frustration.

Republican options are few and far between. The Grand Old Party has been taken over by extremists which is why we have Trump nationally and hate mail delivered to our door by “Republicans” against some of our local Republican representatives.

Moderate Republicans please take back your party. Get involved with the local Republican party. Don’t expect to be welcomed. Expect to be called names like “RINO,” but it is your party too. Take it back from the extreme elements both nationally and locally.

Mary Haley Sandpoint

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PERSPECTIVES

By Alexandra Blackwood Reader Contributor Illustration by Nancy Cerra

Editor’s Note: We had such a positive response to Ms. Blackwood’s first article, “A Cloaked Reality” dealing with teenage depression, we asked her to write another on topics she feels might be appropriate for teenagers dealing with depression and disconnection with reality. To protect her privacy, we’ve given Ms. Blackwood a pseudonym. She is a 15-year-old teenager in Sandpoint.

Shadows lay upon me, their coils pulling me into a harbored despair. The tendrils whisk a shattered soul, beckoning a cavern of hollow torment. And at once, the emptiness consumes a forsaken vessel.

It has been said that the greatest of enemies live within oneself. That, perhaps, physical torment is nothing compared to emotional distress. Inner conflict is a devastation unlike any other, a demon of our own creation.

Loneliness is a state of existing within oneself.

Seemingly uncontrollable, it enthralls its victims with the worst of all devastation: the loss of one’s true self.

Despite often being mistaken for one another, being alone and the experience of loneliness are two different conditions. It’s important to be able to tell the difference.

Humankind, although a highly sociable species, relies on periods without social contact. Many, in fact, relish isolation, which

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The Disconnection of Reality to them is more adapted and comfortable environment.

However, others suggest that long exposures to being alone may lead to an emotional state of loneliness.

Loneliness is best described as a mental condition. It plagues the minds of every individual at one time or another, but teenagers are especially vulnerable. Reclusive behavior, although quite common in adolescents, oftentimes leads to long periods of isolation, which may trigger unhealthy emotional tendencies.

Many individuals wish to escape from continuous isolation, as the urge to socialize begins to deteriorate them. Contrary to popular belief, loneliness is not limited to simply being alone.

It is also very common among those who are in a social environment but are unable to feel a connection to the people around them.

Disconnection from reality is a common symptom of loneliness, leading many individuals to find relief by escaping of reality. In teens, as well as a multitude of others, social media plays a primary role.

Adolescents and oth-

cape from reality is a normal behavior, excessive usage of delusional tactics may be abused. Rather than dealing with the issue directly, many revert to sources that only increase their feelings of isolation and loneliness.

Adolescents in particular wish use technology to relieve social stress, often through social media or er sufferers of emotional online chatting with strangconflict may seek refuge among a social media outlet, ers.

Just like depression, chatting with strangers and loneliness commonly leads friends virtually through to a lack of motivation, technology. which means that sufferOther forms of escape ers oftentimes lack the commonly include means willpower to participate in of entertainment. Movies, healthy activities. Many are TV shows, books, writing unaware that online interand video games provide action will only increase the delusional belief of existing as another being in emotions of isolation and another location. This often loneliness. A routine schedincludes the sense of a time, ule oftentimes helps relief from loneliness. A feeling realm and reality vastly of purpose and support is different than the one the individual wishes to escape. also key.

Rather than turning to a Other methods commonvirtual reality, many should ly used to create a false experiment with the offerreality include the uses of ings of the natural world. substances like alcohol or Inspiring purpose may other drugs.

The concept of detaching provide a sense of meaning from reality is certainly not into the life of an isolated a recent development. How- individual. Meeting others, and experiencing enjoyever, more and more methods of detachment are being able activities also helps.

Finding others who will developed year by year. offer support and guidance Although temporary es-

through difficult situations is also a crucial method of relief. Lonely individuals must communicate with others directly.

Humanity is a primarily sociable species, and people must spend time with others like them. Without any means of communication, it is not uncommon for one to develop symptoms of loneliness and reclusive behavior. However, emotional instability must not be ignored with frivolous activities. Instead, it must be dealt with directly and formidably.

The blackened waters crash upon me, opening a window of shadowed abyss.

I Rasped chokes emitted from my throat, as at once, new images dominated my vision.

“What is it like?” he said. “The loneliness?”

My lips quivered in a shattered smile.

“It’s like drowning,” I answered. “Screaming.

Choking. But no one, not a thing in the world, can hear you.”

Kudos to Kramer...

Dear Editor, I have a few “bouquets and barbs” to Bonners Ferry! Thank you to the primary voters in Boundary County for electing Dave Kramer as Sherrif!

Mr. Kramer helped me personally at a time when I was having trouble. He is a very kind and strong person, and we will be very fortunate to have him in charge!

Whats up with the “no smoking in the park” sign at Boundary County Fairgrounds? Take it down!

By the way, barbs also to whoever threw the stupid racial slurs at my Asian friend at the casino on Memorial weekend.

Get a life, buddy! Nowadays you don’t tell one person—it goes out to a thousand! Right, Ben and Cameron?

Thanks for listening!

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NEWS

Idaho officials protest Obama bathroom directive

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Idaho has joined the fray on the contentious national issue of transgender bathroom usage.

Since President Barack Obama issued a May directive allowing public school students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity, conservative politicians have spoken out one after another against the action. Eleven states joined in a lawsuit fighting the order, and last week, Idaho governor spokesman Mark Warbis announced the governor’s office is working on an amicus brief supporting their case.

“This vast overreach by the Obama administration once again shows the federal government’s disregard for states’ rights and local control of our schools,” Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter said.

Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little and Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra also condemned the Obama administration order, saying these decisions were best left in the hands of local districts.

“Idaho schools and commu-

nities know their students best, and know that each individual students’ needs are unique,” Ybarra said. “Our schools and communities will continue to meet those needs in a manner which is respectful and supportive to all, regardless of their situation. As I have stated before, this is another example of local control.”

The amicus brief will support the 11 states’ case to have the Obama directive declared illegal and overturned. So far, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia are participating in the lawsuit.

“We will explore every available option to ensure that the rights of all Idaho students are protected and that the citizens of Idaho maintain authority over our public education system,” Otter said. “I do not believe this Washington, D.C., power play will withstand the legal challenges that are sure to come.”

Issued on May 13, the Obama directive instructed public schools to allow students access to the bathroom fitting his or her gender identity. It also

encouraged teachers and administrators to respect a student’s gender identity regardless of the sex printed on his or her legal documentation. The directive is similar to positions adopted by the Idaho School Boards Association last year.

Idaho has long been resistant to measures sought by LGBT rights advocates. In recent years, this is most evident in the Add The Words campaign’s failure to gain traction in the Idaho Legislature. An effort to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to Idaho’s human rights protec-

tions, Add The Words campaign organizers have worked for more than a decade to introduce legislation.

In 2015, Add The Words supporters packed the Idaho State Capitol for a three-day committee hearing, after which legislators killed the motion in a party-line vote. This year, the legislative session began with hopeful signs that a compromise balancing the revisions with protections of religious freedom might be more successful. However, momentum died on the compromise before any action could be taken.

Environmental groups Idaho charts 23-percent seek a stop to wolf killings election turnout

Five environmental groups are joining forces to seek a halt to federally managed wolf killings.

Idaho-based Western Watersheds Project, along with four allies, is asking a federal judge to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services from conducting wolf killings until a new environmental impact statement is drafted.

According to organization officials, the last environmental study, conducted in 2011, is badly outdated.

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sheds Project officials said in a statement. “Killing wolves for private livestock interests is wrong, especially on public lands, where wildlife deserves to come first.”

The lawsuit alleges that the USDA killed 72 wolves last year through “foothold traps, wire snares that strangle wolves, and aerial gunning from helicopters.”

A controversial issue in Idaho, wolf conservation critics claim the animals kill rancher livestock and menace populated areas. Supporters allege that wolf populations are still vulnerable and require more careful management. [CR]

It’s official: this year’s primary elections failed to light a fire in Idaho voters.

The Spokesman-Review reports the state charted a dismal 23-percent turnout of registered voters for the May 17 elections. The turnout among total eligible voters was only 14.7 percent. The news follows the official certification of election results by the Idaho Board of Canvassers.

“It could’ve been worse,” board chair and Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney told the Spokesman-Review. “I think that’s driven by who’s on the ballot and what’s on the ballot. We had from 60

percent down to 16 percent in the different counties.”

Bonner County enjoyed a comparatively vigorous turnout of 33 percent—lukewarm numbers by any other election standard. Local voters were likely more motivated to hit the polls by contentious primaries for the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office, Bonner County Board of Commissioners and Idaho State Legislature. [CR]

Illustration by Allisan Wier.

Habitat for Humanity accepting applications If you dream of home ownership but feel you can’t afford it, the answer you’re waiting for might be around the corner.

Idaho Panhandle Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for the 2017 Habitat home. An organization that builds homes in Bonner County for low- to moderate-income families in need of decent and affordable housing, Idaho Panhandle Habitat for Humanity has helped many families that don’t qualify for conventional bank loans.

Habitat partner families must save for a low down payment, help build the home with sweat equity hours, have a verified income and pay past bills and obligations in a timely manner. Upon completion, the family will purchase the home from Habitat with a zero-interest mortgage. Partner families also learn about budgeting, home repair and maintenance.

To qualify, applicants must have lived or worked in Bonner County for at least one year and meet Habitat income guidelines. Partner families facing housing problems are also preferred.

Applications are available at the Habitat ReStore at 1519 Baldy Park Road in Sandpoint.

For information, call Teri Smith at (208)610-1003. [CR]

FEATURE

Taking off: improvements to sandpoint airport planned for near future

By Jim Ramsey Reader Contributor

Aviation is taking off in Bonner County, playing an increasingly important role in its economy, with at least a half dozen entities providing solid jobs and exciting career possibilities for local people.

To track the latest developments in this exciting field, we talked to industry leaders at the Sandpoint Airport and at the major aerospace companies in the area. In the first of a series of articles, we take a look at the airport.

Sandpoint Airport (SZT) Improvements are definitely in the picture when assessing the future of the Sandpoint Airport (call letters SZT) which is seeing increased traffic. The county’s master plan for the airport forecasts operations totaling $33,930 for next year rising to $40,420 in 10 years.

While terrain and other factors—the airport is also constrained by existing streets, railroads and development—will not permit lengthening the current runway, or adding runways, plans call for adding a second (full) taxiway on the west side of the airport, which will help alleviate traffic flow. There are also plans to strengthen the current 5,500-foot runway surface and substructure to handle increasing traffic and also accommodate heavier aircraft in the future.

“We need to grow to handle additional traffic,” said Jim Kaiser, director of Bonner County airports. While some of this growth is tied to operations at local firms such as Quest Aircraft and Tamarack Aerospace, Kaiser is also seeing an increase in transient aircraft traffic from throughout the U.S. “However, there are no plans to expand the area of the airport,” he said. “The increased traffic will not increase noise levels, as newer aircraft engines are quieter and produce less emissions than older aircraft.”

In his first year as airport

Jim Kaiser stands before his Piper Tripacer airplane. Photo by Jim Ramsey.

director after a nationwide search for the position, Kaiser was a career Air Force officer, and served in Afghanistan and at the Air Mobility Command’s headquarters at Scott AFB, Ill. Cost of the airport improvements are borne 90 percent by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 7 percent by the county and 3 percent by the state through a block grant for infrastructure improvements.

Kaiser also wants to upgrade the airports’ navigation and approach capabilities—allowing aircraft to land with lower ceilings and in adverse weather conditions. The airport currently has distance measuring equipment and a localizer that provides lateral guidance on landing. But it lacks a full instrument landing system (ILS) like those in use at larger airports.

And while he feels “the

equipment we have now is OK, and we don’t expect to get a full ILS, we need the FAA to design and publish a ‘precision approach procedure’ that would allow landings using the aircraft’s own navigational equipment.”

In addition to the Sandpoint Airport, Kaiser oversees the Priest River Airport, located north of the town, with a 3.900 ft. runway.

FBO – Granite Aviation Andy Berrey, who owns and manages fixed base operation Granite Aviation, also sees a growing number of airport-based aircraft and air traffic increasing at the airport.

“Most of the jets that come in are charter (or fractural ownership) aircraft like Netjets and FlexJets—‘time shares’ that you buy into,” Berrey said.

At least one corporate jet

model is locally-owned: “At peak periods in July and August, you see four or five jets on the ramp or runway,” Berrey said.

Currently there are more than 100 aircraft based at the airport, with 106 planned for next year.

“There are 47 hangars on the field now, with seven more to be built this summer,” said Berrey.

Berrey runs a full-service FBO, with aircraft refueling—a major revenue source, along with light maintenance. Flight training—with a full- time instructor and including simulator use—leads to private, instrument or commercial ratings.

Aircraft rental—a Cessna 172N with Garmin avionics—runs $124 per hour.

Both Kaiser and Berrey would like to see scheduled air carrier service in Sandpoint’s future. They reason such services previously failed, particularly in

West Coast cities, because they didn’t use pressurized-cabin aircraft needed to fly “over the weather.”

Noting the success of the North Idaho high school aerospace education program, Kaiser would like to see North Idaho College offering a program leading to a pilot’s air transport rating. Currently NIC offers classes in advanced manufacturing and airframe maintenance.

There’s a good reason (and perhaps it’s the same one that brings aerospace firms here) why air traffic to Sandpoint is increasing. Like other travelers, air traffic is drawn to the town’s attractive qualities.

“Sandpoint is a unique town, it draws people,” said Berrey.

“It is the town, the people, the outdoors.”

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Dreaming is Believing

By Fawn Miller Reader Contributor Bouquets: •Next week, KRFY 88.5FM Panhandle Community Radio will be having their annual membership drive. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on June 10-11, KRFY will be broadcasting with special interviews and live music performances from area bands.

Listen in during the broadcast or come by and watch at the Crosby Building (First and Cedar, where Snow River used to be located). I’m always a big fan of what KRFY does, so here’s a bouquet to them before their big drive.

Barbs: •Gov. “Butch” Otter recently said that Idaho will soon weigh in on a lawsuit opposing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. The lawsuit includes Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia. All very forward thinking states, of course.

I’m honestly surprised that Idaho hasn’t passed their own stupid bathroom law based on the last ideologically-driven legislative session.

It makes me sad that so many worthy issues are swept under the rug and put aside so we may continue to battle this useless issue of bathroom usage. For my part, I don’t care one iota if I’m sharing a restroom with a man who used to be a women.

Someday we’ll stop discrimination against people who aren’t heterosexual. Someday I’ll be proud of my state and the stand it may someday take to provide equal rights to all people, no matter who they love or how they identify themselves.

Sadly, that day is not here yet.

So here’s a barb to you, Idaho, for throwing your hat in the ring with the rest of the small-minded people. Way to go.

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“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

– Henry David Thoreau Hello, fellow dreamers!

Summer is nearly here and I hope that you have spent the winter and spring months reflecting upon my past columns and contemplating what you truly desire having, doing, and becoming—and that you are now crystal clear about why you want what you want. If so, then it sounds like you’ve laid the foundational pieces of dream building—vision and purpose—and my guess is that you are ready to take action and create these big dreams of yours. Let’s get started!

As a personal success coach, one of the questions that I am most often asked is, “Where do I even begin?

My vision seems so out of reach…how do I get from here to there?” If this sounds familiar, don’t fret. Although it may seem the road ahead is impossibly long or complicated, in reality it is not. Will the journey toward achieving your dreams take time and effort?

Yes, but it is not impossible, and if approached with the right tools it will be enjoyable and rewarding beyond expectation!

The first tool for you to create is a positive belief system and resilient mindset about your dream. This positive belief system will show up for battle whenever doubt creeps in and is strengthened by compiling an arsenal of real world examples of how you and others have accomplished goals up until now. It also helps to acknowledge that everything that exists is the result of smaller pieces, and that every action counts. As Lao Tzu wisely said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a

single step.”

To do this, write down a list of every personal accomplishment that you can think of, and read that list daily.

Include the steps that it took you to go from start to finish, and acknowledge how each incremental piece created the end result.

Next, think of three people who are super inspiring to you—people who have achieved incredible things, have dreams similar to yours and have overcome adversity. This list might consist of friends, rock stars, teachers, athletes, artists, businesspeople, innovators, etc. Find out more about them: Where did they start? What obstacles did they have to overcome? How did they triumph over challenges? Being inspired by others will add to the confidence and motivation to continue on toward your dreams and to the positive belief that you will achieve them.

Oftentimes we get psyched out by the fear of failure, lack of clarity about how it’s all going to come together or the lack of positive self-belief, and we convince ourselves that what we want just isn’t possible. “Sure, maybe other people can become successful, but not me!” is the story that hijacks

our precious potential. But that’s just what it is: a story. We must learn to choose the thoughts that we accept as our reality. Use the tools above to prove to yourself that you are capable of achieving your goals one step at a time (by reflecting upon your past accomplishments) and be inspired by looking to others who have accomplished great things against all odds. As Henry Ford so accurately stated: “Whether you think you

can, or think you can’t, you are right.”

Thank you for reading!

To YOUR success!

Fawn Miller, C.P.C. Fawn Miller is a Sandpoint native and Life Coach serving people who are ready to jump-start their lives, connect with their passions, align with their purpose, experience true prosperity, and have a positive impact on the world. She would love to hear your questions, comments, and stories, and invites you to experience a FREE 90-minute Discovery Session!

Fawn can be reached at: fawn@fawnmillercoaching. com www.fawnmillercoaching. com

Random Corner the golden arches

Last week, McDonald’s tried something unheard of; they used fresh beef at a few test locations in Texas instead of frozen. Here are some random facts about that addicting restaurant chain:

•One in eight American workers has been employed

by McDonald’s.

•The first menu items at McDonald’s in the beginning were hot dogs, not hamburgers.

•McDonald’s Caesar Salad is more fattening than their hamburger.

•McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every 14.5 hours.

•McDonald’s is the world’s largest distributor of toys.

•McDonald’s is not the world’s largest restaurant chain. Subway is.

•If you live in the U.S., you are never more than 115 miles away from a McDonald’s.

•You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off all the calories from a Big Mac, large fry and super-size Coke.

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Sing, sing, sing

By Tim Henney Reader Contributor

I have written before about when, with fellow USAF draft dodgers in Georgia and later with jolly collegians in California, we harmonized our way through the early 1950s. Or tried to.

What I haven’t mentioned was our curious custom of belting out songs from and about the first world war. Decades before any of us beer-besotted vocalist wannabes were even a gleam in someone’s eye. Yet there we were, booming out with passion songs popular 40 or more years earlier, 1914 through 1918. The soundtrack to an estimated 10 million killed in “the war to end all wars.”

“Over There.” “It’s A Grand Old Flag.” “Mademoiselle From Armentieres.” “Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag.” “There’s A Long Long Trail A Winding.” “For Me And My Gal.” “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down On The Farm (after they’ve seen Paree?)”.

The first two were components of a rousing medley of George M.Cohan tunes that included “Give My Regards To Broadway,” and “Harrigan.”

My mother’s maiden name was Harriman. Her father, Dr. T. G. Harriman of Long Beach, Ca., taught her and her little sister to sing Harriman instead of Harrigan. And they did, right through their reckless 1920s flapper years, and beyond. When I was growing up it was not unusual of a Saturday evening to find the inviting, expansive, stepdown living room in the family’s tile-roofed, Spanish-style early SoCal homestead brimming with friends and relations. Fortified with bourbon old fashioneds they bellowed out “Harrigan” then segued into other compatible George M. Cohan tunes.

Years later I taught those songs to fellow non-combatants in Georgia piano bars while holding the North Koreans at bay.

And later, as noted, those rousing lyrics were shared with collegians in California. The most stirring of

Homesick 19-year-old basic trainees singing at Turner AFB, Albany, Geo. in March, 1951. Left to right: Harvey Lyon, Tim Henney and Lonnie Jenkins.

World War I songs, though, was none of the above.

Somewhere in far-off Scandinavia an elderly couple kept a pet rary. A large, ambling animal resembling a small elephant, the rary developed a fatal disease. A veterinarian advised euthanasia.

The grieving couple lived near a high cliff. They decided the most humane way to end their rary’s life would be to shove it over the cliff as it was happily munching grass. In tears, the husband prepared to push it over. Suddenly his wife wailed, “No! It’s a long way to tip a rary!”

“It’s A Long Way To Tipperary” is a British military marching song from 1914. More importantly, it’s one of the most energetic tribal bonding songs ever sung.

Especially with banjo and piano accompaniment and maybe sawdust on a barroom floor in the early 1950s. Back when regular folks sometimes just stood around singing songs. With no computers, Twitter, violent video games, Facebook or reality TV, what else could we do?

If early 1950s songsters’ fascination with World War I tunes was inexplicable, our fondness for Roaring Twenties hits was less puzzling. The jazz age. More

oomph. “If You Knew Susie.”

“Margie.” “Sleepy Time Gal.” “Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue.”

W”e’ll Build A Bungalow (Big Enough For Two).” “Baby Face.”

“I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover.” Maybe it made us feel at one with the rakish coonskin coat crowd. The gin-filled silver flask and Stutz Bearcat-driving generation that preceded us. The Great Gatsby gang. Much of which, but not all, was mythic.

Reader readers reading previous columns by this writer about raucous songfests, collegiate anthems on the beach at SoCal’s Dana Point before it became a housing development, might conclude he was a wretched hedonist. A wastrel.

A kinder assessment is that he pursued a less conventional academic route to adulthood. In school I cunningly sidestepped the difficult subjects necessary for later prosperity and happiness. No physics, trigonometry, Latin, chemistry or statistics. No sir. In high school I majored in producing and emceeing student body assemblies, then in college, producing and emceeing student body “spring sings” and homecomings. I ought not admit it, but it paid off.

Years later, midway through an agreeable corporate journalism career in NYC, a spontaneous songfest erupted one evening among a weary cadre of attendees after a day-long conference in Princeton, N.J. As had happened years before in Georgia and California, I found my fellow Hq. staffers looking and listening to me for lyrics.

Among them was C.L. “Charlie” Brown, CEO of our employer, AT & T, parent company of the Bell Telephone System and then the world’s biggest corporation.

I had worked with Charlie (yeah, just like that other Charlie Brown, although it was in one’s best interests not to cite the comparison) on speeches and related projects. So I knew him. But singing the old songs made us buddies. Charlie and his gracious wife, Annlee, were corporate social creatures, hosting black-tie parties in NYC’s most luxurious ballrooms and private clubs whenever a board member or senior officer retired. In large measure because of Charlie, Annlee and I knew the same old songs, I became the party strategist. In addition to my usual, less intoxicating corporate chores.

These parties always centered around music. If the honoree was a Yale alum, for example, I’d bring Yale’s singers down from New Haven to perform “The Whiffenpoof Song” with an extra verse of personalized lyrics. Once, to teach grumpy engineering and business brass how to move and shake their booties dancing “The Super Bowl Shuffle” (don’t ask) I brought in Willie Gault, the 1986 Super Bowl champ Chicago Bears’ wide receiver.

Most memorable for me was the final Bell System Presidents’ Conference, at Arizona’s Wigwam Resort after the 100-yearold business had been shredded by the Reagan administration.

My plan for the program’s sentimental close featured Charlie and Annlee Brown onstage, house lights dimmed, singing “Thanks For The Memory.” For

reasons I can’t recall, quite possibly emotion, Charlie told me to pinch hit for him and sing the duet with Annlee. I did. Some in the audience of 150 corporate tycoons and spouses, corporately together for the last time, actually wept. It was 1984. Could that happen in big business today?

Parties weren’t in my job description, but of the many jobs I had over the years I liked that one best. It was emceeing those high school assemblies, singing in those Georgia piano bars, and belting out the oldies at California beach parties jelled into one. Charlie Brown once asked me to jot down the words to the Johnny Long Orchestra jive arrangement of “A Shanty In Old Shantytown” and its flip side, “Blue Skies.” I did, on the spot.

Not once did he ever ask me about calculus. Or even geometry. Thank God. There’s a lot more music around today than then, and by musicians who know what they’re doing. On weekend nights, for instance, Sandpoint rocks with local talent. In yesteryear pop songs were recorded by celebrity singers and bands.

Ordinary schmucks like me bought their records and sang their songs at parties, in cars and around campfires. We prided ourselves on imitating Frankie Laine doing “Black and Blue” and “That’s My Desire.” And Nat Cole’s “Walkin’ May Baby Back Home.” And “Vaya Con Dios” by Les Paul and Mary Ford. We danced to our musical heroes and heroines via Wurlitzer jukeboxes.

Today nobody stands around, shoulder to shoulder, imitating Beyonce, Jay-Z, Adele or John Legend. Why should they?

Every fourth person has a band or is in one. In 60 years we’ve come from pop music lemmings to pop music leaders. That’s undoubtedly good.

Still, it was fun when people just sang. Not well, but with feeling. Not for applause and acclaim. Just for the joy of it.

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Timberfest returns to Bonner County

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

For the first time in 15 years, Timberfest will return to the Bonner County Fairgrounds.

On Saturday, June 4, grab the whole family and engage in a day of fun and entertainment, while also learning about how the timber industry benefits Bonner County.

“Everybody has really worked hard to put this together and bring it back,” said Rhonda Livingstone, Bonner County Fair Director. “We’re really proud of our timber industries, and Timberfest should be a lot of fun this year.”

Livingstone said the fun kicks off at 10 a.m. and goes clear until midnight, with exhibitions, competitions, machinery on display, food and drinks and live music by the Devon Wade Band.

For Mike Henley, plant manager with Idaho Forest Group, Timberfest is a way to honor the history of this region: “It was unfortunate that Timberfest faded away. We owe it to keep that going and educate

the community on the heritage and history of the timber industry.”

A small list of contributing companies who helped bring Timberfest back includes Idaho Forest Group, Stimson Lumber, Caterpillar, Rowand Machinery, Western States and Pierce Auto Center. There will also be a wood carver from Denmark, as well as an exhibition by Carson Bosworth—a legendary competitor in logging sports who originally hails from Bonners Ferry.

The Carson Bosworth Lumberjack exhibition will feature a mixture of old-time lumberjack sports that have evolved into the modern sport of Timbersports. Events will include Hot Saw (snowmobiling chainsaw), an Obstacle Pole race, Axe Throwing, Underhand Chopping, Standing Chopping, Springboard Chopping, chainsaw carving, chair carving with a chainsaw, single crosscut sawing, double crosscut sawing versus chainsaw, a special chainsaw that cuts by itself with no operator, logrolling, tree climbing and a discussion about the historical

events and uses of lumberjack skills.

A handful of professional Timbersports lumberjacks will take part in the exhibition, including Carson Bosworth (Lake Geneva, Wisc.), Mark Dufresne (Grey, Maine), Preben Palsgaard (Arden, Denmark), Ty Oliver (Clark Fork, Idaho) and Bill and Max McGarry (Lewiston, Idaho).

Later in the day, there will be an awards ceremony and auction, with proceeds benefitting injured loggers.

Tickets are $15 per family (which includes two adults and two children) or $5 per adult and $3 per kid. Pre-sale tickets are available at Sandpoint Super Drug, Les Schwab, Wood’s Hay and Grain, Columbia Banks, Pend Oreille Vet Clinic, Akre’s Gift Shot and at the Bonner County Fair Office.

Also available online at www.bonnercountyfair. com.

Top: A pole climber works his way to the top. Middle: Competitors in springboard chopping. Bottom: The Devon Wade Band will perform at 7 p.m.

Schedule of Events 10-11 a.m.

Carson Exhibition #1 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Tug of War (Team Competition) 12-1 p.m.

Carson Exhibition #2 1-2 p.m.

Block Stacking Competition 2-3 p.m.

Carson Exhibition #3 3-4 p.m.

Tug of War (Team Competition Finals) 4-5 p.m.

Awards and Auction 5-6 p.m.

Jell-O Wrestling 7 p.m. to midnight Dance to live music with the Devon Wade Band (doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.)

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Printmaking class: Lino-cuts with

Alexandra Iosub @ Infini Art Studio B 214 Cedar St. Sandpoint, Idaho

In this class, students will bring finished or in-progress drawings they wish to transfer on linoleum, then start carving. Students will learn how to translate drawing marks into cut marks in a variety of ways to obtain texture and value. $20 per class + materials Mondays from 6-8 p.m.

To sign up or obtain more information about this class, send email to dhara108@gmail.com or call Infini Gallery at (208) 610-1323.

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Open Mic Night w/ Scott Reid 6-8pm @ Monarch Mountain Coffee All are welcome to attend this open mic night with Scott Reid. Held the first Thursday of every month Dollar Beers!

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Winter Ridge Speaker Series The annual S 6pm @ Winter Ridge 6pm @ Forres A class on chronic digestive problems The yearly af an update on Throwback Thursdays posal—which 7-11pm @ 219 Lounge past year—inc Featuring live music with Brian Japrojects, educ cobs and Chris Lynch Spring Serenade Instructors Concert Live Music w/ Chris Lynch 5pm @ First Lutheran Church 6pm - 9pm @ Arlo’s Ristorante Join the instructors from Sandpoint Music Con- Live Music w/ Marty Perron and Doug Bo servatory for a classical concert with works by 5:30-7:30pm @ Idaho Pour Authority the great masters. Also a hearty salad buffet to Mandolin and guitar duo from Sandpoint be enjoyed after the concert! All donations go Live Music w/ Beat Diggers towards scholarships for Conservatory students 9pm-12am @ 219 Lounge Great classics contemporary and originals

‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ film Summer So 5:30 & 8:30pm @ Panida Theater 4-6pm @ Pa Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admit- Join Northe tance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in for some gr mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy. PG-13 the Park Pla Bella Noté Open House Timberfest 9:30am @ Bella Noté Music Studios 10am @ Bonner County Fairgrounds After a 15-year hiatus, Timberfest is back in Bon- (1205 Hwy 2 Suite 101 A) ner County! There will be exhibitions at 10 a.m., Come get a taste of our many musical p noon and 2 p.m. featuring skill-testing events such the whole family; meet our instructors as the cross cut back, hot saw, axe throw, under- music classes for children from 15 mon hand cut, and more. Plus, check out the wacky 15 years of age! www.BellaNoteSandpo Live Music w/ Justin Lantrip wrestling competitions involving gelatin, and a 5:30-7:30pm @ Idaho Pour Authority dance at 7 p.m. with the Devon Wade Band Sandpoint singer/songwriter

Game Night at the Niner Sandpoint Chess Club 9pm @ 219 Lounge ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ fil 9am @ Evans Brothers Coffee Meets every Sunday at 9am. All are welcome 5:30 & 8:30pm @ Panida Theater Monday Night Blues Jam w/ Truck Mills 7:30pm @ Eichardt’s Pub

Learn to dance the Swing – 7pm @ SWAC Learn the Triple Time East Coast Swing from Diane Peters. 610-1770 for info

Seniors Day 9am-12pm @ Bonner Mall Walk the mall, listen to Karaoke Night speakers, learn health tips, 10pm - Midnight @ 219 Lounge enter drawings, play bingo and enjoy free refreshments

Trivia Night 7pm - 9pm @ MickDuff’s

Sip & Shop Fundraiser for Panida 4-7pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery 10% of all proceeds from the gift shop, tasting room and restaurant will be donated to the Panida Theater

First Tuesday at Eichardt’s 7pm @ Eichardts Pub Enjoy this monthly music event hosted by Jake Robin featuring a special guest

Dobbes Family Estate Dinner 5:30pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery A five course dinner with Dobbes.

Reservations are required, and cost is $55 per person

Lake Pend Oreille tour Dollar Beers!

1pm @ Kramer Marina (East Hope) 8pm @ Eichardt’s Pub A tour of Lake Pend Oreille in teh Shawno- Good until the keg’s dry dese led by Anna Armstrong of the Kalispel Tribe. We will board at 12:45 p.m. and the oat launches promptly at 1 p.m. and will return to the dock at 4 p.m.

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annual State of the Scotchmans Meeting @ Forrest M. Bird Charter School yearly affair is a chance for FSPW staff to give pdate on the Scotchman Peaks wilderness prol—which has made some exciting progress in the year—including legislative progress, stewardship ects, education and outreach over the past year

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

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Adult Grief Support Group 6-7:30pm @ BGH Classroom Free group held by BGH Community Hospice on the first and third Thursday of each month in the classroom at BGH. 265-1179 for more info

Live Music w/ Ira Wolf 5-8pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery d Doug Bond Independent new-folk singer/songwriter. rity Wolf uses her Americana melodies and dpoint honest lyrics to connect on an intimate and vulnerable level with her audience

Live Music w/ Brian Jacobs 6:30-9:30pm @ MickDuff’s Beer Hall Local singer/songwriter with a great collection of songs you’ll love to tap your foot to

Live Music w/ The Incredible Flying Dookie Bros 9pm-12am @ 219 Lounge riginals Great classsic sound of rock favorites! ummer Sounds Sandpoint Sojourn with Pancakes at a Mudhole Arbor Day celebration 6pm @ Park Pl. Stage 2pm @ Greasy Fingers Bikes N Repair 9am-1pm @ Lakeview Park in Northern Exposure Join us as we lead an overnight bike trip from Sand- Celebrate Arbor Day with a r some great tunes on point to the Mudhole Campground in Priest River, fun ceremony, native plants e Park Place Stage Idaho (approximately 30 miles). We will ride from sale, bake sale, tours of the the shop on Saturday at 2 p.m., drink some beers Arboretum and a special dediStudios around the campfire, camp overnight, enjoy a pan- cation. Free admission, public cake breakfast and return Sunday mid-day. Please welcome musical programs for call Greasy Fingers to RSVP: 255-4496.

Live Music w/ Chris Lynch nstructors and try out Free First Saturday at the Museum 6pm - 9pm @ Arlo’s Ristorante m 15 months through 10am-2pm @ Bonner Co. Museum Book Signing with Marsha Lord oteSandpoint.com Enjoy free admission and view Era III 11am-2pm @ Inquire Within p of the Tales from the Wardrobe featur- Lord will be reading and giving a talk uthority ing the 1940-1959 era about her book. Free admission Live Music w/ Ron Criscoine BBQ Chicken Dinner To Go Fundraiser 5-8pm @ Pend d’Oreille Winery 11am-3pm @ Sandpoint Teen Center Eclectic mix of ‘60s to present nfinity’ film Stop by and grab a BBQ meal for $15, to either Infini Gallery Monthly Exhibition a Theater take out or eat in. 263-3564 5-8pm @ Infini Gallery Sunday in the Park – 1-5pm @ Farmin Park @ SWAC Join us for the seventh consecutive rotaSwing from A free celebration of the arts with fun and games, tion of monthly artists live music. Fun for the whole family Spring Serenade Instructors Concert Eichardt’s 5pm @ First Lutheran Church (526 S Olive Ave.) Pub A classical concert with works by the great masters presented hly music by the staff of the Music Conservatory. Join the group for a ke Robin, hearty salad buffet to be enjoyed after the concert! All donaguest tions go towards scholarships for Conservatory students

onversation — 6-8pm @ Ivano’s Ristorante We Want to Talk About.” We are seeking new interests, innovative projects, ernative venues for more art in Sandpoint. The Conversation is a FREE y event with the intent to support our artist community by cultivating conons on and about the creative processes for all the visual, literary, and perg artists in and around Sandpoint. Questions? 263-1592 Winter Ridge Speaker Series ack Thursdays at the 219 6pm @ Winter Ridge @ 219 Lounge g live music with Brian Jacobs Healing salves and balms class ds, $2 domestics and $3 crafts. Jazz ‘n Java aying in this informal open mic 6-8pm @ Monarch Mountain Coffee All players welcome! Sit in with a rhythm ing every Thursday night section, play solo or just listen! Hosted by Larry Mooney

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KNPS plans special Arbor Day celebration

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

Though Arbor Day occurred over a month ago, the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society (KNPS) has planned a very special celebration that falls on Saturday, June 4. Just think of it as having two Arbor Days in one year. I don’t think anyone will complain about that.

KNPS and the Arboretum will have an open house Arbor Day Celebration at Lakeview Park on the corner of Ella and Ontario Streets. This year will mark the 18th annual event co-sponsored by KNPS, the City of Sandpoint Parks and Recreation, the Sandpoint Tree Committee and the Bonner County History Museum.

“What’s really going to maker this Arbor Day special is we’ll be dedicating a mural that’s been painted by Marilyn McIntyre,” said Rae Charlton, president of KNPS. “She’s one of the unsung heroes around our town and we’re really excited to honor her. She’s probably got 150 hours involved in this mural already, and she doesn’t charge us anything for creating this wonderful art.”

McIntyre’s mural, measuring around four feet by six feet, will be placed permanently on the information kiosk on the path to the cabin. It has been titled “Our Wondrous Watershed,” and highlights flora and fauna of the region, which is what KNPS is all about. To learn more about McIntyre, read the sidebar to this article.

The fun kicks off Saturday, June 4 at 9 a.m. with a proclamation awarding Sandpoint a “Tree City USA” designation

by Mayor Shelby Rognstad.

This marks the 20th year Sandpoint has carried the Tree City USA designation, which has four criteria to meet for the honor. First, a town must have an established tree committee.

Second, it must have a tree care ordinance on the books. Third, an urban forestry program with a budget equal or greater to $2 per capita must exist. Finally, the town must celebrate an annual Arbor Day event.

After the dedication, there will be a huge native plant sale and bake sale, with proceeds benefitting KNPS. There will also be tours of the arboretum for anyone interested.

Founded nearly 20 years ago by Sandpoint visionary Lois Wythe, KNPS is dedicated to promoting native plant species throughout North Idaho.

The organization currently has 123 members, many of which are constant volunteers.

“We have so many members who give so much,” said Charlton. “We want to showcase native plants, educate people about them and how to conserve them. We also want to encourage homeowners to incorporate native plants in their gardens.”

According to Charlton, native plants have many advantages for area gardens. They often don’t need fertilizer, and many are deer resistant. Also, once they are established, native plants are far easier to care for than non-native plants.

In the Arboretum, which encapsulates about one acre on the southeast part of Lakeview Park, all the native plants are divided up into their native habitats.

“This is really helpful for the homeowner,” said Charlton.

“Because if they’ve got a pure sun site, or a rocky site, they can look at the Arboretum and see a similar area and what it has growing there.”

For more information about KNPS, or to join, check out http://www.nativeplantsociety. org.

Sandpoint artist Marilyn McIntyre kneels before her mural “Our Wondrous Watershed” to be unveiled at the Arbor Day Celebration this weekend

Spotlight on Marilyn McIntyre When artist Marilyn McIntyre first starts the process for a painting, the first thought that goes through her head is: “What can I do to help?” It’s something that had been drilled into her since she started painting at two years old.

McIntyre’s mural “Our Wondrous Watershed” will be featured at the Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, June 4, where it will be installed on the information kiosk permanently.

It’s without a doubt that her beautiful mural will certainly help generations in the future get in touch with their watershed and the plants and animals that live in it.

“I grew up with a father who was a nurseryman and a tree rancher,” said McIntyre.

“He taught me to love everything, to look under rocks, to look up Latin names for plants and draw them.”

In an attempt to pay it forward, McIntyre has dedicated

her mural to the area’s children, hoping to pique their curiosity when it comes to native plants.

“They stand to gain the most from the work we are doing to teach them and their parents about native plants and their importance to our ecosystem,” she said.

After retiring from the Idaho Department of Lands for 20 years, McIntyre has focused mostly on her work painting watercolors of natural scenes.

She said her home has been a great place of creation for art because of the solitude it offers.

“I’ve lived up Grouse Creek for 35 years, way off the grid, at the very top,” she said. “The old Humbird Lumber horse logging camps are just beyond my place.”

McIntyre wanted to paint a mural that showed the relationship between the animals and plants of our area.

“I wanted to show the in-

terdependence between them,” she said. “I wanted to show our wondrous watershed. We’re in one of the wettest places in the world, and I really wanted kids to get that connection when they see the mural.”

McIntyre has always painted with watercolor, but decided to try something new for the mural to be dedicated on Saturday; acrylic paint.

“You can control oils and acrylics better than you can watercolor, and I knew that the watercolors just weren’t going to show up,” she said. “So I got some really fluid acrylics and really had fun.”

McIntyre also writes a column for the KNPS newsletter called “A Voice from the Moist Montane,” and has participated in the Friends of Scotchman Peaks “Plein Air” outdoor painting series for seven years, winning “Best in Show” with her watercolors.

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The Lovers’ Retreat

By Ben Olson Reader Staff

Some time ago, I surprised my girlfriend, Cadie, with a weekend at one of the many amazing vacation rentals in the area. We ended up having such a great time, I thought I’d share the experience with you, dear readers.

To start with, there wasn’t any occasion for the surprise.

I’ve found that most surprise gifts and excursions are more meaningful when they aren’t attached to any sort of obligation. We like to get out of town on the rare weekends when we’re not playing music, but what’s better than leaving town without actually leaving?

Enter the Lovers’ Retreat spiritual getaway. I first heard of this gem through Jeanelle Shields, who owns the home with her husband, Jack. We made a trade arrangement for her to run a few ads for a weekend rental. I’m always a fan of barter and trade, so I went for it. I had no idea at the time, but I was about to score major brownie points with Cadie.

To start with, Jeanelle is a sweetheart. She treats customers not like a source of income, but as valued, honored guests. When we pulled into the driveway, after driving a grand total of 15 minutes from Sandpoint, we looked out over the expansive views of Lake Pend Oreille and couldn’t believe this was our home for the weekend.

The house has a big, beautiful deck that is very private.

An intimate hot tub hugs one corner, while an outdoor fire feature and chairs take up the other side. The rest is wide and open, the perfect place to do naked yoga. Or lay drinking whiskey and ginger ale naked.

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After a short conversation with Jeanelle, who gave us the lay of the land over the phone and was genuinely excited for our weekend, we made ourselves at home. The floor plan of the home is open and inviting, with lots of windows that give it a bright, comfortable feeling. The kitchen is neat and modern, with everything you’d ever need. You could bake a cake just with the ingredients Jeanelle has in the pantry. She even left a dozen farm fresh eggs and a bottle of wine for us to enjoy.

The bed is one of our favorite spots in the house. It sits perched before a series of floorto-ceiling picture windows that look out over the deck and the lake. It’s just like sleeping outside, without dealing with cold, heat, bugs or rain. We had two sunny days and one rainy one during our stay, but we weathered them all on our bed with absolute comfort.

Near the bed is a fireplace next to a television. We brought along old, classic movies and watched them by the firelight. If you tire of this fireplace, there’s another one in the living room.

In fact, the living room is a whole other area of the house we hardly even tapped into.

Though it’s difficult to leave the house once you arrive, inevitably cabin fever sets in.

Like Jeanelle said, “Once you get there, you won’t want to leave.” Luckily, there is a great little hiking trail at the end of the road, and Hope is just five minutes away. Ice House Pizzeria is a great lunch option, and also provides much-desired leftovers. If push comes to shove, Sandpoint is just 15 minutes away in case we forgot anything crucial.

After this weekend perched on the edge of Eagen Mountain, Cadie and I vowed we would return as often as we could. We

Get away from it all... without leaving North Idaho

sometimes neglect leaving town because of all the preparation it takes, but when you can drive 15 minutes away and feel like you’re staying in another world, that’s even better.

Though it was sad to leave, we drove away from Eagen Mountain refreshed, happy and ready to face the real world again. In the ad, Jeanelle advertises this home as a “soul experience,” and she couldn’t be more correct. Our souls had been cleansed by a weekend away, vacationing in our home-

town. I can’t recommend it more.

Don’t take my word for it, though. Check out the website for the Lovers’ Retreat and plan your own weekend away. It’s worth it, trust me.

To learn more or to book a weekend away from it all, go to www.LoversGetawayRetreat. com, or call Jeanelle Shields at 208-255-9927.

Top: The coolest bed in North Idaho, perched before the deck overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. Middle: A gourmet kitchen comes fully stocked, even with fresh farm eggs waiting for us in the fridge. Bottom: The outdoor fire feature that makes a great place to hang out and sip on a few cold ones in front of the lake.

Photos from Lovers’ Retreat website.

Mad about Science:

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist

Brought to you by:

Giant numbers

Oh no, it’s a post about math! Hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your high school textbook!

It’s okay, I promise. You know how we do things in Mad About Science, and you should be stoked that we’re about to make math awesome up in here.

What does math have to do with science? Everything. Math and science are like two puzzle pieces in a huge multi-trillion piece puzzle—you just can’t complete the jigsaw of Nyan Cat without it. Math and Science are like equal weights on a cosmic scale. Try to use one without the other, and your scale will be totally out of balance. It’s hard to weigh things when your scale won’t work.

Since we like to do it big, I’d like to cover some big numbers. What’s the biggest number you can think of? If you’re a kid, a million probably pops into your head: 1,000,000. Not too bad, it’s higher than I can count in one, or several sittings. If you’re an adult, you probably have an even bigger number in mind, one the politicians like to throw around to scare people who don’t know how national economies work: the national debt. At the time of this article it was $19,249,637,400,000—over nineteen trillion dollars. Now that’s a lot of cheddar for one person, which is what is always insinuated when it’s brought up, but if you divide that by 319,000,000 (roughly the population of the United States, including children), it comes out to about $6,034 each. Still a lot of money, but not nearly as bad as 19 trillion!

Well that was a big and scary number, what else you got?

How about 100 octillion? What’s that, and why is it important?

One hundred octillion, written out, looks like this: 100,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000, or 100 followed by 27 zeroes. That’s pretty cool, but what is it?

It’s a rough estimate of how many stars exist in the universe. The entire universe.

Each with any number of planets swirling around them at any given time. Some may have none, some may have, as our system has shown us, up to 8 not including dwarf planets, maybe even more.

That’s a big number, but I think we can go bigger. What about a googol? You’re probably thinking about what you use to look up the taco truck’s number or random trivial facts for your next science article.

That’s Google, and the creators named Google after the number googol, or one

followed by 100 zeroes. That’s pretty cool, so if I can just put a big number in superscript behind a 10, I can just make big numbers? What if I do 10 to the googol power?

Then you have a googolplex, a one followed by a googol zeroes behind it.

I’ll let you write that one out in longhand.

Spoiler alert: it would take you well over 13.4 billion years, the age of the universe from start until now.

That’s mind-bendingly huge. Is it even possible to go bigger than that?

Theoretically, you can go on infinitely, but that’s just cheap. Instead, we’re going to go off with a brief glimpse of what was, at one time, a world record holder for the world’s largest number. This number is so mind-bendingly large, so over-the-top massive, so completely colossal that there is no parallel to it that exists in our entire universe.

So how does it work?

Traditional mathematics has towers of power, like we were showing earlier. Let’s say three to the third power, which makes 27, which we put to the third power, which makes 19,683, which we put to the third power, which makes 7,625,597,484,987 (Thank you, calculator!). Mathematician Ron Graham decided to crank it up a few innumerable notches, and instead of going for towers of power, decided to make towers of towers.

To try to explain how that works, the first layer of the tower is three.

The next layer of the tower is 7,625,597,484,987. The tower after that has 7,625,597,484,987 exponents of three.

The layer after that uses that ridiculously large number to tell us how many exponents of three we will use in the next level. This goes on 64 times, creating a number big enough to melt your brain into mush. Must be pretty close to infinity, right? It’s approximately zero percent of infinity.

Now that your head hurts, there are numbers even bigger than that humans have discovered. The current world record holder is Rayo’s number, a number even I’m scared to try and explain. Past this point, we start reaching numbers referred to as transfinite. In other words, they may be infinite, they may not be. We’re not adequately equipped to truly understand that quite yet. No matter what happened or what we may or may not understand, we really put that $5 cup of coffee into perspective!

Selle Valley Carden School gets nonprofit certification

By Reader Staff

Selle Valley Carden School is excited to announce that as of July 1, 2016 the private school will be a nonprofit organization.

SVCS believes this transition will benefit the many families and community members who generously donate materials, money, and services to the school. These contributors will now be able to recieve a tax benefit for their generosity.

Being a nonprofit will also benefit the students’ education by making SVCS eligible for additional grants and the ability to more readily obtain advanced curriculum.

SVCS is a Christian school offering strong academic curriculum using the Carden Method in a Christ-centered classroom with a non-traditional, hands-on teaching approach which encourages the child’s curiosity and inspires a love for learning. SVCS spends a minimum of one day each week in an outdoor classroom learning handson in forestry, snow school, hydrol-

ogy, alpine skiing, biking, animal dissection, gardening, horsemanship, Archery, farming, outdoor survival, wood shop, swimming and more.

The focus on a child’s overall growth encourages not only academic readiness and preparedness, but also social, emotional, spiritual and physical growth. Children have the opportunity to explore, question and learn in a fun and supportive environment.

“We enthusiastically look forward to Selle Valley Carden School becoming a nonprofit so we can become the best we can be and give your children the best education we possibly can!” said Stacy Rief, Selle Valley Carden School’s thirdthrough fifth-grade teacher.

Enrollment is open for Preschool through 5th grade for the 2016-2017 school year. Enrollment information and more details about SVCS are available at www.sellevalleycardenschool.com.

Have you complimented someone today? Try this; just once a day, tell someone they look nice or that you like their hair or outfit. Just one nice interaction can sometimes make the difference in someone’s week.

Handweaving classes offered

By Reader Staff A very beginning handweaving class is on the schedule at Blue Flag Handweaving Studio in Sandpoint. The two-day class will be held Saturday June 11 and Sunday June 12, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. both days Participants will weave a useable first project, start to finish, while learning how to set up and use a four-shaft loom, read patterns and determine yarn requirements. All materials and use of looms and other equipment is included in the price of $165.00. Registration deadline is Saturday, June 4.

Blue Flag owner Kristie Sherrodd, who has taught weaving since 1989 in studio, workshop and university set-

tings, will teach the course.

Blue Flag Handweaving Studio, located at 1223-B Michigan Street, is Sherrodd’s working handweaving studio. It is also a retail store, offering supplies for weaving, handspinning and other fiber pursuits as well as classes.

It is open Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays from noon until 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and by appointment.

For more information about classes at Blue Flag or to register, please call 208-263-4600 or visit BlueFlagWeaving.com.

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Casual Hugging

The awkwardness of

By Rob Kincaid Reader Contributor

I must address hugging.

I don’t like casual hugging.

I never have. I remember not liking it as a little boy. Elaine Eaton was a hello and goodbye hugger. She’s not to blame for my feelings but it’s my earliest hello and goodbye hugging memory. Somewhere along the line Elaine succumbed to the casual hug habit, as so many of you have. It seems the hug has taken the place of the handshake. Where a simple, “Hello, may I take your coat?” once sufficed it’s now hugs all around and I long for the old days of pre-hug simplicity.

I am thinking of making my home a hug-free zone, although I’m certain serial offenders will find clever ways to hug hello.

Perhaps they’ll slip into the bedroom and grab a hug while laying coats on the bed or be the first to move to the living room and steal a quick hug in private, disdainful and scornful of the hug free zone.

It is the casual greeting and goodbye hug is that is utterly superfluous. Not only have these hugs insinuated themselves into our daily lives as a social necessity, but one must also navigate the different styles of hugs.

I’ll divide them into categories: The bro hug The girlfriend hug (and the most challenging of all) The boy-girl hug The bro hug is easiest for me to figure out. It is usually a strong full-body hug with a little slap on the shoulders or back.

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Dude, I love you too, bro, but you’re crushing my rib cage.

Usually there is at least a little grunt of feigned delight, which is a subtle way of expressing just how out of hand hugging has become. Alternatively, there may be an expression of friendship solidarity: “Love you man,” or, “Great to see you, man.” The bro hug is exquisite in its awkwardness, both men knowing they have only arrived at the habitual hug through a socially creeping obligation to show their feminine side.

Predicting the ever mutating elements during the platonic boy-girl hug is the most challenging. There are several ways the woman will control this hug and as one can’t know exactly how she will proceed, this type of hug can be a very confusing. In the seconds leading up to the moment of embrace there will usually be eye contact. If you are paying attention, you may discern clues to some of the characteristics of the impending hug such as length of hug and level of squeeze-tightness.

If you get these wrong you’ll spend the rest of the evening in abject dread of the goodbye hug. If you can quickly calculate her body language, you may be able to tell how many arms to use, potential foot position, positioning of the head and chest and most importantly and delicate of all—dealing with her comfort level of pelvic proximity.

All pelvic positioning cues should be taken from the woman. The man should never be oblivious to this important point. If she bends slightly at the hip allowing her posterior to move back a little, it’s indicative of her desire to achieve pelvic space; the man should do that too. One must be mindful to bend in the same manner as a matter of demonstrating respect for pelvic clearance.

But the more difficult postural maneuver clue to detect is that of proper chest deportment. This aspect of the boy girl hug requires a great deal of care. If the woman’s bend seems a little exaggerated, con-

fusing your understanding of her body language, it may not be a clue for pelvic positioning at all. It might be designed to keep you from a full chest hug.

It seems some women don’t want you coming straight in to the breast, so they bend forward, tilting their torso down to accept contact in a modified angular position with your chest descending to a similar angle. This position situates the top of each hugger’s breasts in perfect alignment with contact being at the clavicle rather than straight in, nipple to nipple.

This makes for a very awkward head angle forcing the front of the neck on to each other’s shoulder and in critical circumstances can induce choking. When combined with the exaggerated pelvic-gap style of hug it often becomes self-consciously unbearable for both parties but is mercifully short.

Women also exhibit subtle signs of discomfort when hugging each other. They usually betray their awkward-

ness with a tight smile, or they continue to talk loudly and giggle nervously during the hug. With a woman-to-woman hug the two will often sidle up toward each other extending one arm then squeezing gently.

Rarely is there a hand pat and it’s seldom you’ll see the full chest-hug characteristic of the man-to-man hug, although it’s nice when it happens.

Infrequent but more tolerable is the full frontal boy-girl hug. It is similar to the bro hug but without the guttural utterances typical of that style.

It is of all the hugs discussed the least uncomfortable. It demonstrates she is perfectly comfortable with you and welcomes your friendship. It is often a little longer than average and surprisingly, comes with the fewest psychological side effects. But rather than as a force of habit, it should be reserved for special occasions or when drinking has gotten out of hand.

STAGE & SCREEN Shakespeare Summer Sundays at the Panida

By Ben Olson Reader Staff As a lover of the English language, I can’t help but give a nod to one man who probably influenced it more than any other; William Shakespeare.

Not only did Shakespeare introduce many words and phrases to the English language, but also he invented names that are still widely used today. Names such as Jessica, Olivia and Miranda for example.

This year marks 400 years since the famous bard’s death, and the Panida Theater is celebrating his work and genius with a film series of celebrated titles from the BBC this summer, culminating in dramatic fashion with the acclaimed film “West Side Story.”

The best part of all? It’s totally free to attend. Donations are happily accepted, and will help cover theater expenses, but if you’re tight on cash and want some culture, this is the spot for you.

Shakespeare Summer Sundays at the Panida will feature the following films featuring the work of Shakespeare: June 12 – “Shakespeare & Us,” 2012 June 26 – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 1971 July 10 – “Taming of the Shrew,” 2005 July 24 – “As you Like It,” 1963 August 7 – “West Side Story,” 1961 Check the Reader’s Stage & Screen page periodically for reminders and film times throughout the summer.

KRFY announces music lineup for drive

By Ben Olson Reader Staff As part of their annual on-air membership drive, KRFY 88.5FM Panhandle Community Radio has invited area musicians to come down and play some tunes on the air. You can either listen in at 88.5 FM, or come down to the old Snow River building on the corner of First Ave. and Cedar St. (in front of Cedar St. Bridge) and listen for free.

Friday, June 10, the following musicians will be playing live on the air: 10 a.m. - Betsy Hammet (Autoharp) 12 p.m. - Truck Mills (Singer/songwriter, blues) 2 p.m. - Ken MayGinnes (Singer/ songwriter on the guitar) 4 p.m. - Patrice Webb (Singer/songwriter on the guitar) 6 p.m. - Ruff Shod (Old time string music) 7 p.m. - RFB Band (Rock n’ Roll and much more) Saturday, June 11 will see the following musicians playing live on the air: 10 a.m. - Emily Baker (Singer/songwriter with a lot of soul) 12 p.m. - Music Conservatory of

Sanpdoint (Students) 2 p.m. - Monarch Mountain Band (Bluegrass) 4 p.m. - Bruce Bishop (Singer/songwriter on the guitar) 6 p.m. - Brandon Watterson (Singer/ songwriter on the guitar) 7 p.m. - Jake Robins & Friends (Jamming out) In addition to great live music, the annual membership drive is a chance for folks to renew their membership or become a new member. There will also be on-air interviews of community interests.

We’ve included the schedule here: Friday, June 10: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille Arts Council with Hannah Combs.

11 a.m. - Food For Our Children with Michelle Murphree 1 p.m. - Idaho Conservation League with Nancy Dooley 3 p.m. - The Panida Theater with Patricia White and Becky Revak Saturday, June 11: 9 a.m. - Eureka Institute with Steve Holt 11 a.m. - Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness with Britta Mireley

JUNE 3 & 4 @ 7pm

“HOCKNEY”

a portrait of the multifaceted artist from frank interviews with CLOSE friends and never before seen footage from his own personal archive

JUNE 4 @ 5:30 & 8:30pm / June 5 @ 3:30pm

“The Man Who Knew Infinity”

Beautifully directed, enthralling from the very first cut

JUNE 7 @ 6:30pm

Purple Rain

Celebration and Tribute to the Life of Prince JUNE 9 @ 7:30PM / JUNE 10 @ 5:30PM JUNE 11 @ 5:30 & 8:30PM / JUNE 12 @ 7:30PM

“SING STREET”

Happy Hour starts at 5:01pm with $1.00 off beer and wine

JUNE 18 @ 8:30pm / June 19 @ 5:30pm

“eye in the sky” Alan Rickman's final film

Shakespeare & Us / Cinema Paradiso just announced - gallagher’s final tour (september)

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The Straight Poop:

The quest for dog-friendly businesses in North Idaho

By Drake the Dog Reader Columnist

Where am I taking my humans today? Here are a few clues: •It’s one of those places, it was said, that you were scared to walk by as a kid.

•The original name was The Bohemia Bar, and it burned down in 1935.

•The name was changed to The Diamond when the building was restored.

•The original mascot was Gus the dog.

•The address is the name of the building.

•Wait for it—the Missus, Mister and I are strolling to the 219 Lounge—Idaho’s Five Star Dive Bar. If you want to get your own seat, the best time to get there for coffee or beer is Saturday or Sunday mornings.

Early afternoons and evenings are good times too. However, the puppy clientele turns into pumpkins later in the evening when it gets crowded (no worries, I don’t fancy crowds, as there’s not enough room to lift a leg).

Snips and snails and puppy dog tales abound at this place: •The original bar opened its doors in 1934.

•The 219 is North Idaho’s oldest watering hole.

•Gus (owned by 219’s regular customer, Chris Thurlow), was the official mascot. His claim to fame was having Chris put a treat on his nose, balancing the treat and sitting still until Chris said OK. Gus would pitch the treat in the air, catch it and eat it. Tourists would clamor to get their photos taken with Gus. There is a special plaque at the end of the bar to honor Gus, as he now resides over the rainbow bridge. Terry Fournier’s black lab, A-2, is now the official bar dog.

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resist buying this centerpiece for his wife Claudia at an Animal Shelter Pig Out fundraiser.

Once upon a time she was stolen. A customer ran the thief down, found the pig discarded in a snow bank, and returned her to the bar.

•The extensive remodel focused on keeping the 219’s storied past and art deco appearance. The restoration team uncovered historic hand painted murals painted by an artist from the Post Falls area. He would paint murals in bars in exchange for food and drinks.

What a dog’s life!

•At the entrance of the bar there is mural by Eugene Hayes circa 1971. He lost his arm in a flour mill accident and became a well-known local painter.

•A new generation now has a chance to enjoy the murals thanks to the restoration efforts of Nanette Cooper.

•The outside back patio “windows” allow vistas of Schweitzer, the Green Monarchs, the Festival Tent, the Old Tree Swing and Puke Hill.

•The infamous corner booth is so big that two dozen of my buddies can hang out there and snooze all night. However, most of the pack would prefer to play pool, dance, sing karaoke, listen to music, watch TV or smoke.

•The best-seller in the house is the 219 Pilsner. It won a gold medal in its class at the 2011 Great North American Brew Fest and is made by Laughing Dog. Why is one of the oldest bars in ski country so dog gone friendly? Owners Mel and Claudia Dick, (who bought “The Niner” nine years ago), told me that this tradition dates back 75 years. Dogs feel comfortable laying down at their owner’s feet observing the human five-o’clock-somewhere

Drake poses with 219 bar manager Glenn Lefebvre (right) and bartender and jack-of-all-trades Jesse Dawson (left) and the official bar dog, A-2.

ritual. This place is like Cheers for dogs---where everyone knows your name, and it’s OK to schedule doggie play dates.

Don’t get too excited though— there are no dog treats, so pack your own. Bring your ID, as we must be three years or older to belly up to the bar.

Niner Paws up: 1. Keep tabs on your owner.

2. Be socially well-behaved.

3. Clean your paws before putting them on the bar.

Niner Paws down: 1. Big rambunctious species stay home.

2. Dogs and karaoke on Tuesday night do not mix.

3. No leg-lifting on the beer keg urinal. The fire hydrant is outside.

4. Don’t confuse the urinal cakes with dog treats.

DOGGONE GREAT BUSINESSES: Here’s a list of all the dog-friendly businesses that Drake has sniffed out over the past year. This list will grow as he finds more and more.

Got a business you’d like featured in the Straight Poop? Send us an email at ben@sandpointreader.com. Until then, keep an eye out for the paw sticker around Sandpoint for our best dog-friendly businesses!

•Cedar Street Bistro •Sunshine Goldmine Co. •Alpine Shop •Lisa V. Maus Studio •Flying Fish Company •Taylor and Sons Chevrolet •Eve’s Leaves •Evans Brothers Coffee •Small House Winery •Petal Talk •Sharon’s Hallmark •Idaho Pour Authority •Sandpoint Upholstery and Design

•Carousel Emporium •Petco •Fresh Sunshine Flowers •Kyoko Sushi Bar •The Sandpoint Saturday Market, also featuring Kitchen Essentials, Boomers Barley and Biscuits, Staff of Life, American Angel Studio •219 Lounge

Definition of an Expert: Someone From Out of Town

It seems as though the above expression exp rings so true here in North Idaho. I’ve arrived at that conclusion because of the number of calls we get from people who had their satellite system installed by someone from elsewhere who called them and offered them a “great deal.” Now the system isn’t working, and they have no contact information for the company that installed it. They then find our name in the phone book or their system for free. online and assume we will service thei Satellite dealers are somewhat like new car dealers; we sell Dish like a car dealer would sell Chevrolet. There are literally thousands of dealers out there selling satellite systems. Many market on the Internet, telemarket on the phone, send you mailers in the mail and knock on your door. We have an ad in the Yellow Pages, an Internet site, a local storefront and advertise in the local paper and on the local radio.

One thing about our business that is different from car dealers is that our biggest competition comes from the satellite providers themselves. They advertise on TV, take out full-page ads in the newspaper and call you at home at dinnertime.

When questioned if it will be a local company doing the installation they will tell you yes even though that is rarely true. We constantly see their trucks and vans driving by our store. There are also more and more “fulfillment installers” coming from out of state, performing a substandard installation because they are untrained, under compensated and only interested in getting to their next install.

I want our potential and existing customers to know that a local company can provide the free equipment and free installation. The satellite providers like Dish incentivize us to acquire customers and install and service them. That money, coming from out of state, supports a payroll for employees who shop, pay rent and feed their families locally. We buy our fleet fuel and most of our supplies and tools here in Sandpoint. We help community, local athletics with contributions to the local arts communit and many other worthy local causes. Many thanks go out to our existing customers who continue to send their friends, neighbors and family members to us for their home entertainment needs.

And please remember that not all the experts are from out of town.

Lenny Hess Owner

Win free season passes to the Festival at Sandpoint!

By Ben Olson Reader Staff Now that we’ve got your attention with the word FREE, here’s the skinny on this contest: We want to give away two free season passes to the 2016 Festival at Sandpoint concert series.

These passes get you into each and every show for free. We’re talking Emmylou Harris, Ben Harper, Bruce Hornsby, Railroad Earth, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and more!

As we value the written word around here, the contest will involve writing a 500-word essay.

The winning essay will receive the two season passes, get their essay printed in the Reader and enjoy small town fame for about a week. Then life goes back to normal. Oh yeah, and the winning applicant must like our page on Facebook to be considered. I know, annoying, but we have to milk this contest for all it’s worth.

Still interested? Good. Now we’ll get into the details.

We’ve thought long and hard about this essay contest, and we’ve batted around several different ideas. The one that keeps coming back is the individual experience that the Festival provides to each of us. So, the theme for the essay will be: “What the Festival at Sandpoint means to me.”

You can talk about past performances and evenings that have affected your life. You can tell the story of how your fiancé proposed after a moving night under the stars. You can write about that time your band opened for someone famous. Most important is to tell a good story. Humor is always welcome, too.

Send your finished essays to ben@sandpointreader.com with FESTIVAL in the subject line.

Make sure you go on our Facebook page and like it, too. We will be checking. We’ll select the winner at some point in mid-July and announce it here on the music page.

Get writing, music fans!

Crossword Solution

This week’s RLW by Ben Olson

READ

As avid hikers, my girlfriend and I are always on the lookout for new trails. Almost as indespensible as our bottles of water is the book “Trails of the Wild Selkirks” by Dennis Nichols, with Jim Mellen.

The book, published locally by Keokee Books, is a treasure trove of information about hiking through the Selkirk Mountains. It’s really handy to have directions to various trails all in one place.

Also, make sure you check out the companion book by Nichols; “Trails of the Wild Cabinets.”

LISTEN

David Bazan is known in many circles for his creative work in indie band Pedro the Lion as well as Headphones. He has played with some of the best indie folksters out there, including Damien Jurado and Ben Gibbard. In 2006, he started doing solo work, which I think is equally masterful. The son of a pastor, Bazan utilizes heavy themes in a lighthearted manner, managing to tell stories with his lyrics as well as his melodies.

His latest solo album, “Blanco,” released this year, is a great example of an easy listening masterpiece.

WATCH

If you haven’t seen “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” do yourself a favor and check it out.

The 13-episode science documentary series featuring astrophysicist host Neil deGrasse Tyson and funded through the efforts of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, “Cosmos” takes incredibly complex scientific issues and boils them down into easily understood, visually stunning programs that everyone from children to the elderly can enjoy. They really did a great job. Buy the box set if you can - it will never get old.

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w o N & Then compiled by

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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.

A man and his dog standing among the bikes on the porch of L.D. Tracy’s Bicycle Shop at 528 Pine Street in Sandpoint. Photo taken May 12, 1916, just over 100 years ago. This building was the location of the Whatnot Shop in the late ‘40s and ‘50s.

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The same building today. It appears to be a private residence, though I couldn’t confirm because nobody answered to multiple knocks on the door.

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[adverb] 1. Very; exceedingly

/LAR-uh-ping/

“That was a larruping good meal.”

Corrections: Roses are red, bruises are blue. We found no mistakes, how about you?

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1. Gist 5. Awkward 10. Jokes 14. Monster 15. Player 16. Dwarf buffalo 17. Nutritious 19. Not short 20. Loving murmur 21. Sweater eaters 22. A type of dance 23. Socks and stockings 25. Adhesive 27. Half of a pair 28. Common man 31. Throng 34. Gloomy, in poetry 35. Nigerian tribesman 36. Sister and wife of Zeus 37. Rise rapidly 38. Stair 39. Append 40. Not these 41. Pizazz 42. Arduous 44. G 45. Microwaves 46. Topmost planking of a boat 50. Lawn cover 52. Twice 54. Female sib 55. Parental sister 56. Spectacles 58. A single time

Solution on page 21 59. Adjust again 60. Wise one 61. Lascivious look 62. Pretentious 63. Visual organs

DOWN 1. Hunt illegally 2. Snow house 3. Threesomes 4. Skirt’s edge 5. Overlook 6. Dapper 7. Nursemaid 8. Persist 9. Attempt

10. A group of star systems 11. Namelessness 12. Chime 13. Palm starch 18. Make improvements 22. Unit of pressure 24. Hawkeye State 26. Legumes 28. Delete 29. Cain’s brother 30. No 31. Gossip 32. Start over 33. Regulation 34. Predictor of disaster

37. Sneaker or pump 38. Goulash 40. Sounds of disapproval 41. Ringworm cassia 43. Sheen 44. Not innocent 46. Measuring instruments 47. Test, as ore 48. Feudal lord 49. S S S S 50. Jail (British) 51. Graphic symbol 53. A feat 56. Historic period 57. South southeast

Here’s a tip: If you ever decide to take apart a bird’s nest, to see how it’s made, first make sure it’s not somebody’s basket they got in South America.

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