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Bernie or Hillary? “Bernie. I waited six hours at the Spokane rally to see him. I think he’s the best bet for my daughter to go to college.” Adam Lawrence Asst. Admin at Schweitzer Sandpoint

“Hillary. I think Bernie isn’t realistic with his campaign promises, and I think he’s too old. I also think his socialist platform is going to hurt him in the end.” Rosemary Lucas-Olsen Retired Sandpoint “Bernie. In my adult life there has never been a candidate that has reflected my values as much.” Michael Bigley Schoolteacher Sandpoint

DEAR READERS,

I was talking with an old friend the other day and he asked what my days were like, now that I’m a big fancy newspaper publisher. I thought I’d share with you, dear readers, in the interest of humorous edification. First of all, I receive anywhere from 50-100 emails a day. Some days I can’t seem to check and respond to them fast enough to eliminate all the new messages in the inbox. I usually spend at least an hour on the phone daily with various community members; some pitching story ideas, some threatening me, some thanking me. The majority of the interactions are positive, though, which I’m grateful for. I spend another hour or two per day newsgathering, which is a fancy way of saying I read a lot of newspapers, websites and social media feeds. The stories that I think are pertinent either get shared on our Facebook, or we put them on a list for the future. Throw another hour or three on the pile for interviewing, writing and investigating stories for future editions. This is a part of my job I really enjoy because I get to interact with the community and practice the sacred art of telling a story. I eat lunch at my desk in 10 minutes flat. I spend at least 20 minutes per day just zoning out and staring at Schweitzer. I spend anywhere from one to three hours per day on layout and design, which is the biggest burden to my job. Most newspapers will have a designer who does all this. Most newspapers also have staffs of more than two people. Cameron and I wear many hats. I’ll spend another hour emailing back and forth with advertisers to update their ads. I like this part of the job, too, since it allows me to interact with the business leaders of our town. There are a lot of really cool people running businesses here in Sandpoint. I love when the mail comes, because it means I get to ride my bike to the bank to make a deposit and get some fresh air. Nate started doing trivia questions every day at Washington Trust. I’m zero for two so far. There’s always tomorrow. If it’s deadline day, it’s a safe bet I’ll spend at least 14 hours at work putting the paper to bed. The final hours of deadline are always a little hectic. Filling in last-minute holes, trying to sell last-minute ads, posting stories to our website—it all takes time. The last thing I do is usually write in this little box. I guess the reason I’m sharing this with you, dear readers, is to let you know that it takes a lot of work to bring this paper to you every week. We don’t have a bunch of money or a big staff or a corporate backer. It’s just Cameron and me and a handful of dedicated writers that provide us with their work gratis. We’re glad you enjoy reading us. I’m not complaining. Far from it. I love my job. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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COMMENTARY The nation’s public defender crisis: By Nick Gier Reader Columnist For almost a century the American Civil Liberties Union has been in the forefront in protecting the people’s constitutional rights. For this column I will focus on the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees full due process to criminal defendants and their right to legal counsel. In the 1963 case Gideon vs. Wainwright, the Supreme Court rendered a unanimous decision clarifying the right to counsel. Justice Hugo Black wrote that “reason and reflection require us to recognize that in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person hauled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him.” The ACLU has filed suits in Washington, Michigan, Idaho, California, and most recently in Louisiana, arguing that these states have failed to provide adequate counsel for their indigent defendants. On June 17, 2015, in its first action against an entire state, the ACLU sued Idaho because its public defenders were “under resourced, overburdened, and are often

Idaho makes some progress on standards and funding overworked.” The work load of Idaho’s public defenders was on average twice that of what the American Bar Association recommends. In addition to citing the lack of enough investigators and expert witnesses, the ACLU suit also states that “our plaintiffs have had to go before a judge for bail hearings, and even to enter pleas of guilty and be sentenced, without a lawyer present.” Many of them sit in jail because they cannot afford bail. In July 2015 the ACLU filed yet another suit against Fresno County, where an understaffed public defender office serves 25,000 clients. According to an ACLU news release, plaintiff Peter Yepez “did not see a public defender until he had spent almost a month in jail. He had nine different public defenders between his arraignment and sentencing, some of whom told him they did not have time to work on his case and advised him to plead guilty despite strong evidence that he is innocent.” On January 14 of this year the ACLU sued the city of New Orleans for severe deficiencies

it its public defenders office, one financed primarily by the fines that many of its poor clients have to pay. It is described as a “friendly” suit because the attorneys openly and regretfully admit that they have been forced to reject people sent to them by the city prosecutor. Because of the crisis, 60 defendants sit in jail without legal representation, and the state-wide waiting list has grown to 2,300. One New Orleans attorney claimed that he already had 143 underserved clients and could not possibly take any more. In Louisiana and California a great majority of these defendants are people of color. Returning now to Idaho, the Legislature passed two bills this session. One will hold the counties to higher standards for indigent legal representation, and it will allow the Public Defense Commission to take over the programs of any county that doesn’t meet them. The second bill allocates $5.4 million for the commission, which heretofore had no funding at all. It provides $4.3 million for grants to counties

that meet the new standards. The balance of the funds will go to extraordinary litigation, and there is $550,000 to encourage small counties to merge their services. Currently only two do. The rules for disbursing the county grants has raised some concerns. Small counties will be eligible for up to $25,000, but those with larger budgets will be capped at a 15 percent increase over the average of their last three years. The problem is that counties such Blaine, which has done a good job of funding its public defenders, will do well, but those such as Bannock, whose attorneys’ work load is three times the national standard, will not solve its problems with a 15-percent increase. With the new bill treating all counties equal, there is no flexibility to put funds where they are needed most. The bills have had the support of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the ACLU’s Kathy Griesmyer announced that her organization was grateful for

the new funding. However, she added: “We will be back here advocating for additional dollars as well as reminding folks that this is an instrumental step in addressing deficiencies in the public defense system.” Ian Thomson, former executive director of the public defense commission, is less sanguine: “I would be encouraged if this were a first step towards meeting the challenge of our public defense problems, but I fear that this may be the last step.” Nick Gier of Moscow taught philosophy at the University of Idaho for 31 years.

Comment period ending for Rock Creek Mine EIS By Mary Costello Reader Contributor The Forest Service has released a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Rock Creek mine, with a 45-day public comment period ending April 4. Although a Record of Decision (ROD) permitting the mine was issued in 2001, subsequent litigation brought by the Rock Creek Alliance resulted in the revocation of the ROD and Final EIS in 2010. The Forest Service has had six years to address issues flagged by the court as inadequately analyzed and to revise the mine plan to address 4 /

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new findings and technology that has arisen in the last 16 years. The 2016 EIS predicts no impacts to Idaho waters from the mine. This assertion is made despite the agency’s acknowledgment that the mine will result in a perpetual discharge of nutrient and heavy metals pollution to the Clark Fork River. Although Lake Pend Oreille receives 90 percent of its water from the Clark Fork River, no study of the impacts from the long-term accumulation of metals has been conducted. The EIS underestimates the potential for acid mine drainage and metals leaching. Predictions are based on little actual testing

of rock, despite the EPA’s urging nearly two decades ago to do additional acid base accounting. Instead, predictions are based on a different ore body, the Troy mine, which has less sulfidebearing rock. Once acid drainage begins, it is difficult to contain and can last centuries. The tailings impoundment design is hazardous. In light of recent catastrophic tailing dams failures, including the Mt. Polley Dam that polluted Quesnel Lake, the Forest Service should require dam construction to be modern and safe. The current design of upstream construction is susceptible to failure. To make matters

worse, the seismic calculations for the dam are grossly inadequate and in violation of Montana law. Backfilling of the tailings into the underground mine is being done at nearly all modern underground mines. It would greatly reduce the volume of tailings on the surface, decreasing contaminated seepage to ground water and resulting in an impoundment less prone to failure. Yet, backfilling has been dismissed due to the cost to the company. These are just a few of the issues that should concern downstream residents, who are encouraged to learn more and

submit comments on this proposal. The Forest Service is not holding information open houses in Sandpoint, but the Rock Creek Alliance will provide information during tabling events. To submit your comments on the Draft Supplemental EIS for the Rock Creek mine by April 4, visit www.fs.usda.gov/ detail/kootenai/home/?cid=stelprdb5327758 or stop by our informational tables to get helpful tips for commenting: -Monday, March 28 @ Evans Brothers Coffee 8-10 a.m. -Tuesday, March 29 @ The Sandpoint Library 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

PERSPECTIVES Naively paddling down the River of Life in an ignorance canoe By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist

I have always looked younger than I actually am. I have a big head, chubby cheeks, dimples and short stature.

I have relied on genetics to protect me from looking my age, and my spirited personality prevents people from labeling me things like “mature” and “sophisticated.” Life has not been simple. I have 99 problems, but looking old isn’t one. In fact, I have spent the majority of my life blissfully unaware of the horrors of growing old. I have been naively paddling down the River of Life in an ignorance canoe. If I had only known what kind of peril my cherubic face and diminutive stature was in when stepped into that canoe, I am sure I would have turned on my adorable heel and headed straight back to the womb. I have managed to paddle for over 30 years at a leisurely pace. Other travelers along the way warned me about the dangerous terrain that would rob me of my youthful glow. But with little more than sunscreen, pushup bras, make up and maybe a bit of booze, I was able to navigate Baby Weight Canyon, Saggy Boob Gulch and Divorce Rapids. By the time I hit my mid30s, the river was more like

a large body of water with a barely noticeable current. My peers began to speak more openly about their aging experience. One of my co-workers told me how she keeps tweezers in her car to quickly remove errant chin hairs while waiting for her children to be released from various activities. I began to check my chin on a daily basis. I would read things on Facebook posted by individuals my age who claimed they were too old to party all night because their fragile aging bodies couldn’t handle the hangover. I rolled my eyes. Seriously? That’s weakness, not an age thing. I received a call from a good friend in crisis a couple of weeks ago. She confessed to me that she had actually considered using a dazzling beaded necklace as an eyeglass holder so she could just hang her glasses around her neck like a grandma. She was profoundly disturbed, but something in her soul was telling her it was the right thing to do. She is a bit ahead of me on her river journey, and she tells me that when you cross the 39.5 year, the water starts raging again. The weather changes. Predators appear out of nowhere. I felt like I had just been told a bedtime story by Stephen King. On one hand, I have no idea what she is talking about with the glasses. I have perfect eyesight. My man—who is younger than me—has reading glasses, but I doubted he needed them. I always thought he was using them to roleplay the sexy college professor instructing the college

student who doesn’t know how to use commas. But sometimes I see him reading a paper, then blinking and holding it at various distances from his face. For a brief moment I understand, and a cold chill runs down my spine. After that I quickly find him his glasses, because ... you know, the professor thing. Smugly, I have continued on with my life because I can handle hangovers and have no need or interest in bejeweled eyeglass lanyards. Again, somehow I have managed to maintain homeostasis. If I only knew last month what lay beyond the next river bend. I woke up on a Tuesday like many others. I had a few days off work, and I had spent the previous day spring cleaning. I was purging my home of all the ridiculous shit that I put in plastic bins and forgot about. I was going to finally get organized. I was going to let go of all the things I no longer needed and resurface lighter and full of energy. Then, as I got out of bed, every bone in my body started popping. I felt like I had played in a rugby tournament the night before. Why was I so sore? Why did I need to hit the Ibuprofen before I could even brush my teeth? Who the hell gets sore from spring cleaning? What was happening to me?

I was separating the formation of sleep dreadlocks with my hairbrush when I noticed something on my scalp. There was a patch of hair that shone brighter than the rest. I leaned closer to the mirror. What in the hell was it? My heart sank as the truth hit. I saw my hair’s life of platinum glory flash before my eyes. I had a patch—not just one, a whole patch—of silvery gray white hair. And there were other patches to be found, a stray one here, a cluster there. I cursed the heavens, my children, my ex-husbands. Surely they are to blame. How could I have not seen the signs? Thinking back, there were plenty of them. I mean, I took up crocheting, thinking it was just a trendy hipster thing to do. I was spending spring break cleaning, figuring I would feel refreshed. I spend an inordinate amount of time admiring my plants and considering weather patterns. I thought this was because I was becoming more in tune with nature.

No. The truth was right there on my head, gleaming back at me like a comet blazing into the depths of the unknown. I am aging. My canoe is going straight for 40 Falls, and it’s going to crash and bust over the wrinkly rocks that lie below. Left with no other options, I put on a hat and started paddling straight to the drug store. I needed hair dye to use as a personal floatation device. When I arrived at the store—a place that I usually buzz in and out of for perscriptions—I saw my future hemorrhoid creams, reading glasses and brittle bone vitamins. Resisting the attempt to stock up, I made my purchase and got the hell out of there. I vow never to speak of it except in this column, because some of you may not have a map of the river. I now know why there is a liquor store next to Super Drug. ‘Til next time Sandpoint, SQ

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NEWS

Caucus draws crowds, first-timers By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff

The turnout for the Bonner County Democratic caucus surpassed expectations, drawing nearly 1,000 to the Bonner County Fairgrounds. With 13 state delegates to sort out between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, voters were loud and energetic for their candidate. For longtime party members, the night was unprecedented. “It’s crazy—just unbelievable,” said Bonner County Democratic Chairman Ken Meyers. “We have people who have never participated in the election process coming out in droves.” That was especially true for the Sanders camp, who gave the Vermont senator 10 delegates and 716 votes compared to Clinton’s three delegates and 185 votes. Those delegates will travel to Boise for the state convention, where Idaho Democrats will select 27 delegates to send to the national convention. Sanders, riding high from big turnouts at recent Washington and Idaho rallies, also dominated statewide, taking 78 percent of the vote and earning 17 national delegates. Clinton took 21.2 percent of the vote and five delegates. While the clear majority of Bonner County caucus-goers were Sanders fans, good spirits

prevailed on the Clinton side of the room. Most were excited to see the level of interest in the election, and a few boos from the Sanders camp against Clinton notwithstanding, the night largely maintained a friendly atmosphere. “I think it’s fantastic for such a small community [to have this turnout],” said Marge Carlson, a Clinton supporter. Like many Sanders rallies, young voters were well-represented. For many, it was their first time participating in a caucus and for some, their first time voting at all. “This is my first caucus ever,” said Claire Hansinger, a Sanders supporter. “I’m excited to see how it works and how it turns out tonight.” In the opening ceremony, Meyers thanked the hard work and volunteers that made it possible. He also honored Laura Bry, a prominent local Democrat who passed away last year, to enthusiastic applause. After a run-down of the caucus procedure, representatives of the candidates tried to persuade voters to their side. This process was repeated after each round of voting. John Cooper, 22, spoke on behalf of Clinton, promoting her advocacy work and her accomplishments as a first lady, senator and secretary of state. “When I think about who I

An estimated 1,000 people attended Democratic caucus at the Bonner County Fairgrounds on Tuesday. Photo by Ben Olson. want a president to be, I want her to be a fighter and a uniter,” Cooper said. Stephen Garvan took the stage for Sanders, citing his independence, economic policy, social reform goals and opposition to money in politics as electable qualities. “In the last 10 years in Idaho, we have seen fewer opportunities for working class families and individuals, young and old, to make and sustain decent lives in our current economy,” Garvan said. No one spoke up for the undecided camp or Rocky De La Fuente, whose sub-caucus held one lonely delegate chair off to the side of the auditorium.

Next came an opportunity for state candidates to promote their campaigns. Meyers, a candidate for the District 7 senate seat held by Sheryl Nuxoll, sharply criticized the Republican-dominated Idaho legislature, saying lawmakers needed to revamp their priorities. “Three of the first things that come to mind are what I call the three E’s: education, economics, environment,” Meyers said. Kate McAlister, challenger for the District 1 representative seat held by Heather Scott, also emphasized the economy, environmental care, access to public lands and equitable representation. She said her opponent had failed to accomplish those goals in her

freshman term, instead representing ideological interests. “This is why I am running for your state representative—because I could not take it anymore,” she said. Jessica Chilcott, running for the District 7 representative seat against Shannon McMillan, had harsh words for her opponent’s votes against seven of eight school budget bills, citing the Spokesman-Review’s reporting that she was unable to explain her vote record. “If anyone is wondering why I’m running, it’s because Shannon McMillan is horrible,” Chilcott said.

Residents clash over proposed Clagstone conservation easement By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff More than 90 people turned out Tuesday for another Bonner County Board of Commissioners meeting, this time concerning a proposed Clagstone Meadows conservation easement. The commissioners’ primary purpose was to rescind a March 11 letter signed by commissioners Todd Sudick and Glen Bailey that provoked an open meeting violation, an action the Board of Commissioners made in a 3-0 vote. But in the following public comment period, easement opponents and supporters exchanged barbs for about an hour. One side called the project a case of crony capitalism meant to enrich a large company. The other said the easement would enhance recreation, conserve valuable wetlands and support local jobs. 6 /

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Supporters also claimed the project was being unfairly maligned by a conspiracy theory linking it to environmental extremists. “Now we have a situation where the tree huggers and hunters are on the same page, and we have all this conspiracy theory going on,” said Bonner County Republican Central Committee member Debby Trinen, who spoke in favor of the project. “I don’t get it.” The conservation easement stems from a 2007 development deal, in which Bonner County authorized Stimson Lumber Company to develop almost 13,000 acres of wetlands and timber into homes, condos and a golf course. When that project stalled, company and state officials instead pursued a conservation easement through a federal Forest Legacy Program grant. Under the deal’s terms, the acreage would be preserved and opened for recreation,

and Stimson would retain ownership and logging rights. “We saw the value of keeping working forests working while [adding] the value of conservation,” said Ray Jones of Stimson Lumber Company at the Tuesday meeting. According to Idaho Department of Lands Forest Legacy Coordinator Karen Sjoquist, Stimson’s development rights for the property were originally appraised at $12.6 million. Planners eventually brought together a $5.5 million Forest Legacy Program grant to Idaho Department of Lands, a $2 million Pittman-Robertson Act grant to Idaho Fish and Game and a $2 million private contribution from a public lands trust. Stimson officials waived the remaining $3.1 million as their contribution to the project. Over the past several weeks, however, the deal has garnered

Karen Sjoquist speaks at the Bonner County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday. Photo by Ben Olson.

criticism, particularly from Bonner County commissioners and Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard. On March 11, Sudick and Bailey circulated the letter that triggered the open meeting violation, which said the county had been shut out of the process. “The agreement requires that all agencies involved coordinate with the county,” Sudick said at

the Tuesday meeting. “That did not happen. Period.” Public scrutiny heated up even more last week, when Scott voiced opposition in a newsletter. “What I do not support is using public dollars to reward a corporation for something they could do for free (set up a conservation easement on their own, allow public access

See CLAGSTONE, page 7

FEATURE Youth Accountability Board:

Helping Bonner County youngsters get back on track

By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor On Wednesday evenings, you can see them waiting in chairs lined up outside a meeting room at the county courthouse: nervous youngsters, flanked by family members, often with younger siblings playing on the floor or fidgeting in a parent’s lap. They clutch yellow folders full of papers for which, they know, they must be responsible. This is their only chance. They are waiting their turns to go before the Bonner County Youth Accountability Board (YAB). YAB began in 1980 as a diversion program for first-time juvenile offenders. It was somewhat revolutionary at the time, says Judy Chittick, its secretary and a member for 25 years. The idea was to keep youngsters who had done one imprudent thing out of the juvenile court system, and refer them instead to a volunteer group of

concerned citizens from their community. Let’s say you’re a teen or preteen who has succumbed to peer pressure to do something illegal, or maybe, through mischief or experimentation, you’ve damaged some property. You have shoplifted, or broken into an empty house, or––like two boys in a case many years ago––you taped together a bunch of fireworks, lit the fuse, and tossed the bundle into a toilet at the City Beach bathhouse just to see what would happen. You have never done anything like this before (or at least, you’ve not been caught doing anything like this), and you (and your parents) are appalled when the cops come for you. When you realize you will have to appear at the courthouse, you know you are in deep trouble. But when you reach the courthouse, a miracle occurs. You are told that since this is your first offense, if you admit

The YAB board. Back row from left to right: Bruce Vogelsinger, Doug Toland, Dan Krabacher (coordinator), Isabel Hollriegel. Front row from left to right: Marilyn George (treasurer), Judy Chittick (secretary), Mary Toland, Kathleen Mulroy. Photo provided by Dan Krabacher.

to it, you can go before the Youth Accountability Board instead of a judge. If you successfully complete your contract with YAB, you will have no court record. This will be your only chance, ever, to avoid going to court and having a record for doing a dumb thing that will haunt you for the rest of your life. A key to being selected for YAB is that you admit your

guilt only informally. There is no actual plea, no petition, and no record that you have ever been to court, explains Ron Stultz, director of Bonner County Justice Services. The benefit of this for “kids that made a one-time stupid choice,” as Stultz describes them, are huge. A significant body of research indicates that lower-level offenders do not benefit from county supervision and contact

NEWS CLAGSTONE,con’t from page 8

and harvest timber),” she wrote. At the commissioners meeting, Sjoquist and IDL deputy director David Groeschl clarified that the project wasn’t funded through income or property taxes. Instead, the Forest Legacy Program funding comes from royalties on oil and gas companies, while the Pittman-Robertson Act grant comes from an ammunition sales tax. Both funding sources are earmarked specifically for conservation projects, and if the money isn’t used in Idaho, it will go to some other state. They also argued that Stimson deserved to be compensated for selling the land’s development rights. “If I were to give up some of my rights [on my own property], I would want to be compensated,” Groeschl said. Sjoquist and Groeschl regretted that county officials felt out of the loop. But other project supporters said county staff members, Bonner County Planning

Commission members and former commissioners had been briefed over the years. “This whole thing has been a process for four or five years,” said Tony McDermott. “I’m told in fact there was coordination done with the county.” McDermott and Trinen also bemoaned a purported conspiracy theory connecting the easement to environmental extremists and billionaire George Soros. The accusations may stem from an Idaho Freedom Foundation report released in February that links the Forest Legacy Program with “green radical partners,” according to the Idaho Statesman. On Wednesday, the Idaho Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee cleared Idaho Fish and Game and the Idaho Department of Lands to use its federal funding. But according to Sjoquist and Groeschl, there’s still a long road ahead before the project is finalized.

with their peers who have committed higher-level offenses. In fact, the reverse is often true. “When you put them through the system, you may be doing more harm than good,” notes Bonner County Magistrate Judge Lori Meulenberg, who has seen her share of youngsters pass through that system. For first-timers whose

See YAB, page 8

Clark Fork woman calls for trapping law changes By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff

Trapping regulations are back in the public eye after a Clark Fork woman’s dog was injured by a wolf trap. Mary Franzel was cross-country skiing just off the side of Lightning Creek Road earlier this month when her dog, Morgan, had her foot caught in a baited wolf trap. According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the trap was legally set and maintained. Idaho requires traps to be set at a minimum five-foot remove from a maintained public trail. Morgan wasn’t seriously hurt in the incident. However, Franzel is urging Idaho Fish and Game to reexamine its trapping oversight, which lately has emphasized education over stricter regulation. Franzel argues that five feet isn’t sufficient space to protect pets and

Franzel’s dog, Morgan, with her paw caught in the trap. Photo by Mary Franzel. pet owners. “This way, I cannot even take my dog on a public trail with a [long leash,]” she said. This isn’t the first time Franzel has dealt with pets being hurt in traps. However, she stresses that the answer isn’t to be confron-

tational with the trappers. She instead hopes the topic will be revisited by Fish and Game officials. “The trapper [in this incident] was a really nice guy,” she said. “He talked to me about this before any of this got out.” March 24, 2016 /

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The Resurrection: An Easter series

By Minister Bob Evans Reader Contributor

Bouquets: •It’s really great to have such a vibrant arts community here in Sandpoint. To help keep the community vibrant, however, it takes a lot of selfless work. Woods Wheatcroft, curator at Studio 524 at Evans Brothers, deserves a healthy pat on the back for opening up the studio to a lot of different mediums and artists that are off the beaten path. The latest show featuring the work of Sandpoint artist Erik Keller is a prime example of the cool feel you get when attending a Studio 524 art show. No pretension, no frills and gimmicks; just good art for the people. Keep it up, Woods! •Congratulations to MickDuff’s for celebrating their 10th Anniversary last weekend. In the past decade, MickDuff’s has become a Sandpoint institution, both for their popular restaurant on First, as well as the Beer Hall on Cedar. It’s hard to imagine life in Sandpoint without them. Here’s hoping you guys many more decades of celebration! Barbs: •When did Cedar Street become such a drag strip? When the sun shines, it brings all sorts of people outdoors, most just seeking to be part of the awesome warm weather like we had last weekend. But, the flipside of that coin is that people tend to get a little carried away when it comes to driving safely through our downtown corridor. I’m risking sounding like a cranky old bastard, but it seems the whole “rush to the right lane to turn onto Fifth” move has gotten horrible lately. Not to mention the morons out there who think it’s somehow cool to pop a wheelie on their motorcycle down a city block, causing families crossing the street to stop short. Trust me, it’s not cool. Most everyone shakes their head and says something about how lame it is. So quit it. You’re not impressive, buddy. 8 /

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Where does one start? In the last few years there have been some good articles written concerning the meaning of “resurrection” around this time of year due to the Christian celebration of Easter. It is my sincere hope that this series of thoughts on the meaning of “resurrection” may be, at least, helpful for some who are giving this powerful metaphor some thought. Already there may be some who object to the term, “metaphor,” being used in conjunction with the stories of Jesus’ resurrection, because for them their idea of the physical resurrection of Jesus is not a metaphor but a fact. I humbly invite you to stay with me for a while, as I would say that even if the physical resurrection of Jesus is a fact, the story of that event has been turned into, and is still, a powerful metaphor.

I admit that there are many interpretations of the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus, why it had to happen and its meaning for the world. In this series I would like us to picture this story as Jesus’ journey to full communion with the Mystery of Being, the, “I Am What I Will Be,” and also as a template upon which we may “hang” our own spiritual journey to divine discovery. To be sure, there are similar stories of people and/or gods dying and being resurrected in almost every major religious and philosophical tradition. These stories were the bedrock of some pagan traditions, and more than a few of these thoughts have been transferred almost directly into Christianity. But this fact should not negate or weaken the Christian proclamation of Jesus’ resurrection. Rather, this fact endorses the idea powerfully as a universal truth that

others have also recognized. Christians should likewise not diminish the grand traditions dedicated to other ideas of the resurrection from which they have borrowed, but rather, see why it is we cherish them. There is one powerful image that stands out and permeates all of the ancient clues to our relationship with the Divine Realm and that is the image of a New Creation. But it is a New Creation made up of one’s self in which the inner and the outer are made one in the anointing; in which one has come to know what Jesus means by, “On that day you will know that I am in the Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” Another warning, you might say, that stands out in all these traditions is that in order to become a New Being, in order to be resurrected, or come face to face with the Ground of Being, something of us has to die.

ers through the court system, including court time, secretarial time and the time of a probation officer, amounts to about $225 per youngster. Last year, 33 kids successfully fulfilled their contracts with YAB, saving the county approximately $7,425. But for YAB members, the point is much more about a community helping its young people grow into responsible adults. “YAB gives youth a gateway to stand in and look at their options for the future,” says the board’s current coordinator, Dan Krabacher. “Often, when we ask why they did what they did, their answer is ‘I don’t know.’ For all of us on the board, that is an inadequate response. They have to know, they have to explore why they made those decisions.” Krabacher continues: “We help youth understand that all people make mistakes, and that’s what they’ve done. We give them an opportunity to correct their mistakes in a way that makes them feel good about themselves.” When they

complete their contracts, “They have contributed to the community and are full citizens.” Some members have been on the board for more than a quarter century, and it is actively seeking new members of all ages, including high-schoolers. Toland describes what they’re looking for: “You need to bring an open mind and be nonjudgmental,” she says. “The two times [per month] we meet can be long and a bit intense sometimes; you listen to some heart-wrenching stories, and you need to be able to hold things in confidence.” And more than anything, says Toland, you need to “have an optimistic spirit. It really is about growth and change.”

There are enough wonderful stories of the literal idea of the resurrection. I will be looking at the other metaphorical meanings of resurrection that are not talked about as much, such as the meaning Paul implies when he speaks of being “sown as a physical body,” and “raised as a spiritual body,” in his first letter to the Corinthians. The story of the cross, as a spiritual teaching, is nothing less than an invitation to our own resurrection complete with directions and motivation. It is written for those who are already seeking. Won’t you join me for another “look” at the resurrection?

YAB, con’t from page 7 offenses are not violent or drug-related, YAB can be a much more constructive option. The process “is about taking responsibility, learning, and giving back,” explains board member Mary Toland. At those Wednesday evening appearances, the board listens to each youthful offender describe what happened, it listens to the concerns of the child’s family, and then the members confer to decide on a contract. A contract typically includes a required number of hours of community service, a letter of apology to the victim or others who had to deal with the consequences of the offense, and an essay–– the board members choose a subject––as a chance for the youngsters to reflect on their actions. “When we reflect, it cements our learning,” says Toland. “It helps us recognize the choices that we made and consider positive choices for the future.” One advantage of YAB is that it saves the county money. Stultz estimates that the cost to run these lower-level offend-

Writer Cate Huisman served on the Youth Accountability Board from approximately 2003 to 2008. The current coordinator, Dan Krabacher, is her husband. Readers who may want to serve on the board are encouraged to contact him at (208) 290-6319 or dan.krabacher@ gmail.com.

Lions to host annual Easter Egg Hunt By Reader Staff

The Sandpoint Lions Club will be hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, March 26 at 10 a.m. The beloved event is held at Lakeview Park, just west of the Bonner County History Museum. Colorful eggs will be scattered in various age groups so the bigger children aren’t stepping on the smaller ones. Parents are asked to stay outside the boundaries so they aren’t contributing to the congestion. Among the colored eggs will be gold eggs which can be turned in at the front door of the Lions Den for a gold dollar. The hunt begins at 10 a.m. sharp, and ends about five minutes later, so don’t be late or you will miss it! Special thanks to the Sandpoint Lions Club for hosting this fun annual event for our area children.

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Rob & Amy: Out From Under the Covers 7pm @ Downtown Yoga An evening of songs, poetry and essays. Please join us for a refreshing evening of fun and edgy original writing. Free to all, but donations to cover the room rental are appreciated

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Trivia Night Karaoke Night 10pm @ 219 Lounge 7pm - 9pm @ MickDuff’s Preschool Storytime 11am @ Sandpoint Library For children every Tuesday ages 2 to 5

Replant Your Refund Day 11am-8pm @ Baxter’s on Cedar Fundraiser and raffle, public welcome. Sponsored by the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society Raising Backyard Poultry and Rabbits 6pm @ Sandpoint Library Interested in raising your own poultry and rabbits? Free and open to everyone Dollar Beers! 8pm @ Eichardt’s Pub Good until the keg’s dry

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By Ben Olson Reader Staff Climbers, grab your gear and get ready for a special event held by Sandpoint Rock Gym: the Add-a-Move Climbing Competition and Climbing Social. The climbing event will take place Saturday, March 26, at Sandpoint Rock Gym (in the Granary building across from Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters). Check-in begins at 9 a.m., and all participants must attend a competition overview meeting at 9:45 a.m. Climbing starts at 10 a.m. “One of our board members is even bringing wild game to barbecue burgers, which should start around 2 p.m.,” said board member Ashley Stoneham. It’s free to watch, but competitors will have to pay a $15 fee to climb. You can also pay $30 to climb and receive a limited edition T-shirt featuring the 36foot battle giraffe. The Add-a-Move Climbing Competition is similar to that old game Simon, where you have to remember the sequence of moves in increasingly difficult strings. “One person starts with one single move,” said Stoneham. “The next person does that move and adds a move, and they continue until everyone falls off but one.” Haven’t heard of Sandpoint Rock Gym? Shame on you! The gym is a

Micah Stoneham, 8, hangs from a wall at Sandpoint Rock Gym. Photo by Ben Olson.

unique nonprofit organization that opened in the Granary building in 2011 and features a creative climbing wall and training room for all levels of expertise. “We get a wide variety of people in here,” said board president Katie Cartier. “We see a lot from the high school. We get some as young as four years old. We welcome everyone; the more the merrier.” Cartier is president of the all-volunteer board that keeps Sandpoint Rock Gym hopping. Also on the board are Jason Luthy, Eric Fulgenzi, Ammi Midstokke and Ashley Stoneham. The volunteer staff focuses on informal instruction and mentorship. They encourage climbers of all abilities— from newbies to veteran climbers—to stop by anytime during regular business hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 6 p.m. for more information. They even offer free usage of climbing shoes and chalk, so you’re out of excuses. You can literally show up with nothing but the clothes on your back, and they’ll get you on the wall. The gym operates on a member keycard system, which means members can come and climb at their convenience 24 hours a day. Memberships range from full access blocks of three, six or twelve months, as well as a limited use card pre-loaded with 10 or 20 visits. “We have about 50 people who have memberships,” said Cartier. “Plus, we get another 25 drop-ins every week.” The biggest draw to Sandpoint Rock Gym, perhaps, is the fact that climbers can find a community to climb with around the region, at popular hotspots like at Chimney Rock in the Selkirks. “You meet a lot of cool people here,” said Stoneham. “A lot of times, they’ll end up taking you out to climb if you’re interested.” Stoneham’s kids Angela, 12, and Micah, 8, were both climbing during our interview. When asked what she liked best about climbing, Angela said “I like it because at my school, no one climbs

Board members and their family from left to right: Jason Luthy, Ashley Stoneham, Angela Stoneham, Micah Stoneham and board president Katie Cartier. Photo by Ben Olson. except for a couple of friends because I brought them. It’s a unique thing to do.” Board member Jason Luthy said the most important part about the gym is building confidence so that climbers can tackle some more difficult routes in nature. “Mostly the gym teaches movement,” he said. “It’s training to become a stronger climber. It builds more confidence on the wall and it’s a safe environment. You have flat ground and it’s close by.” For Stoneham, the physical benefits aren’t the only reason he climbs: “It’s great for upper body, but it’s also a personal challenge against yourself. Climbing routes are like puzzles. Different body types dictate how you climb. The same route can be climbed many different ways.” To find out more information about Sandpoint Rock Gym, including how to volunteer, as well as links to great outdoor climbs in the area, check out www. sandpointrockgym.com.

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Truby’s building restoration reveals ‘ghost sign’ By Ben Olson Reader Staff

When it comes to remodeling a historic building, you’re not always pleased at what is found underneath. In the case of the old Truby’s building in Sandpoint, however, owner John Ford couldn’t be happier. When his crew began demo on the building located at Second Avenue and Main Street, they were pleasantly surprised to uncover an old advertisement. It’s referred to as a “ghost sign”—an old, hand-painted advertising sign that has been preserved on a building. The sign was for Sandpoint Cleaners, a business owned by Ed Parkins from 1945 to 1960. “Finding that sign was a complete surprise,” said Ford. “We took off the wood in strips before the aggregate. We were all trying to guess what it said as we took more and more off.” After uncovering the sign, the question remained what Ford would do to preserve it. “We talked with the city, and they were wonderful to work with,” said Ford. “They’re going to bring it to the Arts Council and get a recommendation for restoration. If there’s a way to restore it, we’ll do it.” It’s clear the community agrees with Ford about the sign. When the Reader posted a photograph of the sign on our Facebook page last week, there were a couple dozen comments, mostly from people who wished to see the sign remain. “I was so young when my parents started Truby’s that I did not remember this,” wrote Valerie Truby Dressel. “Very cool!” “Wish they would seal it and leave it!” wrote Kimberly Neustaedtler. “It’s beautiful!” Since purchasing the building from foreclosure last November, it has been Ford’s intent to restore the building according to how it originally looked when built over 100 years ago. That’s easier said than done, especially when there are very few photographs of the original façade. 14 /

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According to Cameron Murray, Museum Administrator at the Bonner County History Museum (BCHS), the age of the building can be narrowed down thanks to an early photograph. “We think it was built prior to 1907 because it was originally the Interurban Railway Depot Station,” said Murray. “There is a great series of photographs that were taken at a May Day celebration in 1907 or 1908 … you can see the Owner John Ford stands in front of the historic “ghost sign” for Sandpoint CleanDepot and a car in ers, which operated from 1945-1960. Photo by Ben Olson. the background.” of Sandpoint Cleaners, only historical find during Both Murray and Ford are remembers a funny story construction. eager to obtain any additional from the old days: “When “We found some old rephotographs that readers might dad owned it, he had ceipts from the 1920s when it have of the building. If you have such a photograph, please was called Sandpoint Grocery,” a local football player he said. “It was funny, they had [Ed “Skip” McFarland] contact BCHS at 263-2344. that would open up and Renovations to the building their phone number listed; it start the boiler in the over time contributed to a mas- was 18.” mornings and do all the Another great find was a sive clean up that is still taking deliveries after school,” series of paintings done by a place, said Ford. said McGovern. “One Sandpoint artist named Eugene “We hauled out 40 loads of B. Hayes. Two depicted snowy day they had a race previous remodels,” he said. around the block. Dad scenes from Schweitzer in the “There were three vaulted gave him a head start early days. ceilings in there. Now it’s like of a half a block. Ev“There were these four the building just took a deep paintings we found blocking off eryone was out watching, breath.” the windows,” said Ford. “I was and right at the end Dad Ten tons of material alone beat him, but ended up told there was this guy Hayes was hauled away that was splitting his pants open. who was a logger in town and hanging off the building, inWe were a pretty small cluding the iconic mansard that had a logging accident and lost town then.” his hand so he became an artist. gave Truby’s the Bavarian look Ford hopes that his We’re trying to figure out the many remember. restorations of the build“It has good bones,” he said. best way to restore them, since ing will please the locals they were outside so long and “There are no leaks whatsoever. and visitors alike, and have sun damage.” All the wood is solid with not a is hoping to have the Ford said Hayes, 93, now single piece of rotten wood. It’s building ready to go by lives in Oregon. He plans to amazing. It needed somebody summer. He isn’t sure package the paintings up and to love it, to care for it.” what type of business drive down to see Hayes for a Ford is eager to begin the will move in, but he renovation phase of the project consultation about color palimagines some form of hospiettes and how to best pull off while saving all the materials tality would work well there. a restoration. Another one of for possible use for storefront “My job as the owner of Hayes’ paintings was uncovand window frames. property is always to defend ered inside the 219 Lounge “Anything of value, we’re it,” he said. “If it gets handed inside the front door during saving,” he said. “Anything over to the next guy in better their restoration in 2014. and everything; wood, timber, shape, that’s doing it right. Patty McGovern, whose fayou name it.” ther was Ed Parkins, the owner That’s the way to do it.” The ghost sign wasn’t the

Middle and Bottom: Two of the four paintings found during restoration by Sandpoint artist Eugene B. Hayes. Photo by Ben Olson.

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Climate change film to show at Panida By Reader Staff

Several grassroots northern Idaho groups are co-hosting screenings and panel discussions of “This Changes Everything” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, in the Little Panida Theater, (300 North First Avenue). Inspired by Naomi Klein’s fourth, non-fiction book and international bestseller, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Versus the Climate,” this independent, environmental documentary directed by Avi Lewis asks, “What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world?” The provocative 2015 film aims to empower, not scare, moviegoers into answering its call to action. Accessible to even the most climate change-fatigued viewers, “This Changes Everything” refreshes and inspires, as it reflects on the kinds of relationships and lives we have and envision, and why the climate crisis is at the center of it all. Filmed over 211 days in nine countries and five continents during four years, “This Changes Everything” explores and re-imagines the epic challenge of climate change. It presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the frontlines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta tar sands, from the coast of south India to Beijing and beyond. Naomi Klein’s narration interweaves these stories of struggle: “I’ve spent six years wandering through the wreckage caused by the carbon in the air, and the economic system that put it there.” During 90 minutes, viewers meet Crystal, a young Beaver Lake Cree Nation leader in Alberta tar sands country, as she fights for access to a restricted military base in search of answers about an environmental disaster in progress. Crystal explains that “People are starting to realize that this is no longer an Indian problem, and that’s the good thing, because they’re starting to realize that if you drink water and you breathe air, this is about you.” Audiences also encounter Mike and Alexis, a Montana goat ranching couple who watch a broken pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River coat their dreams in oil. They respond by organizing against fossil fuel extraction in their beloved Powder River Basin, and form-

A production still from the shooting of the documentary film “This Changes Everything.” Courtesy photo.

ing a new alliance with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to bring solar power to the nearby reservation. Throughout the movie, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: That we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed capitalist economies into something radically better. Asad Rehman of Friends of the Earth reflects that, “When you see communities who are thrown into the frontline, they become stronger. They stand up. And you think, ‘Isn’t this incredible? Isn’t this the society we want?’” Following the public screening supported by admission donations, 350 Sandpoint, Idaho Mythweaver, Panida Theater and Wild Idaho Rising Tide offer a panel discussion featuring regional climate and conservation activists and educators. Confirmed speakers include Laura Ackerman, who works on fossil fuel transport issues for The Lands Council in Spokane, Wash. As an executive committee member of the Stand Up to Oil coalition keeping coal and oil in the ground, Laura will give an overview of oil and coal transportation in the inland Northwest. Encouraging climate activism, the event provides snacks, beverages, and ideal opportunities for audience members to connect with Northwest residents involved in the global fossil fuel resistance movement. Event co-hosts invite and welcome community participation in locally organized frontline demonstrations and solutions addressing the climate crisis. These include upcoming Break Free direct action workshops, kayaktivist trainings and nonviolent actions supported by 350, Rising Tide, and diverse organizations this May.

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Where am I taking my humans today? Since the Missus has been out of town on multiple business trips, she is in need of some retail therapy. Today we are going to take a flight of fancy to a Sandpoint boutique that I’ve heard will delight her senses and desires—Carousel Emporium, located on the second floor of the dog friendly Cedar Street Bridge. I’ve called ahead to announce our arrival, in hopes that Mindy’s 10-year-old red heeler, Radar, and Kristin’s fur baby, Toby, will be there when we arrive. After getting a treat at the Bistro (my first article), we climb the stairs to the second floor of The Bridge, where a twirling array of sophisticated whimsy fashion awaits. Mindy Pearson, the store manager, who has worked in retail for many years, greets us. We pay homage to the portrait of the Carousel Harvey Bunny mascot. I can never figure this guy out. It’s spring, and bunnies are everywhere, except for the real Carousel Harvey Bunny. Who knows? Maybe he will turn up at the community Easter egg hunt. Kristin, the fur babies and owner Lynda are off on a buying trip searching for unique items for their ever expanding gift line. They handpick each item to ensure the utmost quality and artisanship, supporting both local and international artists. So it’s just the Missus, Mindy and me to navigate this unique boutique that features the latest in fun fashions, home décor, antique furniture, books, cards, jewelry, accessories, delightful children’s toys, home wares and one of a kind gift items. As the Missus ooohs and ahhs over splashes of flirty wardrobe not-so-essentials, I can’t help but drool over the fragrances. Mindy welcomes me with a yummy dog treat and water. If the Mister was with 16 /

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Carousel Manager Mindy Pearson with Drake us, she would show him the settee and give him a tall cool one. The staff likes to make the guys feel at home while watching the fashion show their lady puts on. While the gals are having fun creating a touch of whimsy ensemble, I’m enjoying the view of Sand Creek and Schweitzer from the dressing room window. What a dog-friendly place! There is even a donation can on the counter for the Panhandle Animal Shelter, and these guys donate a chunk of change each month. Woof, woof! Paws up! The boutique was established in 2011 and will celebrate its fifth birthday in July. Owner Lynda Gillham, a master in the art of retail therapy, always loved the sport, and it called her away from her physical therapist trade. The Carousel Emporium provides each customer with a no-nonsense love of fashions for wherever you are in life. Wowza. The retail therapy spring fling mission is accomplished—the Missus has shopping bags! As we walk down the stairs to meet the Mister, Mindy thanks us and reminds us that only in North Idaho can you go shopping, bring your dog (look for the Reader paw stickers in the window of dog-

friendly businesses), carry a concealed weapon and drink a beer. Gotta love this dog friendly town! Carousel rules: 1. Leashes required. 2. Bring your fashion manners. 3. Do your doggie business outside before shopping. 4. Paws up for great purchases. 5. Nose art on the mirror— OK with us!

Men’s and Women’s ASA Softball League signups

Gymnastics classes offered

Sandpoint Parks and Recreation is offering Men’s and Women’s Softball leagues, early May to early July, 2016. Men’s league will take place Mondays and Wednesdays (possibly Fridays) at Travers Fields #1 and 2. Women’s league will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays at the same location. There will be a minimum of 14 games. The league has a $300 sponsor fee per team and a player’s fee of $360 per team. Turn in roster and $20 to reserve your team’s spot by the Monday April 4 registration deadline. Rosters are available online, or at the Parks & Recreation Office at 1123 Lake Street in City Hall. All fees are due in full and rosters completed and turned in, by the mandatory Captains Meeting which will be held on Thursday, April 14 in the City Hall Council Chambers at 5:30 p.m. For more information call 263-3613. For other activities offered by P&R, visit: www. sandpointidaho.gov.

Sandpoint Parks and Recreation is offering two different forms of gymnastics classes for ages 6 to 18 years; rhythmics and acrosport. Rhythmics is a beautiful activity that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance and the manipulation of five different apparatus: balls, clubs, hoops, ribbon and rope into skills and routines to music. Acrosport uses partners and groups working together to perform acrobatic skills of tumbling, lifts, balances, tosses and catches of partners in combination with dance. Gymnasts of all sizes are needed. Bases are bigger and strong; Tops are petite. Classes are Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. from April 12 through May 17, 2016. They will be held at Sandpoint Community Hall. Fees are $40 county / $35 inside the city limits. There is a minimum of six required to run the class and maximum of 12 participants allowed per session. Interested parties should register with the Sandpoint Parks and Recreation at 2633613, or at their office at 1123 Lake Street or on the web at www.sandpointidaho.gov. Registration deadline for Session 3 is April 1.

By Reader Staff

Random Corner 12 Facts About Music

1. Warner Music collected over $2 million in royalties in 2008 for public usage of the “Happy Birthday” song. 2. None of the Beatles could read music. 3. Your heartbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to. 4. Elvis Presley didn’t write any of his songs. 5. Barry Manilow didn’t write his song called “I write the songs.”

6. Musicians have the same life expectancy as Zimbabweans: the lowest on earth. 7. A song that gets stuck in your head is called an “earworm”. 8. In 1989, the U.S. military blared AC/DC music at General Noriega’s compound in Panama for two continuous days. The dictator surrendered. 9. Music triggers activity in the same brain structure

that releases the “pleasure chemical” dopamine during sex and eating. 10. Metallica is the first and only band to play on all seven continents. 11. Led Zeppelin got their name from a fellow musician, who said their band would go down like a “lead balloon.” 12. The British Navy uses Britney Spears’ songs to scare off Somali pirates.

MUSIC

This week’s RLW by Cameron Rasmusson

‘Live @ the Office’ returns to the Reader By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff

After a few months’ hiatus, ‘Live @ the Office’ returns next week with some of the best independent music Missoula, Mont., has to offer. Nate Hegyi, also known as Nate Vernon, has built a significant music career since he founded the Missoula indie staple Wartime Blues in 2007. Now, fresh off some major milestones, Hegyi is exploring new territory with his solo project, Ovando. Sandpoint residents can sample the new project for themselves when Ovando plays the Reader office 6 p.m. Monday, March 28. Ovando provides a welcome change of pace for Hegyi after a momentous 2015. The year got off to whirlwind start with the release of “April, Texas,” Wartime Blues’ third album. Funded through a successful Kickstarter, the album came together despite band members scattered across the country. “April, Texas,” offers a great example of Hegyi’s eye

for characters and scene-setting, capturing the sensory details of a small town or the emotions filling a particularly persistent memory. Following the album’s release, famous Portland, Ore., folk-rockers The Decemberists tapped Wartime Blues to accompany them on tour. The band joined Colin Meloy and company for a pair of shows in Missoula and Salt Lake City, Utah. They’re just the latest in the series of big names they’ve supported, which include Bill Callahan, Prince Rama, Finn Riggins, Martha Scanlan, The Stone Foxes and Festival At Sandpoint favorite Devil Makes Three. The new year finds Hegyi’s attention focused on Ovando. While the project realizes Hegyi’s songwriting in more intimate terms than the folkrock spectacle of Wartime Blues—which has crammed as many as eight musicians under its billing—he still gets by with a little help from his friends. Joining him for a 16-day tour around the Pacific Northwest

Nate Hegyi, playing as Ovando, will grace the Reader office Monday, March 28.

is cello virtuoso and Wartime Blues veteran Bethany Joyce. I go back a few years with Wartime Blues, so for me, this show will be a regular trip down memory lane. They were one of the first local bands I followed while attending the University of Montana in Missoula. I still remember all the nights my friends and I spent at The Badlander, The Palace or the Top Hat while they played to packed crowds. Here’s hoping the show at the Reader

office this Monday will be just as memorable. Come join us 6 p.m. Monday, March 28, to give Ovando a warm Sandpoint welcome. As with other ‘Live @ The Office’ shows, you’ll find a low-key, attentive environment where the artists can perform more relaxed, informal shows. There’s no door charge, but we do ask that you bring a donation to support two hard-working and creative musicians on the road.

‘Dayfalls” Album release at Eichardt’s By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s not every day that a well-known local artist releases a new album, and Jake Robin plans to celebrate the

occasion in style. The singer and songwriter behind The Dayfalls has a smorgasbord of music and entertainment planned for the April 1 release of the album “Take On Time.” It all goes down at Eichardt’s starting 8 p.m. Friday, April 1. Robin is scheduled to take the stage at 10:15 p.m. accompanied by other key Dayfalls players, including Jed Wagner on keyboards, Reese Warren on electric guitar and Ali Thomas on percussion and vocals. If that’s not enough, be sure to come early and stay late. Brandon Watterson and Brian Jacobs open the night at 8 p.m. with acoustic sets. And following The Dayfalls, a DJ show featuring Wagner and Robin will keep the party going late into the night. This promises to be a Friday for the books, and if you’re a lover of local music, it’s one you won’t want to miss.

READ

C.S. Lewis deserves a place in any Easter-themed list for “The Chronicles of Narnia” and the “Space Trilogy.” But it’s his final novel, “Till We Have Faces,” that lingers in my adult mind. A retelling of the Cupid and Psyche tale from Greek mythology, the novel is an emotional and rich story of two sisters—one disfigured and the other beautiful. Lewis considered it his most mature work, and I have to agree with him.

LISTEN

I’ve spilled plenty of ink in this publication raving about Sufjan Stevens. What harm in a little more? The folk artist’s fourth album, “Seven Swans,” is one of the best overtly spiritual albums ever made. Stevens’ Christian faith has made its way into almost all his work, but it’s in “Seven Swans” that the subtext is made text. It’s exposed in all its fragility, and the result is something uniquely vulnerable and moving.

WATCH

The most spiritual movie I’ve seen has little to do with religion, holy texts or prophets. Instead, it focuses on the youth of one boy in 1950s Texas, a small story bookended by eternity past and eternity future. Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” is astounding in its scope, attempting to find the meaning of one insignificant family in the overwhelming expanse of time. The film is polarizing. Almost everyone who watches it either hates or loves it. No need to wonder what camp I’m in—“The Tree of Life” is my favorite movie.

Crossword Solution

Jake Robin of The Dayfalls. Photo by B-RADesign

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w o N & Then compiled by

Ben Olson

Each week, we feature a new photograph taken from the same vantage point as one taken long ago. See how we’ve changed, and how we’ve stayed the same. Historical information provided and verified by Bonner County Museum staff and volunteers. The Museum is located at 611 S. Ella — (208) 263-2344.

The old Sandpoint High School, (also known widely as the “9th Grade Center” located at the corner of Euclid and Pine St. The first senior class graduated in 1923.

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The same view today. The building is now referred to as the Sandpoint Events Center, and houses many businesses including offices for the Idaho Conservation League and North Idaho College. (Sorry the angle isn’t exact. There were a bunch of cars parked in front of where I should’ve taken the photo. -BO)

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[adjective] 1. unfading; everlasting.

“She was a woman of amaranthine loveliness.” Corrections: In last week’s calendar listing, I called Josh Hedlund and Justin Landis’ new band “Little Wing” when they are actually called “Little Wolf.” I also cut off the last word on Zach Hagadone’s feature, which was “said.” Time to lay off the whiskey on deadline night. [BO] We also had a miscommunication on the next Shakespeare in the Park play. It’s “Richard III,” not “Edward III.” [CR] 18 /

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1. Mayhem 6. Blah 10. Ailments 14. Pointed arch 15. Hawkeye State 16. Ark builder 17. European blackbird 18. Any day now 19. Extinct flightless bird 20. In a brave manner 22. End ___ 23. Leave out 24. Not present 26. Plateau 30. Lyric poem 31. Excluding 32. Press 33. Small slender gull 66. Vipers 35. Not written exams 39. A flask for carrying water 67. Wisdom 68. Small mountains 41. Mei 69. Appear 43. Test, as ore 70. Terminates 44. As a result 71. Arm of the sea 46. Dwarf buffalo 47. Precious stone DOWN 49. An Old Testament king 50. Past tense of Leap 1. Animal foot 51. Fleet 2. Chills and fever 54. Mousses 3. Brand of credit card 56. Mountain pool 4. Not under 57. Tatterdemalion 5. A stringed instrument 63. 53 in Roman numerals 6. Objector 64. Nipple 7. Adult male chicken 65. Alcoholic

Solution on page 17 8. Absent Without Leave 9. East Indian tree 10. Manufacturing 11. Not tight 12. Burdened 13. Not tall 21. Overact 25. Rude person 26. Flexible mineral 27. Historical periods 28. Male offspring 29. Hostility 34. Sickens 36. Skin disease

37. Coil 38. Immediately 40. Visual organs 42. Sacred hymn 45. Gaunt 48. An evergreen shrub 51. Collection of maps 52. Lift 53. Complain 55. Raw fish wrapped in seaweed 58. Many millennia 59. Thrust with a knife 60. Replete 61. Small island 62. Where a bird lives

Instead of a bicycle built for two, what about no kinds of bicycles at all for anybody, anymore? There, are you happy now?

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