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The Salvation Army Thrift Shop can be a treasure trove, depending on what you are looking for and how badly you need it. I am a card-carrying thrift-store junkie from way back. When I have time I like to poke in at the Sally Ann and browse. Usually I am looking for nothing in particular, but now and then I have a specific item on my list. I take my time. Most treasure is hidden, the map is lost, and you have to dig. Often I search for a discard that can be transformed into an...
Don Richman and Douglas Stuart are seeking the Republican nomination for the state Senate from District 17, which covers northern Blaine and Hill counties. The primary is Tuesday June 5. The winner will face Democrat Greg Jergeson in the Nov. 6 general elections. Incumbent Craig Tilleman is not running for re-election. DON RICHMAN Both candidates are Blaine County natives. Stuart, a former rancher, is involved in several businesses. Richman is a Harlem insurance agent and has been involved in a wide variety of community...
About 50 years ago, outer space was the future, with the USA and USSR battling to see who go farther and explore more. After the Soviets went broke and America declared victory and moved on, computers and the Internet ended up fueling scientific and technological progress. Now, the unimaginable mountains of cash that early Internet pioneers earned starting modern giants like PayPal and Google, are fueling a new privately funded and possibly profitable space travel renaissance. Today, possibly as you read this column, a rocket...
People need pets; except tropical fish, which are a form of fungus. Your typical dog or yak provides unconditional love, devotion, and a furry surface to caress — much like your Fed Ex driver. They may even cough up a hair ball just to give your life purpose. The pet, that is. Joe Barnhart Have you ever wondered how pets began? Neither have I. No doubt it started with Tyrannosaurus Rex puppies where cavekids were constantly nagged to "get the backyard cleaned up." Today, pets are diligent companions. I spend frolicking hours...
TV/movie studios and record labels are fighting for their survival against an army of cyber-pirates. This is nothing new. The same acts and feelings of desperation have always popped up when new technologies were developed, from when VCRs and audio cassettes first allowed people to copy tapes to when radio and television beamed media into people's home so they didn't have to buy records or movie tickets any more. Zach White And with every advance in technology the companies eventually have realized that people like the new,...
This week, Democrats and Republicans alike will have something to celebrate, albeit for entirely different reasons. March 23 marks the two-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform bill lauded by Democrats for banning some of the worst insurance company practices and panned by Republicans for not going far enough to control the cost of health care. Monica Lindeen Both sides have a knack for using the law to their own ends. But as Montana's chief insurance regulator, I'm more concerned about...
I have questions. the deeply disturbing philosophical questions that keep one up in the night, imagining peace on earth and the easing of one's troubles. ——— Why do shoe departments always arrange the boxes of shoes on the shelf starting with the small sizes on the top and working down to the large sizes at the bottom? Pam Burke Pam Burke Wouldn't it be better to put the small shoes lower on the shelf where the short people can reach them, and the larger sizes higher where the tall people don't have to scrunch thems...
These are difficult and confusing times in the news industry, with the Internet and social media changing the world, but you, our readers, gave us a glimpse of how it can work. Monday was a difficult and confusing time on the Hi-Line as a sudden blizzard dumped a foot or more of wet heavy snow all over north-central Montana. Courtesy photo/René Brown Havre Daily News Facebook fan René Brown shared this photo of her husband, Tom Brown, calving in the Bear Paw Mountains during Monday's blizzard. Other Facebook fans commented o...
What a week. I had guests from Port Townsend, Wash. David and Vidya arrived Monday afternoon, just in time to walk with me to City Hall for the council meeting. "This was better than theater," they both exclaimed. "It's got comedy, drama and a strong story line, all in one," said David. "I keep telling people," I said, "government meetings offer more entertainment than reality television. Maybe we should set up the meeting room with recliners, remotes and refreshments." I gigg...
Small-business owners in our state are struggling: struggling to stay afloat in a lagging economy; struggling to plan for a health care law that will take more money away from their business; struggling with regulations from Washington, D.C., that make running a business second in line to understanding compliance; struggling with a tax burden that is unfair and unjust. And now, word comes from Washington, D.C., via the National Labor Relations Board, that may soon force small-business owners to struggle to maintain the...
One of the greatest uses of the Internet is commerce. Aside from exchanging information like never before, many discovered how the web could change the exchange of goods and services. Amazon.com began selling books and CDs, but expanded quickly into everything else. You can even have groceries delivered to your door through the company's website, at regular scheduled intervals. eBay.com allowed anyone to buy anything in the largest continuous garage sale in history. Need to buy or sell Time magazines from the 1940s? A car? A...
One of the greatest uses of the Internet is commerce. Aside from exchanging information like never before, many discovered how the web could change the exchange of goods and services. Amazon.com began selling books and CDs, but expanded quickly into everything else. You can even have groceries delivered to your door through the company's website, at regular scheduled intervals. eBay.com allowed anyone to buy anything in the largest continuous garage sale in history. Need to buy or sell Time magazines from the 1940s? A car? A...
I am often asked "why run for office given the present political environment of distrust, misrepresentation, and personal attacks?" The simple answer is that I care about working families and the legacy we leave our children. I care about having better jobs and better education. I care about using our public lands for the benefit of all and developing our resources without harming our environment. I also care about the future of our country and believe the failure of partisan politics has put our nation and our state at...
My bag is packed. Soon I will be on an airplane with my cousin Shirley from Harlem and my cousin Maxine, who lives in Helena. Our destination is Louisville, Ky. We'll pick up a rental car, cross the Ohio River and drive the winding River Road to Elizabeth, Ind., and out into the country toward Laconia and our Aunt Mary. We go to join with Indiana family to celebrate Aunt Mary's 98th birthday. When I return to Indiana, I return to my first home, to a reunion with Indiana...
Baseball, like the swallows, is again moving north. It is spring and the national pastime with its civility and elegance is arriving in Montana just in time. Our four-month winter is over and, hopefully, so is the recent public frustration shadowing a few of Montana's student athletes. Baseball, despite doping allegations about some of its players, is, nonetheless, a curative played on green fields under warm afternoon high skies. Pat Williams As the majors celebrated opening day, we here in Montana are eager to take our...
So what's all the fuss about fracking? Its most vocal opponents charge that fracking will burn your water, pollute your air and cause the very ground to shift beneath you. The oil and gas industry obviously disagrees. So who's right? Well, not being a scientist I have to base my opinions on information I get from trusted sources, as do most of fracking's detractors. And based on that information my conclusion is that, just like the Keystone XL pipeline opposition isn't about pipelines, coal dust alarmism isn't about coal...
I ask you, "What makes a presidential election year more fun than eating roasted crickets?" Well, sure, there's watching millions being blown. Money better spent, say, reducing the federal budget deficit — but I'm just being silly. Candidates believe practice makes perfect — just in case, you know, they're elected. Dollars aside, the main attraction is election polls. It's impossible to pick up a newspaper with a nuclear sub parked on it. Go ahead, try. Yet inside papers everywhere, reliable election polls by outfits lik...
As elected leaders and policymakers struggle to kick-start our economy, a key element of recovery is education and training opportunities for low-income young people. In the Havre area, we know that youth training programs work because of the success of our YouthBuild program. It helps low-income youth who have left school, and who may have gotten in trouble with the law, to get the skills they need for a better future. Paul Tuss On the Hi-Line where unemployment rates regularly soar to 70 percent on our Indian reservations,...
Only a few days before the 63rd Montana Seed Show and a nearly palpable excitement shimmers in the Harlem air. It's contagious. As I make my rounds in town, to the post office to pick up my mail, then to city hall to pay my water bill and on around the corner to Albertson's for buttermilk because I have a yen for biscuits in the morning and across the street to the Senior Center to say hello to Katie and whoever is hanging around, I hear, over and over, "See you at the Seed...
It seemed that everything happened at once. For one thing the armrest fell off the driver's side door of my aging van (my only vehicle, except for a dilapidated broom that I am grooming to take its place). The armrest is a pitiful specimen of plastification. It was held in place with three plastic pins, which sheared off flush, plus two plastic screws. The plastic washer/spacers had disintegrated into a tiny pile of rubble with a half-life equal to that of nuclear waste. I can get along without an armrest except that it is...
Let's talk about hackers. It is a more complicated word than people realize, largely because it is a more complicated word than most reporters realize. Contrary to the popular notion of a greasy, basement-dwelling, malicious nerd trying to guess your email password or trick you into giving over your social security number, a hacker by the most general definition is basically interchangeable with the word programmer or coder. It is just a person who writes computer programs, whether for keeping financial records, infecting...
I want to ride my bicycle; I want to ride it where I like. And therein lies the problem. My bicycle doesn't go anywhere. I grew up with a bike. I remember learning to ride, wobbly wheeled when my dad let go and I was on my own. But in no time I was riding my bike up and down our lane by myself. I rode for hours. I liked racing along the roadside. I loved the kiss of the wind in my face. Sondra Ashton When I was 23, I was in a serious automobile wreck that shattered my knee....
I am firmly in favor of denial. In fact, I recommend everybody stay in denial as long as possible. Willful ignorance is the land of bliss. But all good things must end. The end of my denial I blame on my daughter. Here's what happened. Her doctor ordered her to take a sleep apnea test. "That's interesting," I said. "Tell me about it." I should have kept my mouth shut. Sondra Ashton Dee Dee described her symptoms: things like waking several times a night, dreams of...
Pam Burke Our bodies — and stop me if you've heard this one — replace all of their cells every seven years. You've heard that one, right? Yeah, me too. It's not true. Some parts of our bodies never replace cells, like our brains and eye lenses, says Dr. Jonas Frisén of Sweden. What we get at birth is what we're stuck with, and it's all getting older every second. Pam Burke On the other hand, the lining of the small intestine replaces itself about once a week, says Quee...
Our bodies — and stop me if you've heard this one — replace all of their cells every seven years. You've heard that one, right? Yeah, me too. It's not true. Some parts of our bodies never replace cells, like our brains and eye lenses, says Dr. Jonas Frisén of Sweden. What we get at birth is what we're stuck with, and it's all getting older every second. On the other hand, the lining of the small intestine replaces itself about once a week, says QueeLim Ch'ng of King's College...
