MONTANA

May 2013

A Monthly Publication for Folks 50 and Better

Finding a home
Teacher, coach makes a huge mark From Laos to Glendive No down time in Red Lodge

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May 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2013

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Tentative Schedule of Events - Subject to Change
Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing, Fairgrounds........................................................................1 p.m. Steak Fry, Fairgrounds...................................................................5:30 p.m. Concert Night, Bandstand5:30 p.m. Opening Band - The Copper Mountain Band...6:30 p.m. Jerrod Niemann in Concert................................................8 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 12

THURSDAY, MAY 16

BHS Trade Show, Fairgrounds...................................4-9 p.m. Bucking Bull Sale 5:30 p.m. Mutton Bustin .......6 p.m Wild Horse Race.................................................................7 p.m. Street Dance, Main Street......................................8:30-1:30 a.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 17

SATURDAY, MAY 18
Range Riders Museum Breakfast.6 a.m. Sheep Shearing Contest - AgriSports Center9 a.m.-2 p.m. BHS Parade, Main Street..............................................9:30 a.m. BHS Trade Show, Fairgrounds.............................12 noon-7 p.m. BHS Pari-mutuel Horse Racing, Fairgrounds....................1 p.m. BHS Grand Entry, Fairgrounds......................................1:15 p.m. Bucking Horse Sale Featuring: Saddle Bronc, Bareback Riding & Wild Horse Race Street Dance, Main Street......................................8:30-1:30 a.m.

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SUNDAY, MAY 19
BHS Trade Show, Fairgrounds......................................11-5 p.m. Matched Bronc Riding, Fairgrounds...........................12:30 p.m. BHS Pari-mutuel Horse Racing, Fairgrounds................12 noon Wild Horse Race.................................................................6 p.m. Partial Schedule of Events - Subject to Change

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Opinion.....................................................Page 4 Savvy Senior.............................................Page 5 Bookshelf..................................................Page 11 Big Sky Birding........................................Page 16

INSIDE

Volunteering..............................................Page 19 On the Menu.............................................Page 20 Calendar....................................................Page 21 Strange But True.......................................Page 22

News Lite
SALEM, Ore. (AP) A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a jurors chest while the courtroom lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial. The juror, it seemed, was texting. Marion County Circuit Judge Dennis Graves cleared the courtroom and excused all jurors except 26-year-old Benjamin Kohler. According to a news release from the Marion County Sheriffs Office, Kohler had no explanation for his actions. Jurors in Oregon are given explicit instructions at the outset of each trial not to use cellphones in court. Graves held Kohler in contempt, and Kohler spent most of two days in the county jail. Neither the nature of the text message nor its recipient was disclosed.

Oregon juror jailed for texting during trial

An alternate juror took his place. Sheriffs spokesman Don Thomson said the defendant was found guilty.

Woman cited for calling 911 seeking divorce

GIRARD, Pa. (AP) Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 911 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave. Troopers say the woman called just after 1 a.m. asking that officers be sent to her home in Girard Township in northwestern Pennsylvania. Police say they explained to the woman, whom they are not identifying, that a divorce is a civil matter and that they could not make her husband leave the residence because no crime had been committed. Instead, police have cited the woman for disorderly conduct and misusing the Erie County 911 system.

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Opinion

I dont like alumni magazines. I dont like how slick and glossy they are. I dont like how heavy and weighty they feel. And I dont like how they make me feel. Thats because much of the purpose of alumni magazines is to point out how wildly successful, rich, connected and influential ones former classmates have become. When I read about them, I automatically contrast my life to theirs, and, lets just say, not all us alumni living here in the hinterlands of Montana are on their same plane. But as I contemplate what might be the true standard of success, a quote by William Lyon Phelps comes to mind: This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. I see in that quote that the real test of success might be how

Why I dont like alumni magazines

we treat others, especially those who cant be of any use to us, or who arent quite on our own social or economic level. That stands a person in far better stead than high degrees, great accomplishments, money or power. Youll generally find folks in that frame of mind also have a greater capacity for humility a quality that has nearly disappeared in this day and age of cutthroat competition to get ahead. Theres certainly nothing wrong with some healthy ambition and desire to succeed in life. But it would be nice to see it come with a little more humility. I myself rarely pass the test Mr. Phelps laid out, but I keep trying. Dwight Harriman Montana Best Times Editor
Frank Perea, Publisher Dwight Harriman, Editor Tom Parisella, Designer

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Jim Miller, creator of the syndicated Savvy Senior information column, is a longtime advocate of senior issues. He has been featured in Time magazine; is author of The Savvy Senior: The Ultimate Guide to Health, Family and Finances for Senior Citizens; and is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show.

How Health Insurance Marketplaces Will Help Early Retirees

Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about the new Obamacare health insurance exchanges that begin next year? I am interested in retiring early at age 61, but need to find some affordable health until my Medicare benefits begin at 65. Ready to Retire Dear Ready, The new health insurance exchanges also known as Health Insurance Marketplaces that begin in 2014 will be a welcome benefit to millions of Americans who need health insurance, especially uninsured baby boomers and pre-Medicare retirees who often have a difficult time finding affordable coverage. As part of the Affordable Care Act, starting Oct. 1 you will be able to shop and compare health insurance policies in your area, and enroll in one directly through your states Health Insurance Marketplace website. The policies will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. Youll also be happy to know that federal law dictates that Marketplace insurers cannot deny you coverage or charge you higher rates based on pre-existing health conditions, and they cant charge women more than men. But, they can charge older customers more than younger ones up to three times more. Every state will have a Marketplace, but each state can choose how it will operate. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia will run their own state-based Marketplace, seven states will partner with the federal government, and 26 states will offer federal Marketplaces. The differences between federal and state programs will be subtle. You will be able to access your states Health Insurance Marketplace at healthcare.gov. The policies available through these Marketplaces will be sold by insurance companies and will provide a package of 10 essential benefits, including emergency services, hospital care, lab services, prescription drugs, doctor visits, preventive care, rehab services and maternity care. To make shopping and comparing a little easier, the health plans will be divided into four different levels bronze, silver, gold and platinum each offering similar benefits but with a different cost structure. The bronze plan will have the lowest monthly premiums but have highest out-of-pocket costs, while the platinum plans will have the highest premiums but the lowest deductibles and co-payments. The Marketplaces will also offer a toll-free hotline to help you choose a plan that meets your needs and budget. These helpers arent associated with any particular plan, and they arent on any type of commission, so the help they give you will be completely unbiased. Prices will vary depending on where you live, your age and the health plan you choose. Exact cost structures for most Marketplaces will be released within the next few months. To help make coverage affordable, sliding scale tax-credits will be available if you earn less than 400 percent of the poverty level thats $45,960 for a single person and $62,040 for couples. These tax-credit subsidies will provide immediate savings off your monthly premiums. To find out if you qualify, or see how much a tax-credit will reduce your monthly costs, youll need to submit a Marketplace application in October, or when you decide enroll. In the meantime, you can calculate your potential tax-credit premium savings by using the Kaiser Family Foundation calculator at healthreform.kff.org click on Interactive Features and then scroll down to Subsidy Calculator. For more information on the Health Insurance Marketplaces including a checklist of things you can do now to help you choose a plan, visit healthcare.gov/marketplace. May 2013 5

How it will work

Costs and tax credits

Finding a home
Marlene Whiting takes on countywide stray problem

Above and on the cover: Marlene Whiting brings out Miracle, a black Lab, from his cage at Janelles Lil Paws Pet Parlor & Bed-N-Biscuit. Whiting, who has owned about 12 dogs since she started living in Hardin, said its often difficult to find homes for the older dogs.

MT Best Times photos by Andrew Turck

By Andrew Turck Montana Best Times

HARDIN Marlene Whiting has made it her business to save abused and neglected animals throughout Big Horn County. In order to succeed in her endeavors, she founded a nonprofit organization, appropriately named Help Every Pet Club. Whiting said she formed HEP Club in the 1970s, because of the large number of stray animals running around Hardin and the Crow reservation. The organization first finds May 2013 6

a stray animal whether it is a cat, dog or horse then boards them at a foster home; or temporarily at a kennel, pound or shelter. Whiting has driven to Bozeman and Sheridan, Wyo., to board an animal, also mentioning a former member, Charlotte Heinle, who brought some of them to South Dakota. HEP Club started off with four active members, a number that remains the same today. I was the one who noticed all these strays, and I talked some of my friends into joining me, Whiting, who is in her 70s, said. Ive always had a love for ani-

mals, I guess. Both dogs and cats. The interview with Whiting took place outside a kennel called Janelles Lil Paws Pet Parlor & Bed-N-Biscuit, where a cat, named George, jumped on the car next to her, and began rubbing against her arm. Dogs inside the building filled in conversational pauses with barking. Im petting a cat now and Im allergic to them, Whiting said, as George moved up behind her. Thats why I dont have nine kitties. But Ive had a dog as long as I can remember.

I remember Marlene calling me, and she got a batch of puppies, Barnes said. And you she speaks to Whiting, who was nearby and your lady friends and I just pictured this in my head, with your manicured nails that you were picking hundreds of ticks off these puppies. Hundreds. A coffee can full of wood ticks. Whiting said she found these particular puppies border collies in Dunmore, along with their mother. After some searching and visits to the vet, they eventually found homes for the puppies and repaired the mothers umbilical hernia. They also had buckshot removed from one of the older puppies, whom they called Pistol. Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, not all of the animals make it. Theres a lot of horror stories, Whiting said. We dont even want to go there. Dog owner JoAnn Barnette, left, and Bed-N-Biscuit owner Janelle Weinberg shave some extra fur off Barnettes spaniel mix, Barney. Before dogs go to new homes, they need to be vaccinated, spayed and neutered. Barnes said HEP Club provides an advocate for pets that would otherwise only be able to communicate with something along the line of barks, purring or neighing. She said she wants to help the pets left in the backyard that nobody sees, not just the puppies in store windows. The pets dont have a voice, Barnes said. Though neither Whiting nor Weinberg was entirely sure of the numbers of animals that they placed in homes, they enjoy putting each pet at the right spot. Its rewarding when they find the right home, Weinberg said. Its rewarding to get them out. As a whole, over the years, Ive found good homes, Whiting said. A lot of the people around here, one of us knows, but not always. Despite the difficulties and uncertainty inherent in the job, Barnes said Whiting is the right person for the team. It was a couple summers ago that my dad saw some pups on the road from (St. Xavier to Crow Agency), so Marlene and I were out, Barnes said. Marlenes crawling in the culvert for those puppies that were in the middle of the culvert. We drove out there three days in a row. It was raining, and I just thought, Here is this woman that Ive known forever, and shes on her belly, in the culvert, trying to get out these stinking, little, wet, little, mangy, little puppies. I think Marlenes going to go to heaven. Andrew Turck may be reached at news@ bighorncountynews.com or (406) 6651008. May 2013

Reasons to continue

Challenges
Whiting said there are physical and emotional hardships involved in saving animals. Some animals need to be treated for disease, get bones repaired or, in especially desperate cases, put to sleep. She said it is particularly difficult to find housing for stray horses wandering through the reservation a problem she said isnt addressed often enough in the county. To help find homes for potential pets in Billings, Whiting, then Heinle, used to sell them outside of the citys PetSmart, something Whiting plans on continuing in the future. Loretta Barnes, secretary and treasurer for HEP Club, said the toughest season for stray animals is winter, when they need a home to protect them from the cold temperatures. The best season, she said, is spring, where everybody has puppies and everybody wants puppies. She said animals become tougher to sell as they get older. HEP Club raises money for the animals through fundraisers, grants and some reimbursement from new pet owners. Barnes said the problem of homeless animals is prevalent enough in the county that the organization is always in need of more money to spay, neuter, vaccinate and board them. Right now, we dont have any dogs in particular that are at the vet or in the kennel, because we were so low on funds, Barnes said. It just depends on, if we bring

in a dog, how much vet care they need and how long they have to stay at the kennel before theyre adopted. Our main thing is we need a really big fundraiser, Whiting said. We need something like the actress Betty White to come in here and draw some money, or a bigtime band. We do the best we can with our little deals. I just had a card party, silent auction and luncheon we raised about $1,300 but thats peanuts compared to what we need. Bed-N-Biscuit owner Janelle Weinberg, who works with HEP Club to place pets, said she has to be particular about which foster homes she uses. Sending an animal to an unfit home is often worse than having it remain in a kennel or shelter. There was somebody who called yesterday and I said, If you dont have a fenced yard, you cant do it, Weinberg said. Were not all the same in how we see what a fit home is. Weinberg keeps the animals best interest at heart. We have to ask ourselves, every time theres an adoption, if the dog is going to a better situation than where it came from, she said. In order to find animals and prepare them for their homes, Whiting and other HEP Club volunteers often had to do things that werent exactly glamorous. These activities included dumpster diving for a puppy taped into a box of Charmin toilet paper and removing ticks from some others.

From the classroom to sports, educator of 45 years has made huge mark

Tedd Stanisich is pictured in his classroom recently. Nearly all of Stanisichs 45 years as a teacher and coach have been at Dillon.

MT Best Times photos by J.P. Plutt

By J.P. Plutt Montana Best Times

DILLON It is not really a job if youre doing something you love. Tedd Stanisich found his niche in Dillon at Beaverhead County High School and is as passionate now as he was when he started atthe school in 1971. Always quick with a funny story and a smile, Stanisich will retire at the end of this school year after 45 years ineducation, the last 42 at Dillon. I had talked about it two years ago, talked to friends and family, said the coach and mentor of his decision to retire at age 68. Idont want to stay and be somebody that they had to kick out. I dont want to ever be in that position. I want to go out on my own terms.Because I may have overcompensated, I may have had one of my best years ever of teachMay 2013 8

ing, he said of the 2012-13 school year. Ivehad a wonderful year. Stanisich plans to stay in Dillon and continue doing the same things he has been involved with for the majority of his life. He says hewill still be going to Beaver games and coaching, but that I just wont be official.

No better hobbies

There are no better hobbies than politics and sports in the mind of Stanisich, and he has been able to incorporate those two passionsinto a successful and rewarding career. I had a history teacher in the seventh grade Carl Cords that was very inspirational, said Stanisich of what helped inspire hiscareer choice of being a teacher. He was our coach and so I wanted to be a teacher. I just thought it was the

greatest thing. Ive alwaysgot to teach my hobbies. Sports is a hobby, and I got to teach government and history, which is a hobby, so you cant get any better thanthat. His love of sport and teaching actually helped land him the Dillon job. After graduating from Rocky Mountain College with a doublemajor history and biology he got his first job in Lavina. A small school with just 19 boys, he coached basketball, volleyball and track,and his teams were successful. When the teaching job in Dillon opened up, Stanisich applied but lost out to Mike Griffin, a friend he played baseball with in thesummers. Griffin had been teaching at Corvallis, so Stanisich asked him if he could help him get his (Griffins) Corvallis job. Griffin went towork on it, but then Griffin landed a job with the FBI

on pollingis the demographics of a particular community and the demographics of particular parts of a community. You can teach a lot of sociologywith polls. No topic is off limits in his classroom, and while the material could be inflammatory and create controversy, the Stanisich approachhas kept the discussions open and free of problems. I can truthfully say that since Ive been teaching and coaching, I bet I havent had three phone calls in 45 years, Stanisich says. Italk to the kids and I tell them that just because we disagree, it doesnt mean anything. It is not personal.

Sports

Stanisich wades into the student section after the 2007 basketball title game victory. and Stanisich ended up a Dillon Beaver. Stanisich, who moved to Dillon at age 26, has shared since his passion with thousands of Dillon students, starting in 1971 when theenrollment was well over 500 through the present day student counts in the low 300s. He has taught government and history and coacheda whole slate of sports, and has noticed a change in students over four and one-half decades. Theyre smarter, much more sophisticated and in the long run, better students, said Stanisich. I think we have good kids here,and I think its probably part of that rural work ethic. The problems we have now with kids are because of socioeconomic factors. I seemore of that now, but other than that, I have nothing but good things to say about the kids.

Photo by J.P. Plutt

Politics in the classroom

Stanisich grew up in the Democratic stronghold of Butte, just 65 miles north of Dillon, the Beaverhead County seat and a county thatvotes close to 80 percent Republican election after election. I grew up in politics, said Stanisich. My dad was involved in politics. He ran for sheriff at one time, but he was also involved behindthe scenes, so I did all of the dirty work putting up signs and tearing down the other guys signs, driving guys around that shouldnt bevoting but were, Stanisich laughed. Needless to say, Stanisich loves to talk politics and he doesnt shy away from dis-

cussing the hot button issues of the day. Ive had people ask me how I can survive in an environment like that, recalled Stanisich of conversations with passionateDemocrats. My motto and I really believe in this is that it shouldnt be personal. I tell kids all of the time that Im going to tell youwhat I think, and you get to tell me what you think, and its not a personal thing. It shouldnt be, but I think that is one of the things that iswrong with this country, is it has gotten personal and it has gotten heated. My thing with the kids is youve got to compromise, and that is almost a dirty word now, and that is wrong. Youve got to work witheach other. Stanisich says he gets students from both sides of the political aisle that are politically engaged and that leads to great classroomdiscussions. They get excited about it, said Stanisich. They know they can express their feelings with me, and they do. There is nothing betterthan that. One tradition that has evolved from his government class is a voter poll he releases a week before major elections. His studentscanvas more than 500 residents to get a feel for the upcoming local and state elections, and without exception, the polling has accuratelyforecast the Beaverhead County vote. We were talking about polls one day, and we decided to do it and it became a tradition, said Stanisich. What you teach

Stanisich, affectionately know as Stanny, started in Dillon as the head boys basketball coach and golf coach. Through the years, hewould assist with football and basketball and embrace what has become the golden age of athletics at BCHS 1990 to the present. Afterjust three state team championships in the first 80 or so years of competition boys basketball 1920, 1936 and 1946 the school hasamassed 17 team titles since Craig Finberg guided the boys basketball team to the 1990 Class A championship. Stanisich helped that gold haul when his golf teams earned a pair of state championships in 2002, a fact that helps hardcore Dillonfans remember when Class A switched from a spring season to a fall season for golf. In the spring of 2002, the Dillon girls claimed thechampionship in an upset on the home course of Whitefish, a team that had won 12 of the previous 16 titles. The next fall, the Dillon boysshocked class A with a championship in the snow at Shelby. It was a real sea change, said Stanisich of the incredible run of class A titles across the board at Dillon while the school dwelt nearthe bottom of enrollment numbers in the classification. Since 1990, Dillon has won titles in boys basketball, girls basketball, football, boysgolf, girls golf, girls tennis and boys cross country. We had pretty good teams throughout the days from back in the 70s and into the 80s,but it sort of all came together. First of all we had some great people coaching like Terry (Thomas) and Finny (Craig Finberg), and we had young guys that came inas assistants that were dedicated. We had great support from the school board theyve got to buy in, and the administration has to buyin, and we had great support from the community. It all started from there. All those things May 2013

made a difference. It is not just one thing itwas a perfect storm. After a stint as head basketball coach to start his time in Dillon, Stanisich stepped away from the sport and handled golf. Whenathletic success started picking up in the late 1980s at the school, both Terry Thomas and Craig Finberg talked Stanisich into helping bothwith football and basketball as an assistant coach. Stanisich completed his last year as a junior varsity boys basketball coach inMarch. For me, it was a rebirth, said Stanny of the days getting back into football and basketball. It was a miraculous time. I didnt getback into it because we were going to win state championships. I got back into it at first because Finny was my friend, and we got alongso great, and it was so much fun. Of course, I had always been close with coach Thomas, so it was

only natural for me to stay when hetook over (boys basketball). Stanisich is a passionate sportsman who contends every summer for the mens title at Beaverhead Golf Course. He follows sportslike professionals in the business world follow the stock exchange. That passion goes up a notch in the classroom, where Stanisichcombines his fascination with politics into his history and government classes. That passion emanates from his classroom.

Reflection

The people in this community have always been very good about supporting the schools and supporting the kids, and I hope thatcontinues, said Stanisich. I want everybody to know how hard, I think, the teachers and staff and the

administration of this school workto do a good job for these kids. There are some very dedicated people here, and I admire them for what theyve done. Were very lucky. Stanisich has played a key role in labormanagement negotiations at Beaverhead County High School. Under his leadership, theteachers and school board have developed a respectful relationship. Negotiations are usually handled during a lunch between the twogroups and remain drama free. I felt when I was here, I worked really hard to make things work at the school, and I think weve got a good school, concludedStanisich. J.P. Plutt can be reached at jpplutt@dillontribune.com or (406) 683-2331.

News lite
Tiger in the bathroom
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A central Kansas woman likely wont remember her first circus for the clowns or performances itll be the tiger in the bathroom. The big cat had escaped briefly after its turn in the ring April 20 at the Isis Shrine Circus in Salina. Staff members blocked off the concourses at the Bicentennial Center as the tiger wandered into the bathroom, where one of the doors was blockaded. About that time, Salina resident Jenna Krehbiel decided she needed to use the restroom. When she walked in the door that hadnt been blocked off, she found a tiger standing about 2 feet away, The Salina Journal reported. You dont expect to go in a bathroom door, have it shut behind you and see a tiger walking toward you, Krehbiel said. Chris Bird, manager at the Bicentennial Center, said the bathroom was only 25 feet long. Once she saw the tiger, Im sure she knew to go the other

way, Bird said. Overall, it was a scary, surreal moment. I am glad no one was hurt or injured. The tiger was captured within minutes and returned to its enclosure. Krehbiel, a social worker, said she didnt scream or run because she is trained to stay calm. Looking back, it was a scary ordeal, she said. At the time, I was thinking I just needed to get out.

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Bookshelf
Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape By Brad Tyer Beacon Press - March 2013 Hardcover $25.95 232 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8070-0329-9

Journalist Tyer deftly weaves memoir and reportage in a tale of the reclamation of a river and the failed reclamation of a fathers love ... evocative prose of quiet melancholy and gentle humor.
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By Montana Best Times

Have you heard of Opportunity, Montana? With a population of only 500, you might not have. Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape, might make you never forget it. Journalist Brad Tyer, a Texas native, moved to Montana for a change of scenery. Recently divorced, and estranged from his disapproving and overbearing father, he picked Montana off a map and headed out, sight unseen, for big skies and clear waters, according to a news release from publisher Beacon Press. When I crossed the state line, Tyer writes in the release, I still didnt know anything about Montana except what the picture books showed. But he soon discovered that the treasure state had buried secrets. Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape, explores how copper mining devastated a river, and twice destroyed a town called Opportunity. Tyer exposes the damage that a centurys worth of industry can have on the environment, and uncovers the true cost of restoration. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the mining of copper was fueling American progress, bringing electricity to far flung parts of the country. Tyer recounts the intricate history of how three men turned Montana into the epicenter of the copper boom. Buttes three Copper Kings William Andrews Clark, Marcus Daly and Fritz Augustus Heinze discovered, mined, smelted, distributed and profited from the naturally occurring resource.

But what was left behind, Tyer writes, was arsenic-filled air and soil, abandoned mines filled with a toxic soup of leaching chemicals and metals, and riverways that were dammed, polluted, and then left for dead, according to the Beacon Press release. The Clark Fork River, which runs through the state, took on the bulk of these pollutants. If prehistoric torrents and ice ages and glacial floods defined the Clark Fork for millions of years, the digging of copper has defined it for the last two centuries and continues to define it, writes Tyer. In the 1980s the Environmental Protection Agency designated the river as a Superfund site in need of environmental cleanup one of 17 in the state and the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), which had purchased the Anaconda Copper Company that has caused the original contamination, was held responsible for the damages. It took 20 years for the EPA and ARCO to agree upon what to do about it, and another 10 before any change would be seen, the release says. Interlaced through Tyers expose is the personal story of his troubled relationship with the father he had estranged himself from, a recently deceased wastewater engineer whose disappointment in his son left a terrible legacy all its own, the release says. Tyer sees their relationship reflected in the struggles of Opportunity. Brad Tyer has worked as an editor at Austins Texas Observer and Missoula, Montanas Independent. His writing has appeared in Outside, the New York Times Book Review, Texas Monthly, and High Country News, among other publications. Recipient of a 2010 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan, a 2011 Fishtrap Writing Residency, and a 2011 grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Tyer now lives in Austin, Texas. May 2013 11

From Laos to Glendive

Pastor tells story of early ministry and his path to Montana

We get involved because Gods involved.

Pastor Neville Peterson

The Petersons, both 77, said they consider each other terrific companions. One year after moving to Montana, Neville became the pastor of an Anabaptist Mennonite church in Wolf Point, where they stayed for the next 13 years. The Petersons said they endured reverse cultural shock, having to adjust from years of living in war torn Southeastern Asia. You cant get it out of your soul, Neville said.

Work in Wolf Point

By Eric Killelea Montana Best Times

GLENDIVE At age 16, Neville Peterson felt the call of God to become a missionary. His mother had died years before and he was living with his seven siblings, his stepmother and father on the family dairy farm in New Zealand near South Auckland. His father, who had contracted black lung disease from working in the coal industry, was supportive of his hard-working sons rationalization to follow a higher power. What God wants for you, thats what I want, Neville recalled the kind words of his father.

Neville Peterson sits recently in a pew in White Chapel Mennonite Church in Glendive, where he serves as pastor. lines known as the Ho Chi Minh trail. Together, Neville and Joan reached out to the large Buddhist population and worked to spread Gods word. The two would marry, raise children and spend the next 15 years in Laos. It certainly broadened our perspective of the world, Joan said of their time in Laos. Despite the danger, the Peterson family pressed on, spreading the gospel to the people of Laos, and using their medical training to help those suffering from various ailments, including leprosy. It was time when a farm boy had to grow up, Neville said. Civil war between royalists and the communist group, the Pathet Lao, often made it difficult for the couple to carry out their ministry. But we had to be active to do what we could to help particularly in those areas that were oppressed, Neville said. U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later, North Vietnamese forces overran South Vietnam, reuniting the country under Communist rule. In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took control of the government in Laos, ending a six-century-old monarchy and instituting a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam.

MT Best Times photos by Erik Killelea

The couple lived 20 miles north of Wolf Point, above the reservation located on the Missouri River. They began to adjust in the farming and ranching community. Experience with missionary work in Laos aided Neville and Joan in organizing programs to help those afflicted with alcoholism and poverty. They also worked with Voices For Children an organization made up of Native American women who help educate the public about domestic and sexual abuse. In 1989, the group worked with the Montana Legislature to create a registry that tracks the whereabouts of sexual and violent offenders, Neville said. From Wolf Point, Neville and Joan moved to Nebraska and California, where they worked as copastors and joined various organizations that worked with victims of domestic violence and family members of murder victims. We get involved because Gods involved, Neville said.

Retirement? Not yet

To Laos

Neville committed himself fully to his calling believing he couldnt do anything with a compromised hand. In 1960, he joined an international missionary society, which assigned him to Laos, located in southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. Meanwhile, his future wife, Joan, raised in Anaconda, Mont., had became a missionary herself and ventured to the rugged mountains of Laos. They met in a time when North Vietnamese troops and their South Vietnamese opponents fought on Laotian territory as the conflict spilled over in the 1960s. Laos was subject to extensive aerial bombardment by U.S. troops in an attempt to rupture the North Vietnamese supply March 2013 12

After years of spreading Gods word and helping others, the Petersons decided to retire. However, rest was not in the cards for these two. In 2001, they were contacted by members of the White Chapel Mennonite Church in Glendive, who were searching for a pastor. The Petersons have since lived in Glendive, where Neville has served as the churchs pastor and has kept active for numerous volunteer groups geared to help those who have been abused or oppressed. Until things change, they will remain the same, said Neville, adding that he plans on continuing his lifelong effort to help those in need.

Reverse culture shock

At this time, the Petersons gathered their three children, left their home on the Mekong River and headed to Joans hometown in Anaconda. We came to America to recover from the dramatic stresses wed been under, Neville said.

Peterson stands outside White Chapel Mennonite Church.

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orever young F

Theres no down time for this Red Lodge volunteer

Glory Mahan, left, Fourth of July parade board president, presents parade committee member Katie Callahan, third from left, with a Special Recognition award for her five years of work on the parades. With Callahan is Callahans husband, John Metcalf, and in front of them, their daughter Hailey. Standing next to Mahan is her granddaughter Megan Mahan.
MT Best Times photo by Alastair Baker

By Alastair Baker Montana Best Times

RED LODGE If Glory Mahan had an empty space in her weekly calendar or diary, she admits shed have to fill it with something. With her 79th birthday coming up this summer, Mahan doesnt show signs of slowing down or ever taking it easy. Wherever you go in Red Lodge and whatever function you attend, you are sure to bump into Mahan. The woman is, quite frankly, everywhere. The list of organizations, committees and events she is involved with could stretch from Red Lodge to Timbuktu and maybe even back: Red Lodge City Council; Police and Emergency Committee; Founders Day, which is an event to remember aspects of Red Lodges history; the Yellow Ribbon Community; presidentelect of the Carbon County Historical Society; organizer of the annual Blade Parade; the Leading Knight at the Beartooth Elks Club; chairwoman of the May 2013 14

Board of the Friends of the Beartooth All American Road; the Chamber of Commerce; and finally, but by no means least, chairwoman of the Fourth of July Rodeo Committee. Mahan also just restarted the VFW Auxiliary in Red Lodge. She has also been a member of the Lions Club and the Red Lodge Rotary Club in her time. This August she will be helping to promote Cycle Greater Yellowstones 30th year, when approximately 1,200 plus riders will come and stay in Red lodge. They chose us because we were so enthusiastic, said Mahan.

Inner strength

She is just enthusiastic to see success for her town, Mahan said. Having grown up in Red Lodge, she feels a sense of duty to the town she left briefly for California when chasing a career. Mahans strength and determination stem partly from a childhood that sadly witnessed her mother die at 61 from acute alcoholism.

It was a shame because she was talented in what she did, recalled Mahan. She was the first woman in Montana to write insurance policies. She was not educated, but she was smart, clever and funny. She could see a dress once and go home and make an exact copy. Mahan may be 79 but looks 59, something she said she attributes to her father who passed away at 98 but looked 20 years younger. Combine her youthful looks with her energy, and it is not hard to believe she is out in snow blizzards saving her 80- to 82-year-old neighbors from slippery problems. When not looking out for her neighbors, shell help move administration files from one building to another, as was the case when the Beartooth Clinic moved premises. It is a chance to pay back those who have helped you, said Mahan. If someone does something for you, there is an opportunity for you to help them back. I think if more of the world worked like that, there would be less anger and hardship. If we dont pull together, we pull apart.

Fourth of July and yellow ribbons

Mahans passion amid all the things she does is the Fourth of July rodeo, which actually starts July 2 and involves organizing three days of parades. This is her 17th year in charge. The record is 21 years. As a kid, I rode in the parade and then became a majorette, she said. Ive a wonderful team behind me, and weve helped it grow. My volunteers come back every year. Ive given appreciation awards for five years and for 10 years. She was 57 years old when she took over the Fourth of July Rodeo parades. I asked for the records of the previous parades, who had been grand marshals, what the themes had been and if there had been any problems, she said. The committee hadnt kept any records. Thats changed since. The Yellow Ribbon Community is another organization closest to her heart. Senator Jon Tester nominated Red Lodge to be the first Yellow Ribbon Community in Montana, she said. We expanded it to include Stillwater and Carbon County, and have helped so many veterans from World War II upwards and some still deployed. It is a wonderful program. Nothing is more important than helping our vets. Aside from this, she is also on various committees that help provide scholarships for students. The Elks do a lot for kids scholarships from MSU-Billings. I asked the Lions club to give $500 to a nontraditional student I pushed for it, she said. I know those families, their histories, and there are some things they cant put on the application, so I know the backgrounds. Its rewarding that I can help some of these kids. An average day for Mahan means any-

where between two to five meetings. After this interview with Montana Best Times, Mahan, who sits on Red Lodges Police and Emergency Committee, was off to interview the candidates for the Police Commission.

Each of us has an obligation to help our communities and the larger community, the United States ...
Glory Mahan

Doing something of value

For Mahan, it is important to have something to do and do something of value. She laughed, I dont mind that I got myself into this. Mahan even attends the Merchants and Lodging Meetings because she wants to know what is happening and if there is something I can do of value. She has also pushed hard for the flower baskets along Main Street. It is important for the community, and it dresses it up like no other. Not one person doesnt come here and comment on the flower baskets, said Mahan. There are so many other things to get involved in, and when asked, I will, she said. Sometimes it is peripheral to some-

thing Im involved in already or something brand new, but it doesnt matter when I see an opportunity to be valuable not important, but of value to the community. I will do what I can for the town. Things happen for a reason, and it makes me feel of real value. Growing up here was tough, with my mother being an alcoholic. Friends were told not to hang with me, but they still did. I understand prejudice. In 1996 Mahan got perhaps her ultimate award, being selected Red Lodges Citizen of the Year. My first reaction was to look up and say, Mother weve come full circle, she said. I thought it was really swell. It is what drives me. Im convinced we are where we are supposed to be, and if you have skills of any kind, they are useful at some point. Each of us has an obligation to help our communities and the larger community, the United States of America, and to do what we can. I suppose that is why I focus a lot on veterans theyve given their all, and it needs to be proven they are of value to us.

Getting the job done

Even with this article, she is hopeful that her own story of her mother and overcoming the views of others will help someone out there in similar circumstances to regroup their own life. She does not see herself as a politician more as a statesman. The idea is to get the job done, she said. And finally: What does she do on days when she has some down time? I walk my dogs, Mahan laughed. Alastair Baker can be reached at news@carboncountynews.com or (406) 446-2222.

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y k S g Bi Birding
Terry McEneaney is ornithologist emeritus for Yellowstone National Park, and is the author of three books: Birding Montana, Birds of Yellowstone, and The Uncommon Loon. He has been watching birds for 50 years and is one of Montanas most experienced birders.

Getting to the Bottom of the Upside-down Bird Mystery

EDITORS NOTE: Montana Best Times has been featuring some of the fascinating adventures Terry McEneaney had when he was Yellowstone National Parks ornithologist. Following is another excerpt from a new book he is writing, Lucky Feathers: Adventures and Experiences of a Yellowstone Ornithologist. Ornithology is the study of birds. And in the field of ornithology, there are certain groups of birds that feed or forage in what sometimes appears to be precarious positions. Some birds that fit this mold are birds like waxwings, crossbills, woodpeckers and nuthatches, to name a few. These are the acrobatic birds of the perching world, you might say, but for the sake of this article I am talking about birds that perch on tree branches. Five orders of birds come to mind that fit this description due to their foot/toe configuration and tendency to have a strong grip or grasp on the subject Passeriformes (most perching birds-songbirds), Falconiformes (most diurnal raptors), Strigiformes (most owls), Piciformes (most woodpeckers) and the Psittaciformes (most parrots). Nearly all these birds have either the classic anisodactyl foot (toes unequal in number, with toes 2-4 arranged in front and toe 1 in the rear), so songbirds and most other passerines fit this scenario of the classic perching bird. Or the second most common foot arrangement is the zygodactyl foot (toes arranged in pairs, with toes 2 and 3 in front while toes 1 and 4 are in the rear), with the Osprey, most woodpeckers, owls, cuckoos, March 2013 16

A Bald Eagle and a Golden Eagle perch together in a tree.

Photo by Terry McEneaney

most parrots, and some swifts fitting nicely here. These are the trapeze artists of the bird world, for they must have a firm foot in which to perch or grip. Also this allows them to cope with moving branches from the swaying of trees or trying to get into unusual places, like obtaining food from hanging pine cones or droopy fruit, under bark, or just simply perching on a branch to stalk prey. Interestingly enough, the focal point where pressure is delivered on the centre of the foot triggers a ligament that automatically forces the toes to constrict and close allowing the bird to strongly grip the substrate while perched or feeding in a tree. Releasing this pressure allows the toes to relax and henceforth the bird is able to takeoff with ease. For most birds, applying or releasing foot pressure is primarily instinctual, coupled with a limited degree of learning involved. Please be aware the above simple explanation is the best case scenario, but it doesnt always work out that way. I decided to get to the bottom of the upside-down bird mystery when one photograph was sent to me on the Internet by Cheryl Goodman and another by Cheryls friend Todd Fanning of the same upsidedown bird mystery that was suspended in a cottonwood tree near Alder, Mont. So it provided two glimpses of the same bird. These photographs are not easy to come by, I might add. Cheryl and her husband had taken field ornithology courses from me before, so she knew of me from the past. The questions for me from both Cheryl and Todd were: What species of bird is it? Have you seen this before? And why is it hanging upside down? OK, lets quit stalling and get to the bottom of the upsidedown bird mystery. The two bird pictures they sent to me of the hanging bird were that of a Golden Eagle. Golden Eagles are large, dark raptors with golden head hackles, and feath-

Left: Pictured is the front side of the Golden Eagle hanging upside down that Terry McEneaney mentions in this column.
Photo by Cheryl Goodman

Left: Shown is the back view of the same Golden Eagle above.
Photo by Todd Fanning

ered to the toes. Although the pictures were grainy, the bird obviously has a white band on a black tail and appears to be that of a sub-adult, which is not surprising. Have I seen it before? Yes, I have seen it before, in several different species and by looking at my field notes on many different occasions. It is quite rare for the general public to find this, but for those spending their entire ornithology career in the field, it does occur more often then you think. What causes a bird to hang upside down like this is my theory based on a repetitive theme. It mainly occurs in young and subadult birds that are perched. I have seen it occur in Bald and Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Red-tailed Hawks, Common Ravens, American Crows, Great Horned and Great Gray Owls, Bohemian Waxwings, European Starlings, chickadees, goldfinches, and captive parrots and macaws. In some of the more intelligent bird species, it can be interpreted as a form of play. But I do believe it oftentimes boils down to birds

especially juveniles and sub-adults that are not paying attention to their surroundings and simply losing grip of the perch from which they are grasping. I have watched this comical behavior on many occasions. If the birds let go of the grip and fall holding on dropping forward, they oftentimes recover and get airborne. But if they lose their grip and fall holding on dropping backward, they dont quite get it and hang on instinctively, gripping the perch too late, resulting in an awkward trapeze upside-down posture. The take-home message here is they dont always quickly fly off. But in younger, inexperienced birds, the brain doesnt coordinate well with the wings and the feet when it falls backward, leaving the bird suspended like a bat for minutes on end and in some cases hours at a time. So the next time you see a bird suspended like a bat or a hanging like a trapeze artist, think of this story of getting to the bottom of the Upside-Down Bird Mystery.

More short stories from Lucky Feathers: Adventures and Experiences of a Yellowstone Ornithologist, will be featured in forthcoming issues of Montana Best Times. In the meantime, enjoy Montana birds! And the Best of Big Sky Birding to you! Bird watching questions may be sent to Terry McEneaney by writing to 1215 Lolo St., Missoula, MT 59802; emailing terry@ravenidiot.com; or visiting www.yellowstonewildlifeguides.com or www.ravenidiot.com. If questions are mailed, include a phone number at which you can be reached.

People
LOS ANGELES (AP) Dick Van Dyke is seeing doctors for an undiagnosed health problem, and hes seeking advice online as well. My head bangs every time I lay down, the 87-year-old actor posted on his Twitter account. Ive had every test come back that Im perfectly healthy. Anybody got any ideas? Bob Palmer, a spokesman for Van Dyke, said April 18 hes undergoing tests for cranial throbbing thats causing him to lose

sleep. The sensation occurs when Van Dyke lies down, and scans and other tests have yet to yield a diagnosis, Palmer said. Van Dyke drew a number of responses to his tweet for help, including questions about whats been done so far for the problem he described as stubborn. It has been going on for seven years. Ive had every test you can think of, he replied, including an MRI and spinal tap. Van Dyke has a strong constitution and is otherwise OK, but the fatigue factor has become acute, Palmer said. March 2013 17

The Dating Coach

Dear Lisa, I am new to dating. Ive been divorced about 6 months and recently a friend suggested I go online. But when I got there, I found thousands of men. I felt like a kid in a candy store being given so many choices of the penny candies, but unable to choose cause there are too many. As you can probably tell, I am overwhelmed by all of their pictures. Is there something I can do to figure out which ones might be good for me to date? Tracy It sounds like you could use some of what I like to call Male Online Sorting Filters. Start by making a Male Wish List. Figure out what it is you want in a man youd like to date. Next, head to the profiles of men on your favorite dating site. Begin looking at the pictures. This time, view them as holding the clues to a mans life whether its the way hes dressed, the background surrounding him or whos in the picture with him. If family values are important to you and a man has a picture with his kids, you know its important to him as well. If he displays a picture with his German shepherd, you know his dog is important but if you are not a dog person, you know to move on. If any of the clues in these pictures make you curious about him, then read his profile. Pay attention to the words hes written to see if it matches with the values and qualities of your wish list. Look for what he likes to do in life and see if its 70-percent to 80-percent compatible to your lifestyle. If he rides motorcycles every weekend and youre not into motorcycles, it might be best to move on. Yet if he says its a hobby he can do with or without you, hes a possibility. If you like his picture and what he has to say, wink at him or make him a favorite and see where it goes. Dear Lisa, I havent dated anyone in eons. In all honesty, I cant find anyone worth dating. I had a pretty decent first marriage but sadly, my husband died and I just cant find anyone to replace what I had with him. I go online but no one is as handsome as he was, and my friends try and fix me up but the men all seem like old geezers even though they are my age. Im tired of being alone and would like to find someone. How do I get started? By the way, its been almost 10 years since I lost Don. I so miss him! Jane May 2013 18

Figuring out who the good guys are to date online

I am so sorry about your late husband. I will give you some tips for getting out there to date again, but if Don is still holding a prominent place in your mind and heart, it might help to turn to a professional therapist for help with this. Lets begin with the idea that 10 years is literally a lifetime ago. Don was probably in his 40s at the time. Thats still a pretty youthful age especially in appearance, which may explain why everyone looks like an old geezer to you now. Sadly, he is gone and you cant replace him. He was unique and your relationship was unique with its own set of qualities special to the two of you. But you can find someone to share your life with, if you can let Don go from being the standard a man must live up to. And you can create another good, unique relationship in your life if you can try not comparing every new man to Don. It would help you to start looking at the men around you and see who seems handsome to you. Look online and do the same. Then start talking with men especially those over 50 whether you are at the grocery store, the drug store or online. This will help you get used to interacting with men of this age. If youre ready to date, be aware of being too picky. If no one is OK enough, youll continue to be alone. Also, consider going on dates with no expectation other than to have fun with a man. Try dating all types of men so you can see what type of man youd most like in your life at this age. And just have fun getting to know someone new and interesting. If it turns into something more, great! If it doesnt, youve had the opportunity to learn more about yourself and the men you do and dont want to date. EDITORS NOTE: Lisa Copeland is known as The Dating Coach Who Makes Dating Fun and Easier after 50! Find out more at http://www.findaqualityman.com.

RSVP
Gallatin County

Below is a list of volunteer openings available through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in communities across southern Montana. To learn more about RSVP, call (800) 424-8867 or TTY (800) 833-3722; or log on to www. seniorcorps.org. - Help Center Telecare: Volunteers needed 3-4 mornings a week 8:30-11 a.m. to make calls to homebound seniors, providing reassurance, check on safety and well-being, and access to up to date referral information to vulnerable individuals. - Intermountain Opera Bozeman: Volunteers are needed to sell tickets in person and by phone. Very minimal computer skills are needed. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1-5 p.m. until May 12. - Museum of the Rockies: Variety of opportunities available. - RSVP Handcrafters: Volunteers to quilt, knit, crochet and embroider hats for chemo patients, baby blankets and other handmade goods once a week (can work from home); accepting yarn donations. - Senior Nutrition Volunteers:Volunteers needed to help seniors with grocery shopping, meal and menu planning, and companionship, 2 hours a week, days and times are flexible; deliver commodities to seniors in their homes once a month. - Sweet Pea Festival: Looking for volunteers to help with office retail sales (July 9 26) for 2 or 3 hours shifts Tuesdays-Fridays. - Thrive Child Advancement Project (CAP): Seeking mentors to students in grades K-12, one hour commitment a week, training and support provided. - VA Montana Healthcare System: Volunteer DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Help needed to coordinate driver schedules to transport eligible veterans to and from the VA. - Your unique skills and interests are needed, without making a long-term commitment, in a variety of ongoing, special, one-time, one-shift events. Contact: Deb Downs, RSVP Program Coordinator, 807 N. Tracy, Bozeman, MT 59715; phone (406) 587-5444; fax (406) 582-8499; email: debdowns@rsvpmt.org. - The Main Street Thrift Store and Community Closet: Swamped with spring cleaning donations and need help sorting, tagging, shelving and putting donated items on the shelve. Choose your own hours. - The Yellowstone Gateway Museum: Volunteers needed at the front desk to greet people and help with a variety of projects. - Various agencies are in need of your unique skills and interests in a variety of ongoing and one-time special events, including simple data entry, filing and other office tasks; flexible hours. Become involved and have the chance to meet new friends while benefitting your community. Contact: Shannon Burke, RSVP Program Coordinator, 208 So. Main St., Livingston, MT 59047; phone (406) 222-2281; email: livingston@rsvpmt.org.

- American Cancer Society Road to Recovery Program: Needs volunteer drivers to escort cancer patients to treatments. - American Prairie Reserve: Office Assistant (10-15 hours per week) needed to help maintain office filing and storage systems, organize office supplies, process and distribute mail and run errands to post office. - American Red Cross: Blood drive ambassador needed to welcome, greet, thank and provide overview for blood donors. Phone team volunteers needed to remind, recruit or thank blood donors, excellent customer service skills needed, training will be provided, flexible schedule. - Befrienders: Befriend a senior; visit on a regular weekly basis. - Big Brothers Big Sisters: Be a positive role model for only a few hours each week. - Bozeman and Belgrade Sacks Thrift Stores: Need volunteers to sort and price items, MondaySaturday 9:30 a.m.6 p.m. - Bozeman Deaconess Hospital: Variety of opportunities to volunteer. - Bozeman Lodge: Volunteers are needed to help with Wii-Bowling on Mondays, 3 p.m.; Bingo on Saturdays 1:30 p.m.; and once a month on Saturdays, 3 p.m., for birthday parties. - Bozeman Senior Center Foot Clinic: Retired or nearly retired nurses are urgently needed, 2 days a month, either 4- or 8-hour shifts. - Child Care Connections: Front desk help needed Thursdays from Noon 1 p.m. Volunteer will greet clients, answer phones, and general reception duties. - The Emerson Cultural Center: Volunteers needed for front office greeter/reception, Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Gallatin Valley Food Bank:Deliver commodities to seniors in their homes once a month. - HRDC Youth Development wants to help: Seniors in need of yard work including raking, trimming bushes, etc. If you or someone you know needs some assistance with yard work. - Habitat for Humanity Restore Belgrade: Volunteers needed for general help, sorting donations and assisting customers. - Headwaters Heritage Museum: Volunteers are needed June through Sept. for 2 and 4 hour shifts. - Heart of The Valley: Volunteers to play with and cuddle cats especially, do carpentry work, be an animal bank collector (asking local businesses to display an animal bank for donation collection) or birthday party leader.

Fergus & Judith Basin counties

Park County

- Fix it Brigade: A new project will be helping with small home repairs and tasks for seniors and veterans. If you have handyman skills and would like to help out for an hour or two let us know. - The Food Pantry and Loaves and Fishes: Need help in a variety of ways, including cooking, serving, shelving and with starting up the Food Pantry garden. - Handcrafters meets every Thursday and has a variety of interesting projects to become involved in. Bring your ideas and patterns to share. - Livingston Baseball Association: Help with concession stand needed.

- Boys and Girls Club: Volunteers needed to assist staff with elementary children MondayFriday on field trips and for food preparation in the kitchen. - Central Montana Museum: 25 volunteers who can help in 3 hour shifts. The museum is open 7 days a week, 9 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Memorial Day Weekend-Labor Day. - Central Montana Senior Citizens Club: Volunteers to plan, organize, clean, repair and set up for events; help with Saturday senior dances, pinochle on Tuesday and Friday p.m. - CMMC Auxiliary: Volunteer at the help desk or in the gift shop, assist with blood drives and fund raising events to help fund the ER remodel, knit and crochet items, bake cookies. - Community Cupboard: Assist clients with selection of items, record keeping, unload delivery truck. - Council on Aging-Grubstakes: Regular volunteers and substitutes needed for home delivered meals, kitchen, hostess, foot clinic. - Friends of the Library: Volunteers to sort book donations, and prepare for and work the monthly sale. - Heart of Montana Animal Shelter: Volunteers needed to help in the secondhand store. - Lewistown Art Center: Volunteers to help set up monthly shows, assist with special events, or work in the gift shop. - Lewistown Library: Volunteer to read to groups or individuals, dust and clean, take care of videos, copying and scanning. Assist with nursing home outreach monthly. - Treasure Depot Thrift Store: Volunteers to cashier and sort donations, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. See RSVP, Page 20 May 2013 19

On The Menu
Finally ...
After the rhubarb pie and the rhubarb crisp have been enjoyed, what can you do with the stalks of this plant? If there is one plant any gardener can grow in Montana, its rhubarb. Even people whose thumbs have never been even slightly green can keep this hardy plant growing like a weed. It can survive longer than other vegetables when its deprived of water. All it needs is a yearly application of fertilizer to thrive. The health benefits of rhubarb are many. Its high in vitamin C, calcium and dietary fiber. And the vitamin K it provides

With Jim Durfey

may reduce the onset of insulin resistance. So it might help to ward off diabetes in some people. Here are four recipes that are definitely different. Ever thought of enjoying rhubarb in a cold soup? Or how about in a cocktail? Any of the four recipes below will help you to use rhubarb in ways you may not have considered. The leaves should be kept out of the reach of young children, of course. They are poisonous whether eaten raw or cooked.

an answer to that burning question

Norwegian Cold Rhubarb Soup with Mint

4 sticks rhubarb Vanilla bean half, cut lengthwise 1 pt. water 6 oz. sugar 5 sprigs mint Juice of one lemon Take leaves off mint sprigs. Save leaves. Peel rhubarb. Save peels. Cut peeled rhubarb into thin slices. Put rhubarb peel in saucepan with water, sugar, vanilla bean half, lemon juice and leafless mint sprigs. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Sieve liquid. Add rhubarb slices. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool. Cut mint leaves into thin strips. Serve soup ice cold with chopped mint leaves on top. Serves eight people. 5 c. diced rhubarb 1 small can crushed pineapple (drained)

2 c. sugar 1 small package strawberry Jell-O Mix first three ingredients. Let stand two hours. Boil 12 minutes. Remove from heat. Add Jell-O. Stir until well combined. Put in jars or in plastic containers. Refrigerate. Freezes well.

Rhubarb Mimosa Drink

2 c. rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 c. sugar 1 sprig mint 1 - 750-ml. bottle prosecco (or other sparking wine), chilled Combine rhubarb, sugar and two cups water in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until rhubarb is slightly broken down, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add mint. Allow to sit one minute. Strain. The mixture should be syrupy. If too watery, return to saucepan and continue cooking until slightly reduced. Cover and refrigerate until cool. Divide rhubarb syrup among six champagne glasses. Top with the prosecco (an Italian sparkling wine but any dry sparkling wine will work well). to the housebound in the community, just one day a week, an hour and a half, meal provided. - Senior Center: Volunteers are needed to provide meals, clean up in the dining room and/or keep records, meal provided. - Senior Transportation: Volunteer needed to drive Senior Van to meals, fundraisers and appointments, one day a week or month, no special license needed, meal provided. - RSVP offers maximum flexibility and choice to its volunteers as it matches the personal interests and skills of older Americans with opportunities to serve their communities. You choose how and where to serve.

Basic Rhubarb Compote

6 c. fresh chopped rhubarb, washed 1/2 c. fresh orange juice 1/2 c. maple sugar or brown sugar Combine all ingredients in medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cover and simmer gently for about five minutes. Rhubarb will begin to soften. Uncover. Continue to cook another five minutes. Remove from heat. Cool. Makes about three cups. Perfect accompaniment to vanilla ice cream, pound cake or sweetened whipped cream.

Easy Rhubarb Jam

RSVP, from Page 19

- RSVP: Needs volunteers to help with the implementation of a new program: My Neighbor In Need in Lewistown, also need volunteers to occasionally transport large items such as furniture, appliances, etc. - RSVP has a variety of volunteer positions open for on-call, ongoing events. Contact: RSVP Volunteer Coordinator Cheryll Tuss, 404 W. Broadway, Wells Fargo Bank building, (upstairs), Lewistown, MT 59457; phone (406) 535-0077; email: rsvplew@ midrivers.com. May 2013 20

Musselshell, Golden Valley and Petroleum counties

- Council on Aging: Volunteer to help in the office and with fundraising, assist organizing bingo, cards and other events. - Dinner Theatre and Summer Drama Camp for Kids: Seeking a committee and help to plan and implement these events. - Food Bank: Distribute food commodities to seniors and others in need in the community. - Golden Thimble Thrift Store: Volunteer to organize and sell quality used goods. - Meals on Wheels Program: Deliver meals

 Friday, May 3
Stars, 7 p.m., Alberta Bair Theater, Billings Mothers Day Craft Show, through May 4, Al Bedoo Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Avenue, Billings. Western Art Roundup and Quick Draw, through June 16, Riverside Park, Miles City  Saturday, May 4 Sweet Grass Health and Community Resource Fair, Civic Center, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Big Timber Peoples Market-Spring Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Emigrant Hall, Emigrant Western Montana Wood Carvers Show, through May 5, Missoula County Fairgrounds, Missoula  Monday, May 6 Friends of Library Annual Book Sale, Livingston Park County Public Library, Livingston  Friday, May 10 KXLFs TV May Fair, through May 12, Butte Civic Center, Butte Montana Watercolor Society Members Show, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11-5, through June 21, Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown Montana Pioneer and Classic Auto Club Spring Tour, through May 13, Best Western Inn, Livingston  Saturday, May 11 32nd Annual Montana Womens Run, Billings Park to Paradise Triathlon, Gardiner Dont Fence Me In Trail Run, Pioneer Heritage Park, Helena
Magic City Singers - The Sun, Moon and

May 2013 Calendar

Spring Bibler Home and Gardens Tour,

Kalispell International Migratory Bird Day, Moiese National Bison Range, Moiese  Sunday, May 12 Charlie Russell Chew-Choo, Lewistown  Monday, May 13 MSU-Billings Wine and Food Festival, through May 18, Billings  Thursday, May 16 Jerrod Nieman Concert and Steak Fry, Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, through May 20, Miles City  Friday, May 17 Stafford Animal Shelters Annual Fur Ball, Chico Hot Springs, Livingston  Saturday, May 18 Komen Montana Race for the Cure, Helena Stars of the Big Sky Quilt Show, through May 19, Helena Civic Center, Helena Livingston Dance Club, country western dancing, American Legion, 112 N. B St., Livingston, 7-11 p.m. Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays through October 26, Riverside Park, Miles City  Thursday, May 23 National Bison Range 105th Birthday Celebration, National Bison Range Visitor Center, Moiese  Friday, May 24 Corvettes in the Capital, through May 27, Red Lion Colonial Hotel, Helena
- Forsyth Senior Center: Volunteer musicians needed to provide entertainment. - Head Start: Classroom aides for classes starting in September 2013. - The Historic Miles City Academy: Volunteers needed for Thrift Store, maintenance, and cleaning. - Holy Rosary Gift Shop: Volunteer cashier needed. - Holy Rosary Health Care: Volunteers needed for front desk. - Holy Rosary Hospice: Volunteers needed to help with hospice patients. - Miles City Soup Kitchen: Volunteers needed for receptionist, servers, and cooks assistant, shifts never more than 3 hours, work one day a month or more. - Range Riders Museum: Help needed April 1-Oct. 31, times and days of your choice. - RSVP Adopt-A-Spot: Volunteers needed to help clean up the cemetery road on April 27th and June 29th. Meet at the Friendship

Alder Gulch 150th Anniversary of Striking Gold, Kickoff Parade, Main Street, Vir Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park: Campground Programs, Thursday and

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Friday evenings through Sept. 2, Whitehall  Saturday, May 25 Arabian and All Breed Open Horse Show, through May 26, Super Barn at Metra Park, Billings Big Horn Undercover Gals Quilt Show, through May 27, Big Horn County Library, Hardin Livingston Depot Museum opens, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m., Livingston Loon and Fish Festival, through May 26, Seeley Lake Elementary School, Seeley Lake  Monday, May 27 Crazy Mountain Museum Festival, Big Timber  Friday, May 31 Dillon EXPO Tradeshow, through June 1, Straugh Gymnasium, Thomsen Avenue, Dillon  Tuesday, June 4 Bogert Farmers Market, Tuesdays through Sept. 24, Bozeman State High School Rodeo Finals, through June 9, Gallatin County Fairgrounds, Bozeman  Wednesday, June 5 Livingston Farmers Market, Wednesday evenings through September 25, Miles Park, Livingston
Villa Parking lot at 10 a.m. - Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) is an opportunity for volunteers to help Medicare beneficiaries understand their Medicare and other insurance paperwork. - Spirit Riders: Members needed for funeral escort. - VA Community Living Center: Volunteers needed to assist with activities for veterans. If you are interested in these or other volunteer opportunities please contact: Betty Vail, RSVP Director; 210 Winchester Ave. #225, MT 59301; phone (406) 234-0505; email: rsvp05@midrivers.com.

RSVP continued
- Volunteering is an opportunity to learn new skills, make friends and connect with your community. Contact: Abbie Nichols, Volunteer Coordinator, South Central MT RSVP, 315 1/2 Main St., Ste. #1, Roundup, MT 59072; phone (406) 323-1403; fax (406) 323-4403; email: rdprsvp2@midrivers.com; Facebook: South Central MT RSVP.

Custer & Rosebud counties

- COPS (Citizens Offering Police Support): Members are needed - applications can be picked up at the RSVP Office. - Custer County Art and Heritage Center: Volunteer receptionists needed, includes some clerical work, varied shifts, days; also needed someone to take minutes at meetings. - Custer Network Against Domestic Violence: Volunteer needed with the crisis line.

Dawson County

- If you have a need for or a special interest or desire to volunteer somewhere in the community, please contact: Patty Atwell, RSVP Director, P.O. Box 1324, Glendive, MT 59330; phone (406) 377-4716; email: rsvp@midrivers.com. May 2013 21

Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at strangetrue@cs.com

By Bill Sones and Rich Sones, Ph.D.

How much space would all the worlds gold occupy?

Q. If you could gather all the worlds gold into one room, how big would the room need to be? A. Writing in The Secret House, mathematician David Bodanis estimates that a room 50 feet by 50 feet by 50 feet could probably contain the worlds entire gold production since the start of history. What was gold once stays gold for years centuries to come. This has some interesting consequences. One is that much of the gold we use today was used as gold in previous ages, and only by an extraordinary mix of sales, thefts, melting down, and re-melting has it ended up in the gold earring about to be put on before the dinner party. Q. With its head so much higher than its heart, the tall and spindly-legged giraffe has some serious blood flow problems. So how does it cope? million tons (1.2 percent) from people being obese, reports Science News magazine. As for the overall distribution of this weight, its not at all even: For example, while North America has just 6 percent of the worlds population, it has overeaten its way to a 34 percent share of global obesity tonnage. scientists who think that relativity matters only to theoretical physicists and Star Trek fans curious to know how many laws of physics the series has broken, reports Science magazine. In fact, millions of people make practical use of relativity every day in their GPS receivers. GPS satellites orbit at 20,200 kilometers (12,600 miles), but at that altitude time moves 38 microseconds a day faster, which over the course of a month could throw off the GPS system by more than 300 kilometers (190 miles). The solution: Slow down the satellite clocks so they tick 38 microseconds less every day. Just one more reason to thank Einstein.

Q. Maybe youre one of those sports fans whod like to see things livened up a bit by giving the balls more bounce to the ounce. So what if some helium were routinely pumped in?

A. The animal requires a very large blood pressure, for a 4-meter-tall giraffe (13 feet) maybe 250 mm Hg (millimeters mercury) in the aorta to sustain 90 mm Hg in the brain, answers Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics. And because its feet are so far below its heart, severe blood pooling in the legs and feet might result except that the legs are muscular and their tight skin functions like pressure stockings. Furthermore, when drinking, a giraffe moves slowly to allow its blood pressure to adjust and spreads the front legs to lower the heart. Although a profusion mesh supplying the brain with blood helps protect the brain, a sudden increase in blood pressure could cause the animal to faint or suffer brain damage, Walker concludes. Q. As the world turns, whats one of the more humanly embarrassing things that turns with it? And a rather large consideration this is in many folks eyes. A. The more polite term is total biomass of adult humans worldwide, an estimated 287 million metric tons (2005), 15 million tons of which (or 5 percent) come from people being overweight, 3.5 May 2013 22

A. Thats what schoolkids wondered in Alex McDonalds classes in South Ruislip, Middlesex, United Kingdom. While its true that helium is lighter than air, a liter of it at atmospheric pressure would lift only about 1 gram, for a negligible effect on a small ball, answered McDonald in New Scientist magazine. It certainly would not float. For example, a table tennis ball has a volume of 0.03 liters, which means that filling it with helium would provide a buoyant force of only about 0.03 grams, much less than the balls 2.7 grams of mass. Trying to make a soccer ball float by inflating it with helium would likewise fail. For a ball normally inflated above atmospheric pressure, the buoyancy effect of the helium would be increased, but even so, a 60-gram tennis ball would barely feel the effect. Ditto for a weighty football. Its a different story for racing bicycle tires: They may be pumped to 11 atmospheres of pressure, making a tire 10-20 grams lighter if filled with helium. That may not sound like much, but in racing every gram counts. Using helium also reduces the moment of inertia of the wheels, which likewise allows bicycles to go faster. Q. Think Einsteins theory of relativity is beyond you? But what if someone said you make use of it just about every day? A. When Damian Pope and colleagues of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics put together a video called GPS and Relativity, it was to enlighten non-

Q. From a reader in the United Arab Emirates: Many thousands of years have passed since Earth and its first creatures and early humankind appeared. These have died and gone and there are new births and growth of trees and plants. So, is the mass/weight of Earth increasing or not? A. Not, because the Earth is pretty much a closed system. Some interplanetary cosmic dust and rocky meteorites do enter, but light gases like helium and hydrogen escape from the top of the atmosphere for a mass-reducing effect. But these are minuscule compared to the Earths 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. Yet as organisms die and are born, a vast recycling of elements occurs: Animate or inanimate, it makes little difference, says Penn State-Erie University geologist Tony Foyle. Calcium in my left tooth may have spent time inside a volcano in the western Pacific, or in a coral reef in a tropical sea many millions of years ago. Carbon dioxide I exhale today may, within a few thousand years, end up in the shell of a limpet (not yet born) on the rocky shores of Ireland. What goes around, comes around, you know. Q. How big was the largest tumor ever removed intact from a human body? a) about 50 pounds b) 100 pounds c) 200 pounds d) over 300 pounds

A. The answer is not a), though big as a beach ball was the 56-pound benign ovarian cyst removed from a 70-year-old Texas woman at Medical City Dallas, 10 years after she first started noticing her stomach bulging, reported Meghan Neal in the New York Daily News. That tumor was the weight of an average 7-year-old kid. The largest tumor on record was the 303-pound cyst removed from a 34-year-old California woman in 1991, as reported by the Stanford University School of Medicine. She had been bedridden the previous two years and housebound for six years due to the enlarging mass and attendant psychological issues. The woman had to be positioned on her side to avoid being crushed by the tumors

massive weight, and in the hospital she occupied two beds. The growth, more than three feet in diameter, took about six hours to remove. Following completion of the procedure, the tumor was wheeled out of the operating room on a stretcher, leaving the patient several hundred pounds freer, said WiseGEEK.com. The growth was deemed benign and the patient appeared to make a full recovery. So the correct answer to the question above is d). Q. From a fired-up Michigan reader: Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, the first highly combustible and the second supporting combustion. So why

wont good old H2O go up in flames? A. Because H2O is already a product of combustion, formed when highly combustible H2 and O2 gases mix, often explosively so, says Brandeis chemist Anatol Zhabotinsky. This has been the cause of many disastrous accidents. But once the stuff has burned, it is done, and resultant water molecules are highly stable. If you really want to make water burn, adds New York University chemist Henry Brenner, you could decompose it via electrolysis into its hydrogen and oxygen gas constituents, then fire these up (react them) again. Of course you still wouldnt actually be burning the water, youd be burning the hydrogen.

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