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Laugh Yourself Well
Found: 10 Hours 38 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - This is an excerpt from a book that I am writing about how to spend your senior years living every day to its fullest:
I believe that another good way to achieve good health is humor. There have been many documented examples of patients who have laughed themselves well. Here is my experience with a friend named Andrew....
Thursday: Hunting Harvest Down, Mine Worker Aid, Toilet Robber
Found: 12 Hours 48 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - Good morning and happy birthday Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
On the Beacon this morning, hunting harvest numbers are lagging so far, due mainly to the mild temperatures and lack of snow. The economic downturn is making it tougher for developers on Kalispell's north side to lock down commercial retail tenants. Two men died in separate crashes near Kalispell yesterday. The Lake McDonald Lodge coffee shop is being added to the National Register of Historic Places. In Whitefish, the North Valley Music School is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a "playathon"at the Mountain Mall. And columnist Wild Bill Schneider argues that its time to codify Clinton's "Roadless Rule"into law.
Gov. Brian Schweitzer has requested help for laid off Stillwater Mine workers from a coal mine near Roundup, which will hold a job fair for the newly unemployed workers. A federal judge denied eligibility for the death penalty to a drug dealer charged with murdering three women at a Florence hair salon in 2001. Ed Kemmick of the Billings Gazette writes about the widespread effects depressed oil prices could have on natural resource development in Montana. Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger said he's looking forward to a second term.
And a woman was conned by a thief posing as a water company worker made her hold her toilet handle down while he ransacked her house. Have a great day....
Recounts Unlikely to Alter Tight House Race Results
Found: 12 Hours 48 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - Over at FlatheadMemo.com, local blogger James Conner crunches the numbers on the two state House district recounts, and the likelihood of those recounts causing a flip in election results. One of the tightest races in the state was Kalispell's House District 8, where Democratic newcomer Cheryl Steenson beat incumbent Republican Craig Witte by just 20 votes. The other race up for recount is Laurel's Hosue District 58. Conner writes:
"Because of Montana?s peculiar law governing tied elections (the governor picks the winner), the requirements for winning the recount are higher for Witte than for Woerner. In HD-8, assuming no new votes are found (a risky assumption that I?ll discuss below), Witte wins if 11 votes are subtracted from Steenson?s total and added to Witte?s. In HD-58, Woerner ties ?which means he wins, thanks to the tie breaking system ?if 11 votes are subtracted from Kerns?total and added to Woerner?s."Check out the whole blog here....
Magnum Photographer Brings the World?s Slums to Light
Found: 12 Hours 54 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - "In 2008, for the first time in history, more people will live in cities than in rural areas.
One-third of these urban dwellers -more than 1 billion people -live in slums."These are the opening words of Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen's multimedia exploration of the world's slums, The Places We Live. From 2005 to 2007, Bendiksen documented sixteen homes in four different slum areas: Caracas, Venezuela; Mumbai, India; Nairobi, Kenya; and Jakarta Indonesia. The images he has captured are phenomenal (that's and understatement) and are accentuated by the ambient sounds of the streets and interviews with the inhabitants. Each room is a 360-degree panoramic ?the colors and the stories are captivating.
The touring multimedia exhibition is currently installed at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, where it was launched in June of 2008.
The online exhibition can be seen (here) and is worth the look. The accompanying book -which includes 20 double-gatefold images -has made my Christmas wish list for sure....
Update: State House Power Struggle Underway
Found: 12 Hours 55 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - UPDATE: Republicans today sent out a news release with more party leadership criticizing Democratic House Speaker Bob Bergren of Havre for what they call an "unprecedented power grab."State GOP Chairman Erik Iverson, former gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown, and former Republican leader Bob Marks of Clancy weigh in:
?Montana voters elected 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats to the House of Representatives. Folks expect legislators to share leadership and conduct the people?s business diplomatically and cooperatively as done in past split sessions,?GOP Chairman Erik Iverson said. ?Speaker-elect Bergren's unprecedented power grab sets a hostile, highly partisan tone for the upcoming session. I'm still hopeful that cooler heads will prevail and that fair-minded Democrat Party leaders will step in and stop this plan.?...
Schweitzer Seeks Help for Workers Facing Layoffs
Found: 16 Hours 56 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - HELENA ? Gov. Brian Schweitzer says the owner and operator of a coal mine near Roundup will host one or more job fairs for Stillwater Mine workers facing job loss.
Stillwater, a producer of platinum and palladium, recently gave 60-day layoff notices to 526 employees at the company's East Boulder mine....
Hunting Picks Up, But Harvest Counts Still Lag
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Flathead Beacon - Following a slow start, deer hunting in northwest Montana has picked up over the past two weeks, due more to the arrival of rutting season than favorable weather conditions. A lack of snowfall continues to hurt productivity in some areas, and check station counts for whitetail bucks and total mule deer are still well below the past decade?s average....
Two Men Die in Vehicle Crashes Near Kalispell
Found: 17 Hours 2 Minutes ago
Flathead Beacon - Authorities say two men have died in separate vehicle crashes near Kalispell.Trevor Osler, 21, of Kalispell, was killed when his vehicle rolled over on Montana 35 near the Flathead River at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Eight hours later, an 84-year-old Whitefish man was killed in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Whitefish Stage Road and West Reserve Drive. His name was not released....
Bigfork cocaine dealer gets three years in prison
Found: 22 Hours 29 Minutes ago
Helena Independent Record - MISSOULA — A 32-year-old Bigfork man convicted of selling cocaine in the Flathead Valley was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison....
Volleyball Class AA: Can any team unseat defending champ Senior?
Found: 23 Hours 28 Minutes ago
Billings Gazette - Bump: All signs point to Billings Senior as the prohibitive favorite. The three-time defending champion Broncs enter the tournament 27-0 and have won 61 matches in a row, going back to the 2006 season. Only Bozeman has come close to beating the ......
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