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News Lite

Treasure hunt prompts bomb scareST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) A Utah bomb squad thought a

package marked Army was suspicious, but it was just part of anelaborate plan by a guy trying to ask a girl to a dance.

St. George police rushed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints temple after the package was placed near a gazebo.

Surrounding streets were closed as a precaution.The investigation ended, however, when officers were told the

package was part of a treasure hunt, and contained candy and anote asking a girl to a dance.

Car ends up on neighbors roofGLENDALE, Calif. (AP) A Southern California mans car

ended up on his neighbors roof in an unusual accident over theweekend.

Glendale police Sgt. Sean Riley tells City News Service that

the driver lost control afternoon on a driveway in an area wherehomes are arrayed on a steep hillside. The vehicle ended up onthe roof of the next house down the hill.

Riley says the driver reported he had a mechanical failure. Thedriver, his wife and the resident of the neighboring home wereunharmed. A crane was brought in to lift the car from the roof,which had minor damage.

Thieves target Maine trees for sapPORTLAND, Maine (AP) Thieves are illegally tapping

maple trees on private property in Maine and stealing sap that isused to make maple syrup.Forest Ranger Jeff Currier says the Maine Forest Service has

gotten a dozen complaints from landowners finding taps in theirtrees with buckets or jugs underneath to collect the sap.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a gallon of Maine syruphas sold for about $50 a gallon on average at retail in recent years.


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Can the good old U.S. Postal Service adapt?

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Frank Perea, Publisher

Dwight Harriman, Editor

Tom Parisella, Designer

P.O. Box 2000, 401 S. Main St., Livingston MT 59047

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Published monthly by Yellowstone Newspapers, Livingston, Montana

Every day when I come home from work in Livingston, I stopby my mailbox to see whats in it.

Anymore, I dont know why I do.Twenty years ago, I might have found mostly warm letters or

packages from friends and family, and a little junk mail.But today, about all I find is cold junk mail advertising cir-

culars, rants from politicians, bills, credit card applications (Youare already approved!!) catalogs of all shapes and sizes, bro-chures pitching hearing aids and, with a prospective college stu-dent in our home, slick mailings from colleges and universities.

Instead of warm reminders of my connection to friends andfamily, I get reminders of how much paper we waste, of how Imgetting older, and how much money well have to spend whenour kid goes to college.

With the advent of Internet and all its many tentacles, its prettyobvious the U.S. Postal Service has been struggling to thepoint it seems to be majoring in junk mail to make a profit. And

this summer, to cut costs, its dropping Saturday deliveries.Ive got news for folks longing for the good old Postal Service

days: As electronic communication becomes even more perva-sive, its going to get worse for the Post Office. Companies haveeven developed printers that can print some three-dimensionalobjects from the Internet, which could cut into the Postal Servicepackage business even further.

The Postal Service is trying to adapt, but it better kick adapta-tion to modern times into super-high gear if it wants to continueto exist. Its done it before. It adapted from carrying mail by hand

to the Pony Express; from the Pony Express to trains; and fromtrains to trucks and airplanes. Maybe it can do it again in thisworld of bits and bytes.

For a venerable institution like the U.S. Postal Service, it wouldbe nice to see it pull it off.

Dwight Harriman

Montana Best Times edito

Opinion


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Dear Savvy Senior,

What can you tell me about online dating for older people? My

daughter has been urging me to give it a try, but at age 62, Im a

little hesitant. Lonely Senior

Dear Lonely,Dating sites have become enormously popular among the older

generation in recent years. In fact, boomers and seniors make upabout 20 percent of online daters today, and the numbers keepgrowing. Heres what you should know.Meeting online

If youre interested in dating again or are just looking for afriend to spend time with, dating websites are an easy way tomeet hundreds of new single people without ever having to leavehome.

If youre feeling hesitant, a good way to ease into it is to visit a

few dating sites and look around. Most services allow you tocheck out their members at no cost or obligation. Then, if youlike what you see, you can sign up (fees typically range between$15 and $60 per month, however some sites are free) and startemailing members youre interested in or they can email you.Here are some other tips to help you get started.Choose a site: With over 1,000 matchmaking sites on the Inter-

net today, choosing can be a bit overwhelming. Depending onyour preferences here are some popular options to look into.

If you dont want to spend any money, free sites like PlentyofFish.com and OKCupid.com are good places to start, but beware thatthese sites have a lot of ads.If youre interested lots of choices, consider mainstream sites

like Match.com and eHarmony.com which have huge member-ships in all demographics.

Or, if you are looking to find a specific type of person, there arehundreds of niche sites like OurTime.com and SeniorPeopleMeet.com for those 50 and older, Alikewise.com for book lovers, Date-

MyPet.com for animal lovers, VeggieDate.org for vegetarians,JDate.com for Jewish singles, BlackPeopleMeet.com for AfricanAmericans, and ChristianMingle.com whose slogan is FindGods Match for You. Or, check out AARPs new dating websitepartner HowAboutWe.com.

Createaprofile: When you join a dating site youll need tocreate a personality profile that reflects who you are includingrecent photos, hobbies, interests, favorite activities and more. Ifyou need some help, sites like eFlirtExpert.com or VirtualDatin-gAssistants.com can write one for you for a fee.

Usecaution:When you register with a dating site youremain anonymous. No one gets access to your full name,address, phone number or email until you decide to give it out.So be very prudent who you give your information to, andbefore meeting, chat on the phone a few times or video chat

online, and when you do meet in person for the first time, meetin a public place or bring a friend along. If you want to be extracautious, you can do a quick background check on your date fora few dollars at sites like valimate.com and mymatchchecker.com.

Dontbenaive: In an effort to get more responses, many peo-ple will exaggerate or flat out lie in their profiles, or post picturesthat are 10 years old or 20 pounds lighter. So dont believe every-thing you see or read.

Makeaneffort: A lot of times, people especially women sit back and let others come to them. Dont be afraid to make

the first move. When you find someone you like, send a shortnote that says, I really enjoyed your profile. I think we havesome things in common. Keep it simple.

Dontgetdiscouraged: If you dont get a response fromsomeone, dont let it bother you. Just move on. There are manyothers that will be interested in you and it only takes one personto make Internet dating worthwhile.Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443,

Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org.

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.

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By Rose Boyer

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LIVINGSTON In a town like Liv-ingston, with two community theaters,people are lucky to have the opportunity todabble in the arts, auditioning for a play orhelping to build a set every once in a while.

What many first-time auditioners dontrealize, however, is that once some peopleget their first taste of theater, they mightget hooked.

Livingston native Tim Williams is one

of those people.

The 61-year old actor, director and set-builder accidentally auditioned for a playin 1985, and the theater world hasnt let goof him since.

Early fascinationWilliams appetite for artistic expression

was clear from a young age.The first time he saw Jon Gnagys Learn

to Draw on TV a popular but short-lived 1950s syndicated series of charcoaldrawing demonstrations young Wil-

liams was fascinated. Seeing a passion

there, his mother ordered a big art set fromthe program with oil paints and watercol-ors, and Williams obsession with art began

Most local art at that time was westernart, but Williams remembers learning abouartists like Gauguin, Matisse and Picasso inhis seventh-grade art class with teacher JimWoodhull.

Realizing you dont have to make artthat represents cowboys and Indiansopened a new door in his creative life, Wil-liams said.

Theater lover is passionate about his craft

MT Best Times photos by Shawn Raecke

Above: Tim Williams, right, renovation project manager at Livingstons Shane Center, checks out the work of volunteer setbuilder and designer Larry Raffety in the workshop behind the stage at the center, March 15. The two were working on the sedesign for the The Sound of Music. Cover: Williams stands in the workshop at the Shane Center.

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But rather than pursue art as a career,Williams practical side led him to a job atthe railroad. For 15 years after high schoolhe worked the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift as anelectrician in the shops.

During this time, he yearned to dosomething more artistic but never hadtime, and soon he had a wife and son tosupport.

Cutting looseThen, at 34 years old, he quit his rail-

road job.I didnt know where life wasgoing, he said. I just knew I was tiredof that.

It wasnt long before he found a job inconstruction, which allowed for more cre-ative expression in his work and also gavehim free time in the evenings so he couldget involved at the Blue Slipper Theatre, asmall community theater.

He volunteered to help build a set for aproduction of The Prisoner of SecondAvenue by Neil Simon.

But the director, Mike Art, was short an

actor, so Williams got roped into his firston stage experience.At first, acting didnt come naturally.

Williams felt self-conscious about beinganyone other than himself. Then, onenight in rehearsal, he started clowningaround and suddenly decided to just cutloose.

Art told him, That was fabulous, andhe replied, Oh, so thats what you wantme to do, Williams recalled.

It got to be really a lot of fun fromthere, Williams said.

Actor, set builder, directorWilliams kept on acting in plays and

working on sets at the Slipper.In 1986 he directed his first play,

Social Security by Andrew Bergman.Why start directing when he had only

recently begun acting?I just wanted to make a play, Williams

said. Nobody else wanted to do it.He finally had an outlet for his compul-

sion to create.Williams went on to direct at least 20

plays at the Blue Slipper Theatre.Between 1998 and 2001, he served as

the artistic director at the venue.After 2000, Williams also began work-

ing on sets and acting in musicals at whatwas then called the Firehouse 5 Theater.

In 2009, when Crazy Mountain Produc-tions decided to move their operation tothe historic East Side School, which isnow the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts,Williams was hired as renovation projectmanager.

Combining his experience in construc-

tion with his passion for theater, Williamsnow works full time to convert the oldschool building into a center for the arts.He also designs and builds sets for all ofthe plays.

And, of course, he still finds time to actand direct.

This winter at Shane Center, he directedGrapes of Wrath, a play based on thebook by John Steinbeck.

Artistic energyOne of the best things about working in

theater, Williams said, is getting to collab-orate with other artistic people.

He has always gravitated towards otherartists, he said.

What defines an artistic type?Not being concerned with worldly

things or material things necessarily ...The artist or musician says, The firstthing I want to get is an instrument.Youre driven compulsively to that, Wil-liams said.

Williams, who says he cant imagineretiring, gets up every morning already

planning what he is going to do.And he is proud of his work.There is just this incredible creative

supportive energy that is the Shane Cen-ter, he said.

Producing a play teaches everyoneinvolved how to be a part of a group effortto tell a story. As a group, you set the audi-ence up to step into another world, he said

Williams has been involved in produc-ing more than 40 plays, and he is just ashooked on theater now as he was in thebeginning.

At the end of his most recent produc-tion, Grapes of Wrath, Williams chosenot to take a bow with his cast eventhough he did make a few appearances inthe play. Instead, he kept out of sight backstage and listened to the audience applaud

Its very rewarding, he said. I get allteary but dont tell anyone I told youthat.

Rose Boyer can be reached at rboyer@

livingstonenterprise.com or (406) 222-

2000.

Williams paints the set of the ShaneCenters production of the Sound of

Music, March 15.

Williams has been

involved in producing

more than 40 plays,

and he is just as hookedon theater now as he

was in the beginning.


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By Austin OConnorAARP Media/MCT

From its infancy as a space-hogging console delivering grainyblack-and-white images, through todays razor-thin screens pro-jecting high-definition video, the television and the array ofprogramming it delivers has become a fixture in the Americanhome.

Now, however, you can watch almost everything on TV withouta TV. And sometimes, with computers, tablets and smartphones,you can watch more than whats on TV. This season, for example,Kevin Spaceys House of Cards aired only on Netflix, not onany broadcast or cable network.

Downsizing perhaps from a large family home to a retirementcondo is one good reason to shed that big screen in favor of acomputer monitor. But cost savings is the biggest benefit to ditch-ing your TV and for those living on a fixed income, keeping theentertainment budget in line is a plus. The average monthly bill forbasic cable in the U.S. was $86 in 2011 and analysts say that willrise to nearly $200 by the end of this decade.

Of course, to watch online you need a connection through an

ISP or data provider. Monthly high-speed plans can be purchasedfor as little as $10 a month, depending on the speed and data yourequire. But many online viewing options are free, and even thefee-based options cost far less than a monthly cable bill.

For the most part, its entertainment programming that is easyand cheap to get on computers and mobile devices. News and livesporting events are another matter.

Channels such as CNN and ESPN and many other cable net-works, including premium channels such as HBO and Showtime can be viewed online and on mobile only by cable subscribers.But for sports fans there are some a la carte options. Many leagues,including Major League Baseball and the NBA, offer subscriptionpackages for online viewing all games during the season. These

packages sound pricey MLB.TVs package, for example, is$129.99 per season. Still, thats far less than seven months worthof cable bills.

Heres whats available:

NETWORKWEBSITES:The four broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX offer most of their shows for freeon their websites. Some networks dont offer the most recent epi-sode for a short time after it airs, but, typically, from three to fiverecent episodes of each show are available, and you can watch onyour laptop, tablet or smartphone. Youll have to sit through a fewads not as many as during a typical prime-time telecast butyou can watch just about any network show online, including

nightly newscasts, morning shows, specials and lots of classic pro-gramming like The A-Team (at nbc.com) and I Love Lucy (atcbs.com).

HULU: Hulu.com is a joint venture between the broadcast net-works (excluding CBS). Think of it as a viewing hub, offering net-work shows, plus content from a roster of cable channels includingUSA, AMC and the Turner channels. Hulu is trying original con-tent as well, and has exclusive U.S. rights to several foreign hitssuch as Israels Prisoners of War, on which Homeland wasbased. A limited backlog of recently aired episodes of each show isavailable for free, but can be seen on a computer only, not mobile

devices. The site has a pay option, Hulu Plus, explained below.

ForaFee

HULUPLUS: The pay version of Hulu costs $7.99 a monthand offers access to a more expansive selection of series episodes(including full seasons of some shows). Subscribers can also watchall Hulu content on tablets and smartphones.

NETFLIX: For $7.99 per month, subscribers can watch any ofthe services streaming content on computers or mobile device.Netflix offers a growing inventory of TV shows, but, for now atleast, its catalog of current shows only includes their past seasons.House of Cards, one of the first Netflix original series, may offera glimpse at TVs future. The show is available only on Netflix,and all 13 episodes of its first season were made available at once,catering to so-called binge viewers. In May, Netflix will use thesame model for its revival of the comedy Arrested Development.

ITUNESANDGOOGLEPLAY: Both online portals offerjust about everything on TV on an a la carte basis. You can buy, atabout $2 per episode, individual episodes or full seasons of cur-rently airing shows, plus a huge catalog of older programs. iTunespurchases can be viewed on a computer or iOS-compatible device;Google Play works on computers and Android devices.

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By Montana Best Times Staff

While the world might have an endless fascination with theTitanic (see the travel piece on page 14 of this issue of MontanaBest Times), Montanans have an enduring fascination with theBattle of the Little Bighorn.

This book will feed that interest, but from the point of view ofarchaeology and science.

Almost as soon as the last shot was fired in the Battle of theLittle Bighorn, the battlefield became an archaeological site,says a University of Oklahoma Press news release on a brand-new book by Douglas D. Scott it published just this month,Uncovering History: Archaeological Investigations at the LittleBighorn.

For many years afterward, as fascination with the famed 1876fight intensified, visitors to the area scavenged the many relicsleft behind. It took decades, however, before researchers beganto tease information from the battles debris and the new fieldof battlefield archaeology began to emerge.

In Uncovering History, Scott, a renowned archaeologist,offers a comprehensive account of investigations at the LittleBighorn, from the earliest collecting efforts to early-20th-centuryfindings.

Artifacts found on a field of battle and removed without context

or care are just relics, curiosities that arouse romantic imaginationaccording to the release. When investigators recover these artifactsin a systematic manner, though, these items become a valuablesource of clues for reconstructing battle events.

In the book, author Douglas D. Scott describes how detailedanalysis of specific detritus at the Little Bighorn such ascartridge cases, fragments of camping equipment and clothing,and skeletal remains have allowed researchers to reconstruct andreinterpret the history of the conflict. In the process, hedemonstrates how major advances in technology, such as metaldetection and GPS, have expanded the capabilities of battlefieldarchaeologists to uncover new evidence and analyze it withgreater accuracy.

Through his broad survey of Little Bighorn archaeology acrossa span of 130 years, Scott expands our understanding of thebattle, its protagonists, and the enduring legacy of the battlefieldas a national memorial, the release says.

Douglas D. Scott is retired as supervisory archaeologist,Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. Widelyknown as an expert on military archaeology, he is the author orco-author of numerous publications, including ArchaeologicalPerspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn and They Diedwith Custer: Soldiers Bones from the Battle of the LittleBighorn.

Uncovering History: Archaeological

Investigations at the Little Bighorn

By Douglas D. Scott

University of Oklahoma Press - April 2013

Hardcover $32.95 272 pages 6 x 9ISBN 978-0-8061-4350-7

Bookshelf

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Exploring a legendary battle site from the ground up


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By Don CoggerMontana Best Times

MILES CITY Decked out in anAtlanta Braves baseball jersey, Sue Miles,a member of the Sports Fans team, readiedherself for battle.

Her husband Tim, sporting a JoeNamath New York Jets throwback jersey,sat to her left, keeping the mood lightbefore game time officially began. Part ofa 10-member team, the Miles representedthe old guard, the individuals the rest ofthe team would turn to for difficultanswers and sage advice.

At neighboring tables, other teams ran

the age gamut from early 20s to a few intheir 80s, creating an eclectic mix of com-petitors eager to get the game under way.

What its aboutAnd what gathering could bring together

such a variety of participants? The annualTrivia Night fundraiser for the Miles CityPublic Library, an event that has becomeone of the more popular fundraisers of theyear for the MCPL.

There is a $25 buy-in for each teammember to get in on the event, and there isno limit to number of members per team.Individuals are encouraged to participate

even if they dont have a team just reg-ister and join a team. Trivia questions areselected randomly the evening of competi-tion. The winning team gets braggingrights for a year and a special gift from thelibrary.

What makes Trivia Night so popular,according to library Childrens ServicesDirector Hannah Nash, is the appeal to allages, especially the senior crowd.

Bragging rights is a big deal, ofcourse, Nash said. But the library willalso fork out a brick engraved with theteam name and its members for the win-ning team.

50-plussers bring enviable team depth to knowledge competition

Above: From left, Scott Elder, Norma Hall, Ross Hall and Ken Stein discuss their winning strategy during the sixth annualTrivia Night held at Miles Citys Town and Country Club, March 8. MT Best Times photo by Steve Allison

Trivia Night

It really is good to have a mix of people everyone knows oneor two things other teammates may not.

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It really is a fun event, Nash continued. Everyone contrib-utes it really is a team sport. It really has become an event thatis multigenerational. We have people that have teenagers on theirteams, adults, seniors, everyone. Its one of those things whereyour area of expertise can be very valuable.

Older is betterThis years event proved that to be the case, as teams with

older members fared much better than their younger counter-parts. The contest was won by a six-member team in their 50sheaded by Dr. Ken Stein, a local chiropractor, who was in hissecond year as a competitor. The rest of his team included ScottElder, Norma Hall, Ross Hall and Karla Elder and DianeBurke.

The secret to our success was our captain (Ross Hall). Thatshis entertainment reading books of facts. He has a bunch ofuseless knowledge in his head, and the ability to recall it fairlyeasily, Stein laughed. Its fun to get together with friends andfamily members and just have a good time.

Library Executive Director Sonja Woods said she heard fromseveral teams after the event expressing their desire for oldermembers for the next incarnation. Woods called the event a quali-fied success, raising close to $1,600 for library projects.

It was a very successful evening, and everything went verywell, Woods said. To raise that kind of money in just a fewhours and with everyone having fun is just outstanding. Hopeful-ly everyone left that night a little smarter.

A great timeWoods was also pleased with the diversity of the different age

groups that participated.It really is good to have a mix of people everyone knows

one or two things other teammates may not, she said. I hadsome of the younger people mention they wanted to get someolder people on their team next time around. And its true, whenyou have questions about old movie stars or the golden age of

television, having someone on your team who lived through thatera is a definite plus.

Joan Wilson, a member of this years runner-up team theSnarkknockers, has been participating in Trivia Night since itsinception. Her team has won the event several times, includinglast year.

This event really is a whole lot of fun, Wilson said. Itdoesnt matter if you win or lose, its just a great time. But it isvery nice to win.

Wilson said team members have come and gone over the years,but a basic core of individuals always stays the same. She wouldencourage anyone interested in a great time with an educationalcomponent to put together a team for next year.

If you enjoy playing games, you will just have a wonderfultime, she said. Ive never heard of anyone who has gone tothis event that hasnt thoroughly enjoyed it. A lot of the ques-tions are out of nowhere, and you just have to guess. Sometimesyou get them right, or you had the right answer, but changed itat the last minute. Thats what makes it challenging, when youhave a few people with different answers and choosing the rightone. Were all ages, as you can see, from young kids to oldladies like me.

Don Cogger can be reached at [email protected] or

(406) 234-0450.

Above: Trivia Night announcer John Scheuering and SonjaWoods, of the Miles City Public Library, read questions for

the sixth annual event.Below: Hannah Nash holds up a cardas she and Katy Keith, to her right, talk to Sue Miles, right,

during Trivia Night. MT Best Times photos by Steve Allison

The secret to our success

was our captain (Ross Hall).

Thats his entertainment

reading books of facts. Dr. Ken Stein, team leader


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By Doreen Heintz

Montana Best TimesLEWISTOWN It has been often

said that parents shouldnt bury their chil-dren, but according to the National Cen-

ter for Child Death Review Policy and

Practice, about 53,000 children die eachyear in the United States. That means thatmore than 100,000 parents face theunthinkable the loss of a child.

With that loss comes the reality that the

hopes, dreams and expectations they held

for their son or daughter will never berealized. And yet life must go on.

Many parents in central Montana havesurvived the loss of a son or daughter. InMarch 2010, five grieving mothers held ameeting. The purpose of the meeting wasto organize a chapter of The Compassion-ate Friends in Lewistown. That first steer-ing committee was made up of ShirleyDensmore, Fran Allen, Donna Econom,Ann Phillips and Donna Dengel. Dens-more died in 2011.

According to its website, www.com-

passionatefriends.org, The Compassion-ate Friends has been supporting bereavedfamilies after the death of a child for fourdecades. A network of 650 chapters arelocated throughout all 50 states, as wellas Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico andGuam.

The Compassionate Friends is abouttransforming the pain of grief into theelixir of hope, said Simon Stephens,founder of the Compassionate Friends, onthe groups website. It takes the peopleout of the isolation society imposes onthe bereaved and lets them express theirgrief naturally. With the shedding oftears, healing comes. And the newlybereaved get to see people who have sur-vived and are learning to live and loveagain.

How a chapter worksDengel and Allen, both original mem-

bers of the Lewistown steering committeeand continuing members of the Lewis-town chapter of The CompassionateFriends, agree with Stephens assessment

Its a place where you can show yourfeelings, said Dengel. It is a safe placewhere other people will understand.

Our meetings not only help us, butthey also help others, said Allen.Everyone is at a different stage of thegrieving process. It is a big help to tellsomeone that the pain they are experienc-ing will get better. It is a wonderful expe-rience taking the steps to come back tolife.

Often these days, you bury a personand move on, added Dengel. But there

Group provides support after the death of a childThe Compassionate Friends

Fran Allen, left, and Donna Dengel are pictured in Lewistowns Frank Day Park,recently. The two were part of the committee that launched Lewistowns The

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is still a grieving process that each personneeds to move through. CompassionateFriends provide positive ways of goingthrough the grieving process.

During the February meeting of theLewistown chapter, attendees had theopportunity to make a valentine to theson or daughter they had lost. Using ideasfrom the book Angel Catcher, each per-son could insert into the valentine he or

she made endings to lines like I love you, I loved when , I loved the waywe , and This is what I am going todo to remember you

I kind of felt like a kindergartner mak-ing my valentine, said Dengel. Whilewe were making our valentines, there wasa lot of talking going on, and it wasntfocused on yourself.

We have a lot of laughter at our meet-ings, added Allen, as well as tears attimes.

At each meeting, the chapter tries to

focus on a topic. The steering committeemeets to plan the sessions. They have hadprofessional counselors speak. They havewatched videos. Some of the programsfor chapter members are Know Me,Know My Child, Getting Through theHoliday, Whats in a Name, and pro-grams on suicide. They hold a FathersDay breakfast and a Mothers Day lun-cheon.

Some community activities the localchapter has each year are A Walk ToRemember, which takes place every

September on trails in Lewistown, and atouching candle-lighting ceremony eachDecember.

During the Chokecherry Festival heldin Lewistown the first Saturday of Sep-tember, the group has an informationalbooth.

We also do our only fundraiser of theyear at the Chokecherry Festival, saidDengel. We do take donations in memo-

ry of a child. The funds we raise are usedfor outreach programs, such as a monthlynewsletter.

Donna Econom, another member of thesteering committee, does the newsletter,which is sent to 73 addresses each month.

Welcome to try it outBoth Dengel and Allen expressed that

The Compassionate Friends is not foreverybody.

The first meeting a person attendsmay not be easy, said Allen. A person

does not have to talk, but may want tojust listen.

We welcome anyone to come and seeif the group is for you, added Dengel.

Although the group in Lewistownmeets the third Monday of each monthexcept August at the St. Leos Parish, TheCompassionate Friends is not religiouslyaffiliated.

Ann and Shirley were able to find usthe monthly meeting place at St. Leos,said Dengel.

Both Allen and Dengel hope to see

more Compassionate Friends chaptersstart in Montana and are willing to help acommunity get started. It does not takemuch to get a chapter started through thenational organization there is justsome paperwork involved as well as fol-lowing some basic guidelines.

Allen and Dengel said they are alsowilling to come to other Montana com-munities and talk about The Compassion-ate Friends.

To learn more about The Compassion-ate Friends, contact Fran Allen [email protected] or (406) 374-2398; or Donna Dengel at [email protected] or (406) 535-3717.

Doreen Heintz can be reached at

[email protected] or (406)

535-3401.

We have a lot of

laughter at our

meetings, as well

as tears at times. Fran Allen

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By Kathy WittMcClatchy-Tribune/MCT

The saga of Titanic has entranced people for a full century.Dozens of movies and TV shows have been made about orinspired by the doomed luxury liner. Countless books have beenwritten covering every conceivable aspect of White Star LinesUnsinkable. Is there anything left to say or see about this epicmaritime fail?

Of course there is.She (Titanic) put people under her spell even before she set

sail and that will continue for the next 100 years, said Mary Kel-logg-Joslyn, co-owner of the Titanic Museum Attraction, located

in Branson, Mo., and Pigeon Forge, Tenn.Even today, it would be beyond the scope of any author of fic-tion stories to create a more interesting saga, said Bruce M.Caplan, a leading Titanic expert and author of The Sinking of

the Titanic 1912 Survivor Accounts. As the Titanic leftSouthampton on April 10, 1912, the three classes of passengersincluded the richest to the poorest. With all the nationalities andethnic groups, the ship was a virtual United Nations.

For the spellbound legions of everything Titanic, the museumis a must-see.

As visitors exit the exhibits, their expressions tell it all, saidCaplan, who has met thousands of them during book signings.Theyre mesmerized and fascinated with their trip back intotime.

New exhibit honors childrenIn 2013 the museum marks The Year of the Titanic Children,

the first-ever coordinated exhibits and events paying tribute to the133 children aboard the ship (of the 2,208 passengers) and put-ting into context what they saw, heard and felt from the momentthey boarded.

Visit two incredible Titanic museums

Courtesy of the Titanic Museum Attraction/MCT

The Titanic is seen parked right on Pigeon Forge, Tennessees famous parkway.

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The children aboard Titanic are often treated as little morethan footnotes in history, said John Joslyn, leader of the first pri-vate exploration dive to Titanic and co-owner of the museum.The childrens stories are no less important or dramatic thanthose of the ships elite passengers.

The two museums will share artifacts and both will have plentyto keep visitors fascinated. For instance, on display in Branson isa thermos flask Arthur West gave to his wife after she and theirchildren were put into a lifeboat.

Arthur returned to the cabin for a thermos of warm milk, and

finding the lifeboat let down, he reached it by means of a rope ...wrote Mrs. Ada West in her account. ... and with a farewellreturned to the deck of the ship.

In Pigeon Forge visitors will find 8-year-old Marshall Drewssouvenir ribbon hat band embroidered with RMS Titanic. Mar-shall was traveling in second class with his aunt and uncle andwas rescued in Lifeboat 10.

A Titanic EventFrom April 1 to 7 at the Pigeon Forge location (and going on

through March 24 at the Branson location), Titanic AuthorsWeek will gather together for the first time a dozen world-renowned authors of bestselling Titanic-themed books. These

include Caplan and Daniel Allen Butler, an internationally recog-nized authority on maritime subjects, whose book, The OtherSide of the Night, delves into what happened aboard the Car-pathia and the Californian ships the night Titanic sank.

Also present will be Lee W. Merideth, a Titanic historian whowrote 1912 Facts About Titanic and an updated companionbook, Titanic Names: A Complete List of the Passengers andCrew. International maritime history speaker and hard newsreporter Ken Rossignol looks at the original newspaper coverageof the disaster in his book, Titanic 1912 The Original NewsStories.

Other award-winning authors making an appearance includeJune Hall McCash, A Titanic Love Story; Yvonne Lehman,

Hearts That Survive; Julie Hedgepeth Williams, A RareTitanic Family The Caldwell Story of Survival; and AllanWolf, The Watch That Ends the Night Voices from the Titan-ic.

Underscoring the museums childrens theme will be anappearance by child author Luke Copas. The 12-year-old pennedFacts for Kids About the Titanic, a childrens encyclopediabased on his own research, when he was 9 years old. Kellogg-Joslyn was so taken with the then-fourth graders talent she land-ed him a book deal.

Grown-ups and children alike are drawn to Titanic books,said Kellogg-Joslyn, noting that the museum is one of the largestrepositories of Titanic books anywhere. Each book is a chronicle

of faith, heroism, sacrifice and survival.An outdoor book fair will be set up steps from the museumsfront doors and fans of all things Titanic will have a chance tomeet the authors, buy their books and have them signed. Photoswith the authors can be taken during book signings and Titanicbook purchases will net the buyer discounted admittance to themuseum.

A marvel then and nowThe Titanic Museum Attraction is a sight to behold: shaped like

the ship and measuring fully half the size of the original, it dis-plays a carefully chosen 412 artifacts from an 1,800-piece perma-nent collection, including the largest collection of Titanic photo-

graphs in existence and the lone life jacket whose wearers identi-ty is known.

The artifacts, obtained from debris that surfaced after the sink-ing and from descendants of Titanic passengers, are shown inmore than 20 galleries which stretch over two decks and containexact replicas of the Grand Staircase, a first-class suite, a third-class cabin and the bridge.

Touch an iceberg. Slip into a seat in a lifeboat. Dip your fingersinto frigid 28-degree water. Experience a you-are-there moment

at the gated and locked third class compartment whose occupantswould have seen the stairway fill with rushing water.

When I talk to visitors after theyve been through the TitanicMuseum, they tell me they can imagine being there, said authorKen Rossignol. The water is so cold. They try to imagine what itwould be like to be in that water or to hear the cries of anguishfrom those who were.

The story of Titanic is a story without end, he added. Theship had 705 survivors. They all had a story to tell and they did.

If you goVisit Titanic Museum Attraction at www.TitanicAttraction.com

or call 800-381-7670 for more details about The Year of the

Titanic Children and other events being held in 2013. For Titan-ic Authors Week in Pigeon Forge, April 1 to 7, tickets are notrequired for the book signing fair, but are needed for tours of theattraction. The tour is self-guided and you should plan a mini-mum of two hours although you could easily spend four hoursor more. Visitors receive a boarding pass bearing the name of areal Titanic passenger or crew member and, at tours end, learntheir fate.

Kathy Witt is a freelance writer and the author of Atlanta,

Georgia: A Photographic Portrait and The Secret of the

Belles. Visit Witts blog at www.TravelinTales.com or email at

[email protected].

Courtesy of the Titanic Museum Attraction/MCT

Pictured is a replica of the Titanics grand staircase at theTitanic Museum Attraction.


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Story and photos by Kay Johnson

Montana Best Times

TERRY Ask any one of the bridge club ladies in this smalltown why they meet each week to participate in the intricate cardgame, and youre likely to get similar answers.

Its a fun way of communicating with your partner throughnumbers, said 62-year-old Jan Just. Its just a challenge, Iguess.

Addictive gameJan and her husband, Alan, began playing bridge early on in

their marriage when two of their friends taught them the game.From there, the two were hooked.

We just started teaching anybody we met, who liked to play

cards, how to play bridge, Jan recalled.At the time, the couple lived in North Dakota. After moving to

Terry in 1976, the two continued the pastime. Their bridge play-

ing tapered off when Jan took a full-time job outside of Terry in2002, which required more traveling and time away from home.When Jan retired in 2010, she said she was thrilled to start play-ing again even if it was only as a sub. Substitute players arecalled in to play when regular players cant attend weekly meet-ing times.

Im so happy Im playing bridge again, Jan said. I love it!Fellow bridge card player Linda Koehler, who has been playing

since 1973, said its a game she cant let go.Theres always us diehards, Linda said of the dozen or so

women who have continued to meet each week throughout thefall and winter months.

Bridge card players take in an afternoon of playing at their weekly Thursday meeting at the Prairie Community Center in

Terry, recently. Pictured clockwise from left at the table in the background are Lucille Covert, Jan Just, Ruth Lekse, WinnieHarmel; and at the table in the foreground, Darlane Pisk, Linda Strasheim, Linda Koehler and Dorcas Lee.

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Linda considers herself a novice when juxtaposed alongsideeven longer-time players like 93-year-old Lucille Revell, whohad continued to play up until spring of last year.

Once you play bridge, youre always addicted, Linda said.

Terrys groupsAt one point Terrys bridge card clubs boasted couples, mens

and womens groups. However, todays numbers have dropped toonly two clubs meeting each week, and both are entirely made upof women.

One group meets each Thursday afternoon, while the othergathers Monday nights, a time slot that allows those players whohavent reached retirement age to play as well.

The majority of us are over 70, said longtime bridge playerRuth Lekse.

Ruth began playing in the mid-70s during the time the bridgeclub was notably recognized as the teachers club due to thehigh numbers of instructors playing the game.

They had to teach me, Ruth said. It was scary at first,because it is played so differently.

Seen as a mixture between whist and pinochle, bridge can be achallenge to understand initially.

They were a good bunch, Ruth recalled of the group whotaught her to play. They were good to me.

How the game is playedThe game of bridge has two components: the bidding and the

play. Bridge is a partnership game, requiring four players, witheach player sitting opposite of his or her partner. Played with astandard deck of 52 playing cards, one of the players deals 13

cards to each player. The four suits are ranked spade is high-est, followed by hearts, diamonds and clubs. The ranking is usedfor bidding purposes only. All suits are equal, unless one suit hasbeen named trump, meaning it beats all other suits. Ace is alwayshighest, followed by King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3 and

2. The object of the game is to win tricks. A trick consists of fourcards, one from each player. With 13 cards dealt to each player,there are 13 tricks to win.

Youre playing your hand plus your partners hand, explainedRuth. Its a bridge between you and your partner.

Linda describes the bidding as the most exciting part of thegame. Thats the time allotted at the beginning where it is decidedwhat suit is trump and who will lead.

The bidding is at least half the game. Thats really the funtime, she said.

Most important: time together

But beyond winning tricks and gaining the notable distinctionof earning a Grand Slam seven tricks in one game theladies agree its the time spent together that matters most.

Its just a very fun night out, Ruth said, noting the womensconversations stays centered around each others families andactivities.

Jan agrees.Its a time to laugh with friends, she said. Everybody has

such a great sense of humor. I think its the social thing that mat-ters the most.

Kay Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or

(406) 635-5513.

Once you play bridge, youre

always addicted. Linda Koehler

Longtime bridge players Dorcas Lee and Linda Koehlerrearrange their cards.


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By Landon HallThe Orange County Register/MCT

On the Saturday before Christmas, it rained at Disneyland.

Although it was cloudy just about all day, anyone trekking about,even with time logged inside a log flume or trinket store, wouldhave received a bounty of sunshine. Maybe not enough to suffer ared-as-Lightning-McQueen burn, but a sufficient amount to bringthat puffy, dazed feeling that accompanies too much sun.

Its not just a folk tale that you can get burned on a cloudy day:Its real. And people who spend any significant time outdoors anytime of the year should remember to put on sunscreen and take oth-er precautionary measures, even if the sky is hazy or overcast.

Scientists have known for decades that clouds can have a counter-intuitive effect on sunshine. Ultraviolet rays beam from the sun andland on the Earths surface, but clouds redirect them, refract themand generally bounce them around until theyre seemingly every-where. This can make it more dangerous for your skin, not less

an effect called cloud enhancement.There are two kinds of ultraviolet light: UVA and UVB. UVA is a

longer-wavelength, deeper-penetrating sun ray that doesnt cause aburn but can still lead to skin cancer, as well as premature wrinklingand age spots. UVB is a shorter-wavelength ray that irritates theskin more immediately, leading to reddening and burning. Cloudsblock 70 percent to 90 percent of ultraviolet light, but not all. Thethicker and darker the clouds, the less UV light comes through.

A 2006 article in American Scientist said every study since 1964had shown some degree of cloud enhancement. For instance, mea-surements taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii in the1990s showed a 29.8-percent increase in UVB light, compared withlevels measured on clear days.

Of course, how well your skin handles the sun depends on howfair your skin is, as well as geographic factors: People who livecloser to the equator get more sun exposure. Also, UV rays are mostpowerful at and around noontime; the time to avoid the sun isbetween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The best advice for summertime also stands during winter: Usesunscreen, with an SPF of at least 15 (a max of 30 should be suffi-cient). Apply it 30 minutes before going outside. Shop for a productthat is labeled broad spectrum. This means it protects against bothUVB and UVA rays. Sun protection factor (SPF) only applies toUVB.

Even though clouds may block more than 50 percent of the UVrays, we just naturally dont think about sun protection as much,

Dr. Matt Goodman, a dermatologist in the Melanoma Program at StJoseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., wrote in an email. And so, weleave our skin more exposed on a cloudy day, and this can result ina sunburn.

So, better to protect our skin whenever we are outdoors sun-ny or not!

Online: Read more about new rules the FDA put in place toinform sun-worshipers better about sunscreens at http://1.usa.gov/pmiWfx.

Yes, you need sunscreen ... all throughout the year

MCT

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1. Step it up. Take the stairs at work or add anextra loop to your walk. Adding 4,000 to 5,000 steps

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Gallatin County- American Cancer Society Road to

Recovery Program: Needs volunteer driversto escort cancer patients to treatments.- American Prairie Reserve: Office Assis-

tant (10-15 hours per week) needed to help

maintain office filing and storage systems,organize office supplies, process and dis-tribute mail and run errands to post office.- American Red Cross: Blood drive

ambassador needed to welcome, greet,thank and provide overview for blooddonors. Phone team volunteers needed toremind, 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 ThriftStores: Need volunteers to sort and priceitems, Monday-Saturday 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, 3p.m.; Bingo on Saturdays 1:30 p.m.; andonce a month on Saturdays, 3 p.m., forbirthday parties.- Bozeman Senior Center Foot Clinic:

Retired or nearly retired nurses are urgentlyneeded, 2 days a month, either 4 or 8 hourshifts.

- The Emerson Cultural Center: Volunteersneeded for front office greeter/reception,Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.- Gallatin County DUI Task Force:

Administrative Aide needed to assist withoffice tasks and data entry, 1-2 hours/week.- HRDC Homemaker: Volunteers needed

to help seniors with grocery shopping, mealand menu planning, and companionship, 2hours a week, days and times are flexible;deliver commodities to seniors in theirhomes once a month- Habitat for Humanity Restore Belgrade:

Volunteers needed for general help, sorting

donations and assisting customers.- Heart of The Valley: Volunteers to play

with and cuddle cats, do carpentry work, bean animal bank collector (asking local busi-nesses to display an animal bank for dona-tion collection) or birthday party leader.- Help Center Telecare: Volunteers needed

3-4 mornings a week 8:30-11 a.m. to makecalls to homebound seniors, providing reas-surance, check on safety and well-being,and access to up to date referral informationto vulnerable individuals.- HRDC Road to Home VITA Program:

Volunteers needed to greet people for theVolunteer Income Tax Assistance program,Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 15p.m., through April 15; assist with tax prep-aration, (training will be provided), watchchildren while parents receive assistance.- Manhattan Senior Center Foot Clinic:

Nurse or retired nurse volunteer needed for1 day a month, 2 1/2 hours.- RSVP Handcrafters: Volunteers to quilt,

knit, crochet and embroider hats for chemopatients, baby blankets and other handmadegoods once a week (can work from home);accepting yarn donations.- Thrive Child Advancement Project

(CAP): Seeking mentors to students ingrades K-12, one hour commitment a week,training and support provided.- VA Montana Healthcare System: Volun-

teer DAV (Disabled American Veterans)

Help needed to coordinate driver schedulesto transport eligible veterans to and fromthe VA.- Your unique skills and interests are need-

ed, without making a long-term commit-ment, in a variety of ongoing, special, one-time, one-shift events.Contact: Deb Downs, RSVP Program

Coordinator, 807 N. Tracy, Bozeman, MT59715; phone (406) 587-5444; fax (406)582-8499; email: [email protected].

Park County- The Food Pantry and Loaves and Fishes:

Need help in a variety of ways, includingcooking, serving, shelving or even garden-ing.- Livingston Baseball Association: Help

with concessions needed, supervising youthat the grill.- The Main Street Thrift Store: Need help

sorting, tagging, shelving and puttingdonated items on the shelves, hours areflexible, choose your own hours.- The Yellowstone Gateway Museum: Vol-

unteers needed at the front desk to greetpeople and man the cash register.- Senior Center: Volunteer computer per-

son needed for data entry and office work,flexible hours; also someone to play bright,cheerful piano music before lunch.- Stafford Animal Shelter: Needs volun-

teers to help ready puppies and kittens foradoption.- Various agencies are in need of your

unique skills and interests in a variety ofongoing and one-time special events,including mailings; help with veterans, andat the hospital.Contact: Shannon Burke, RSVP Program

Coordinator, 208 So. Main St., Livingston,

MT 59047; phone (406) 222-2281; email:[email protected].

Fergus & Judith Basin counties- America Reads program: Volunteers are

needed to spend 30 minutes a week helping

young people with their reading grades onethrough six to increase their reading skills.- Boys and Girls Club: Volunteers needed

to assist staff with elementary childrenMonday-Friday on field trips and for foodpreparation in the kitchen.- Central Montana Senior Citizens Club:

Volunteers to plan, organize, clean, repairand set up for events; help with Saturdaysenior dances, pinochle on Tuesday andFriday p.m.- CMMC Auxiliary: Volunteer at the help

desk or in the gift shop, assist with blooddrives 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 homedelivered meals, kitchen, hostess, foot clin-ic.- Disaster and Emergency Services: Vol-

unteers to become involved in training andcommunity education for emergency pre-paredness and response.- Friends of the Library: Volunteers to sort

book donations, and prepare for and workthe monthly sale.- Geyser/Raynesford, Hobson/Judith River

and Moore Senior Centers: Volunteers toset up, serve, wash dishes, and clean up.- Heart of Montana Animal Shelter: Vol-

unteers needed to help in the secondhandstore.- Hospice of Central Montana: Volunteers

needed in patient care, special events andfund raising activities, training April 16, 17- Lewistown Art Center: Volunteers to

help set up monthly shows, assist with spe-cial events, or work in the gift shop.

- Lewistown Library: Volunteer to read togroups or individuals, dust and clean, takecare of videos, copying and scanning.Assist with nursing home outreach month-ly.- Lewistown nursing homes: Volunteers to

play cards and games, visit with and read toresidents, deliver mail and water plants,help with birthday parties and specialevents.- Red Cross: Local disaster planning and

SeeRSVP, Page 20

Below is a list of volunteer openings available through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) incommunities across southern Montana. To learn more about RSVP, call (800) 424-8867 or TTY (800) 833-3722;or log on to www. seniorcorps.org.

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Winter months bring cabin fever. For many of us, snow-covered ground and cold temperatures limit the amount ofexercise we get, unless were shoveling snow. April meansdigging in the garden, yard work and other forms of exer-cise, though. Jogging and biking are safer when streets arefree of ice and snow.Now that were starting to burn calories again, enjoying a

decadent meal wouldnt be imprudent.

If youre a fan of eating breakfast for supper, the recipebelow is sure to please your palate. With a dish that featurescream cheese, sugar, fruit, syrup, French toast and possiblyice cream, whats not to like?Bacon or link sausages are great additions to this main

course.If you serve this to your grandkids, they will think you

must have graduated from the Culinary Institute of America.

On The MenuWith Jim Durfey

April 2013 20

This dish makes a great dinnerand dessert combination

Breakfast? No way!

StuffedFrench ToastBatter:2 eggs3/4 cup milk1/3 cup sugar1 tsp. ground cinnamon1 tsp. vanilla extract

French Toast:2 tbsp. butter4 pieces French bread or challah bread

(braided egg bread), cut about 2 to 21/2 inches thick

Filling:1 1/2 cups (12 oz.) cream cheese1/4 cup chocolate chips1/2 cup banana slices1/8 cup orange juice1/4 cup sugar1 tsp. vanilla extract

Powdered sugar, optionalVanilla ice cream, optionalFresh berries, optionalMint sprigs, optional

Combine all batter ingredients in largebowl. Mix well. Place bread pieces inbatter for five minutes. Turn bread

pieces over. Soak for five minutesmore. Fold all filling ingredients

together in bowl until well incorporated

but not completely smooth.Preheat oven to 350. Heat large sautepan (one that can be transferred to theoven is ideal). Add butter. Place breadpieces in pan. Cook until golden brownon both sides, approximately four min-utes. Remove from pan and let cool.Divide filling between two pieces ofbread. Top with remaining two piecesof bread. Transfer French toast to ovenand bake for eight to 10 minutes. Cuteach French toast in half. Serve withmaple syrup if desired, a large scoop ofvanilla ice cream and fresh berries. A

mint sprig makes the perfect decorativetouch.

preparedness, response, and service to theArmed Forces.- Treasure Depot Thrift Store: Volunteers

to cashier and sort donations, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Monday-Friday.- RSVP: Needs volunteers to help with the

implementation of a new program: My

Neighbor In Need in Lewistown, also needvolunteers to occasionally transport largeitems such as furniture, appliances, etc.- RSVP has a variety of volunteer posi-

tions open for on-call, ongoing events.Contact: RSVP Volunteer Coordinator

Cheryll Tuss, 404 W. Broadway, Wells Far-go Bank building, (upstairs), Lewistown,MT 59457; phone (406) 535-0077; email:rsvplew@ midrivers.com.

Musselshell, Golden Valley &Petroleum counties

- Council on Aging: Volunteer to help inthe office and with fundraising, assist orga-nizing bingo, cards and other events.- Dinner Theatre and Summer Drama

Camp for Kids: Seeking a committee andhelp to plan and implement these events.- Food Bank: Distribute food commodities

to seniors and others in need in the commu-nity.- Meals on Wheels Program: Deliver

meals to the housebound in the community,just one day a week, an hour and a half,meal provided.

- Nursing Home Activities Assistant: Helpwith crafts, games and other activities forresidents.- School Lunch Program: Assist staff with

serving and supervising during lunch peri-od, meal provided.- Senior Center: Volunteers are needed to

provide meals, clean up in the dining roomand/or keep records, meal provided.

- Senior Transportation: Volunteer neededto drive Senior Van to meals, fundraisersand appointments, one day a week ormonth, no special license needed, meal pro-vided.- RSVP offers maximum flexibility and

choice to its volunteers as it matches thepersonal interests and skills of older Ameri-cans with opportunities to serve their com-munities. You choose how and where toserve.Contact: Abbie Nichols, Volunteer Coordi

nator, South Central MT RSVP, 315 1/2Main St., Ste. #1, Roundup, MT 59072;phone (406) 323-1403; fax (406) 323-4403; email: [email protected].

Custer & Rosebud counties- COPS (Citizens Offering Police Sup-

port): Members are needed - applicationscan be picked up at the RSVP Office.- Custer County Art and Heritage Center:

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Wednesday, April 3

Cycle Only Days, through April 18, WestYellowstone through Yellowstone Park

Thursday, April 4

MSU Spring Rodeo, through April 7,Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Bozeman

Montana Early Music Festival, throughApril 7, Cathedral of St. Helena, Helena

Friday, April 5

PBR Nile, through March 7, MetraParkArena, BillingsAnnual Home and Garden Show andSale, through April 7, Montana ExpoPark -Four Seasons Arena, Great Falls

Saturday, April 6

Religion: Montana Minority Voices, 9a.m.-1 p.m., Montana State University-Billings Library 148, Billings

29th Annual Spring Art and Craft Show,Civic Center Grand Ballroom - Corner ofNeil and Benton, Helena

Friday, April 12

American Indian Council of MSU PowWow, through April 13, Fieldhouse Arena,

MSU campus, Bozeman

Saturday, April 13

Stillwater Masonic Lodge Spring FleaMarket/Swap Meet, through April 14,Stillwater Pavilion, 328 East 5th St.,Columbus

Arbor Day Run for the Trees, 10 a.m.,McCormick Park, Missoula

Friday, April 19

Stillwater County Chamber of Com-merce Business Expo, through April 20,Stillwater Pavilion, Stillwater CountysFairgrounds, Columbus

Saturday, April 20

Billings Symphony Orchestra and Cho-rale: Season Finale, 7:30 p.m., AlbertaBair Theater, Billings

Judith Basin Back Country Horsemenand the Lewistown Field Office of the

Bureau of Land Management SharingTrails Saturday Expo, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,Defensive Horsemanship Certification,1:30-5:30 p.m., Livestock Pavilion, FergusCounty Fairgrounds, Lewistown

Livingston Dance Club, country westerndancing, American Legion, 112 N. B St.,

Livingston, 7-11 p.m.

Thursday, April 25

Western Art Roundup and Quick Draw,Riverside Park, Miles City

Friday, April 26

Annual MakoShika Quilt Festival,

through April 27, EPEC Building, Glen-dive

Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival, throughApril 27, University Theater, Missoula

Saturday, April 27

Baxter Black, 7:30 p.m., Civic Center, BigTimber

Annual Railroad Swap Meet, Depot Cen-ter, Livingston

36th International Wildlife Film Festivalthrough May 4, Roxy Theater, Missoula

Sunday, April 28

Peaks to Prairie Adventure Race, begin atBear Tooth Pass, Red Lodge

Friday, May 3

Magic City Singers - The Sun, Moonand Stars, 7 p.m., Alberta Bair Theater,Billings

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Volunteer receptionists needed,varied shifts, days.- Custer County Commissioner:

Up to three volunteers needed totake minutes at meetings.- Custer County Extension:

Volunteer needed to scan docu-ments, may be done in yourhome or at the Extension Office.- Forsyth Senior Center: Volun-

teer musicians needed.- Holy Rosary Health Care: Vol-

unteers needed for front desk andgift shop.- Holy Rosary Hospice: Volun-

teers needed to help with hospicepatients.

- Miles City Soup Kitchen: Vol-unteers 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 anddays of your choice.- ROCKS: Relief drivers need-

ed, (must have CDL), pick upstudents at 3 p.m. daily and taketo the building by the baseballfield and possibly a few special

field trips.- Spirit Riders: Members needed

for funeral escort.

- Ursuline Convent: Volunteersneed for Thrift Store, Mainte-nance & Cleaning- VA-DAV: Urgent need for

drivers needed to make trips toBillings with veterans for medi-cal appointments.- VA Community Living Center:

Volunteers needed to assist withactivities for veterans.If you are interested in these orother volunteer opportunitiesplease contact: Betty Vail, RSVPDirector; 210 Winchester Ave.

#225, MT 59301; phone (406)234-0505; email: [email protected]

Dawson CountyIf you have a need for or a spe-

cial interest or desire to volunteersomewhere in the community,please contact: Patty Atwell,RSVP Director, P.O. Box 1324,Glendive, MT 59330; phone(406) 377-4716; email: [email protected].

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Q. Wave your plastic in the rightdirection and you just put your latestpurchase on your credit card, likemillions of other consumers. How manymillions?

A. By one estimate, 1,500 million, or 1.5billion credit cards are in use in the U.S.alone, says Susan Freinkel in Plastic: AToxic Love Story. It was 1958 whenAmerican Express (AmEx) introduced thefirst plastic credit card, with money taking

on a new kind of plasticity. Touted as betterwithstanding day-to-day use, these cardssoon were so commonplace the very wordplastic became synonymous with money.And its not only the credit card. Four outof five Americans own debit cards, and onein six has a prepaid card to buy gas, makephone calls, or use for general purposes,Freinkel adds. Most of these are made ofPVC (polyvinyl chloride) and have beensince the AmEx debut, because PVC iseasily processed, offers the right blend ofrigidity and flexibility, and is durableenough to last the standard three-to-five-

year term of a credit card.According to a New York Timescalculation, a stack of all the credit cards inuse in the U.S. would reach more than 70miles into space, or nearly the height of 13Mount Everests. Yet the ordinary erosionthat might whittle down a mountain wouldscarcely dent that polymer peak, Freinkelsays. Even a single PVC card wouldpersist for decades, if not centuries, andeach year we toss away more than 75million (75,000,000) of them.

Q. What superlative has the ostricheasily run away with? Which are a few of

the runners-up?

A. It can claim title to being the worldsheaviest bird, native to Africa and withmales weighing up to 350 pounds, saysScience Illustrated magazine. The otherheavyweights (though all under 100pounds) are the emu (up to 90 pounds) andthe cassowary (75 pounds) of Australia, theEmperor penguin (65 pounds) ofAntarctica, and the American rhea (55pounds) of South America.

More ostrich superlatives: It boasts the

largest eye of any land animal, reportsNational Geographic magazine. Theflightless, long-and-strong legged birdstands seven-to-nine-feet tall and can runaway from danger at 45 miles per hour forup to 30 minutes. But if cornered, it candeliver powerful and dangerous kicks withits two-toed feet and long, sharp claws thatcan kill a man and even a lion. Plus, one ofthe hens eggs can weigh as much as 24chicken eggs.

Finally, contrary to popular belief,

ostriches dont bury their heads in the sand,notes National Geographic.

Rather, at the sign of trouble, they will lielow and press their long necks to theground to try to become less visible. Theirplumage blends well with sandy soil and,from a distance, gives the appearance thatthey have buried their heads in the sand.

Q. Feeling quite depressed, the guytried to kill himself by overdosing on hismeds. After taking 29 pills, he felt faint,his blood pressure plummeted anddoctors had to administer intravenous

fluids to stabilize him. Then what camenext in this grim tale?

A. On further investigation, doctorsdiscovered his pills werent real meds butplacebos designed to do him no harm. Oncethe patient learned the pills were inert, hissymptoms vanished! This was an extremecase, said Elizabeth Svoboda in Discovermagazine, but the so-called nocebo effect psychosomatic symptoms erroneouslyblamed on medication is quite common.In fact, one recent study in Munich foundthat in many clinical trials, placebosproduce fully half as many reported side

effects as real drugs do. The studys authorWinfried Hauser suggested that this maystem in part from the warnings thatphysicians give patients before prescribingmedications. Much-needed warnings to besure, but only if done in careful, measuredways, Svoboda concludes.

Q. For you moon-gazers, what littleextra sky gift just might present itself foryour viewing pleasure next November2013?

A. Call it a brand new sun-grazer, or

newfound comet C/2012 S1(ISON), saysNew Scientist magazine. Discovered byVitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok ofthe International Scientific Optical Networkin Russia on September 21, 2012, it was nomore than a dot beyond Jupiter. But onNovember 28 or 29, 2013, the cometshould skirt within 1.4 million kilometers(870,000 miles) of the sun, and accordingto Astronomy Now, it could become thebrightest object in our night sky, possiblyoutshining the full moon. Now that would

be a heavenly sight well worth waiting for!

Q. With identical twins sharing thesame DNA and similar environments, isthere any way to tell them apart forforensic purposes?

A. Even the most sophisticated tests cantdo this, but highly-trained Germanshepherd police dogs have been able toregister differences in the scents of identicatwins, reported Czech researchers LudvikPinc et al. in the journal PLoS ONE.Scents from four sets of child twins twoidentical and two fraternal were

collected on cotton squares and stored inglass jars, and scents from other childrenwere added to the test samples.

The dogs were presented a starting scentand then had to pick out the matching scentfrom a lineup of seven cotton squares.(The dog handlers were blind to thedifference.) In a dozen experiments, each often animals made the correct choice everytime. As the authors concluded, the dogsare able to distinguish individual scents ofidentical twins despite theyre living in thesame environment and eating the samefood, and even if the scents are not

presented simultaneously.

Q. Who gives more money to charity?Men or women? The rich or the poor?The old or the young? The religious orthe non-religious?

A. Religious people tend to be the mostgiving because of their values and also theirchurch attendance, which puts them inclose social contact with many other giverssays researcher Pamala Wiepking atRotterdams Erasmus University, theNetherlands, as told to Michael Bond in

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New Scientist magazine. In fact, socialinteraction triggers most of the giving peo-ple do, with about 85 percent made inresponse to direct requests through a friendor the media, etc. People get to feeling obli-gated when asked and later want to live upto their word and reputation.

Its no surprise that women tend to bemore generous, given their greater empathyand caring and strong sense of equality,

whereas men are more inclined to givemoney to political parties. As for the influ-ence of income, poorer people actually con-tribute a higher fraction of their incomethan do the wealthy, though its not that thelatter are inherently less generous, Wiepk-ing adds. Most people give similar amountsin similar situations and since the rich arenot asked to give more often, there tends to

be equality of giving across all incomes.Finally, as we get older, we tend to givemore but this tapers off beyond age 75, pri-marily because the truly aged rarelyencounter situations where donations arerequested.

When asked how people can be persuad-ed to give more, Wiepking answered: Weneed role models ... In the U.S. anyone whogives even a little is celebrated.

Q. Do left-handed target shooters needspecial guns?

A. Many weapons can be fired effective-ly with either hand, including most revolv-ers, self-loading rifles and pistols, and shot-guns, says George Washington Universityforensic scientist Walter F. Rowe. At most,the left-handed target shooter might have

special grips fitted.Other weapons, such as bolt-action mili-

tary rifles, are generally designed for right-handers. Lefties learn to adapt--see BarryPeppers sharpshooter in Saving PrivateRyan or have these weapons modified.

An overlooked problem for righties aswell as lefties is cross-dominance--e.g.right-handed but left-eyed. To test dominance, aim a finger at an object, both eyes

open. Then close one eye at a time. Theeye for which the aim stays true is yourdominant eye. Cross-dominant handgunshooters can simply tilt the head to accom-modate, says gun expert Mark DuncanRifle and shotgun shooters sometimeschange sides. Or sighting with dominaneye closed may work to some degree, buthere are plenty of focusing pitfalls.

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