Adventurer, storyteller extraordinaire

Helping others live more fulfilling lives

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Bluebird man of Makoshika Park

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News Lite

Oops one key fits two cars NEW YORK (AP) A Brooklyn woman says her mother

accidentally moved a strangers car with a key that fit two vehi-cles.

Cheryl Thorpe was house-sitting for her daughter, Nekisia Davis, when the mix-up occurred last month.

Thorpe had agreed to move cars for Davis and her friends because of street cleaning regulations.

She even texted them to proudly report: All cars moved suc-cessfully.

When they got home from vacation, Davis friend discovered the Honda that Thorpe had moved wasnt hers.

It took 10 days to track down the owner, who thought shed been targeted by a professional car thief.

According to CBS New York Davis now jokes that her mom stole a car while its owner was eating brunch.

Honda says its very rare for a key to fit two cars.

Cat missing five years reunited with owner FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) A cat that went missing five years

ago has been reunited with its owner in Indiana thanks to an implanted microchip.

WOWO-AM and WANE-TV report the 10-year-old cat named Charlie showed up at Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control recently. Workers there scanned the cat and discovered Charlie had a microchip that identified Virginia Fryback of Fort Wayne as his owner.

Fryback says Charlie disappeared from her home five years ago and she thought shed never see him again. She thanks the veterinarian who convinced her to get a microchip when Charlie was a kitten.

The microchip might have saved Charlies life. Shelter spokes-woman Peggy Bender says most people adopt much younger cats.

Microchips are about the size of a grain of rice and transmit information via radio waves.

By Montana Best Times Staff

Montanans have had it with a long, cold winter, and a sometimes chilly, snowy spring. Now were ready for summer, and some heat like a hot fire in the old grill.

Just in time to put that grill to use comes a brand-new book, Grill to Perfection: Two Champion Pit Masters Recipes and Techniques for Unforgettable Backyard Grilling.

The art of grilling is as old as fire and more popular than ever, a news release on the book from Page Street Publishing said. Whether its the convenience of a gas grill or the traditionalism and taste of charcoal, the right recipes paired with the right tech-niques can create delicious and unforgetta-ble meals.

As home grillers look for new backyard culinary adventures, a new book takes the art of grilling to the next level. Grill to Perfection, by veteran barbecue champi-ons Andy Husbands and Chris Hart, break the mold by offering a wide range of incredible new recipes for the grill along with tips, techniques and tools of the trade that will make anything cooked on a grill perfection.

Grilling to us is more than a way to

cook, its a way of life, the authors said in the release. This book is about grilling and for us, as in all our books, technique is the key. Because temperatures can vary dra-matically in a grill, its important to devel-op a feel for the fire rather than rigidly fol-low recipes. Once you master the tempera-tures and timing on a grill, the skys the limit.

The authors cover topics such as: Our Go-To Cooking Methods, How to Build a Two-Zone Fire in a Gas Grill, and The Tools We Always Have When We Grill.

Husbands and Hart, winners of multiple national barbecue championships, includ-ing the Jack Daniels Invitational, take influences from lesser-known but deli-cious styles from American and interna-tional dishes. Recipes in the book feature fish, pork, lamb, poultry, beef, veggies, drinks and desserts perfect for any occasion and include:

Tamari-Glazed Steak with Sweet-and-Spicy Rice

Curried Chicken Tenderloins with Coconut and Papaya Salad

Seared Greens with Grilled Chicken Livers and Blue Cheese

Jerk Ribs with Guava Glaze and Grilled Bananas

Lemon and Fresh Herb Grill-Roasted Leg of Lamb

Wood-Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Bruschetta and Pork Butter Spread

Grill-Roasted Ginger Clams with Sake and Scallions

Grilled Trout Stuffed with Fresh Herb Salad

Erics Molasses-Chipotle Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Charred Spring Vegetables Sweet Onion Corn Cakes Grilled Corn with White Miso Butter Elviss Grilled Banana Split Pumpkin Bread in a Can with Choco-

late Sea Salt ButterThis delicious collection of grilling

recipes and techniques will have any Montanan tired of winter serving up per-fection every time. Its is a terrific cook-book for outdoor cooking lovers who enjoy their culinary adventures from the grill.

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Summer is almost here fire up the grill!

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Opinion

Keeping bad news, tough times in perspective

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Weve had a pretty rough couple months in the news lately.Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared March 8, with all

239 people on board presumably lost at sea. That was followed by the Washington state mudslide on March 22 that buried an entire community and claimed 43 lives. Then came the April 16 sinking of the South Korean ferry carrying 475 of passengers, a large number of them high school students, in which about 300 people died an event too tragic for words.

Add to that the ongoing travails of the world the Syrian con-flict, the situation in the Ukraine and the Middle East, and it can be downright depressing.

But while wrenchingly tragic, our grandparents generation saw much worse. Speaking of disasters at sea, the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, in which more than 1,500 people perished, shook the world; and the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U boat three years later, causing the deaths of 1,198, helped launch the United States into World War I. Then came World War II with all its destruction and horror. To many people living through those days, it rightfully seemed like the end of the world.

But it wasnt. The world somehow recovered and people found a way to pick up their lives and move on.

Our recent events are indeed terrible, but todays 24-hour news coverage can make them sound like the end of the world. But its not. There is so much good all around us every day especially in our state of Montana with its incomparable beauty and so many good people that it goes unnoticed when the focus is on the bad news.

Spring is here, and summer is coming. Hope and life is in the air.

Dwight HarrimanMontana Best Times Editor

Dear Savvy Senior, What types of senior discounts are available to older travelers?

My husband and I are approaching retirement and love to travel, but love to save money too.

Almost RetiredDear Almost, There is actually a wide variety of travel discounts available to older travelers usually starting at either age 50, 55, 60, 62 or 65. But, you first need to be aware that when it comes to senior trav-el bargains, the senior discount may not always be the best deal. Hotels, airlines and cruise lines, for example, offer advanced book-ings along with special deals and promotions from time to time that may be a lower rate than what the senior discount is. Always ask about the lowest possible rate and the best deal available. With that said, heres a breakdown of some different senior travel discounts that are available today. Club memberships: If youre a member of AARP, there are dozens of travel discounts available on hotels, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. To find them, see discounts.aarp.org/trav-el or call (800) 675-4318. Annual AARP membership fees are $16 or less if you join for multiple years. If you dont like AARP, there are alternative organizations you can join like the Seniors Coalition or the American Seniors Associ-ation that offer discounts on hotels and rental cars. Airlines: Southwest Airlines has the best senior fare program in the U.S., offering discounts to passengers 65 and older. Ameri-can, United and Delta offer some senior fares too but they are extremely limited. Trains: Amtrak provides a 15 percent discount to travelers 62 and older, and a 10 percent discount to passengers over age 60 on cross-border services operated jointly by Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada. Bus travel: Greyhound offers a 5 percent discount on unre-stricted fares to seniors over 62. Peter Pan, which serves the North-east region of the U.S., offers the same deal. Trailways, a privately

owned bus company also provides senior discounts but they vary by location. And, most local bus lines and public transportation offer discounted senior passes. Car rentals: Most car rental companies offer 5 to 25 percent discounts to customers who belong to 50-and-older organizations like AARP. Discounts are also available to AAA members. To shop around for the best rental car deals use travel aggregator sites like orbitz.com or kayak.com. Hotels: Most hotels in the U.S. offer senior discounts ranging between 10 and 30 percent off. Age eligibility will vary by hotel. Hyatt offers one of the biggest discounts, up to 50 percent off, to guests 62 and older. Cruises: Most cruise lines offer special deals to AARP mem-bers. But, if youre not a member, discounts on some cruise lines (like Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean) are also available to passengers 55 and older. The best way to find these is to contact a travel agent, or check with the cruise line you are interested in. Restaurants: Senior discounts are fairly common at mom-and-pop and family-style restaurants, as well as fast food establish-ments. The discounts will range from free coffee, to drinks, to dis-counts off your total order. Chains known for their senior discounts or specials include Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Churchs Chicken, Dairy Queen, Dunkin Donuts, IHOP, Subway and Wendys. Entertainment: Most movie theaters, plays, ballets, sympho-nies, museums, zoos, aquariums, golf courses and even ski slopes provide reduced admission to seniors over 60 or 65. If youre over 62, youre also eligible for the popular America The Beautiful Senior Pass, which provides a lifetime entry to 2,000 national parks and recreation sites. You can obtain this pass in person at one of the federal recreation sites for $10, or through the mail (see store.usgs.gov/pass/senior.html) for $20. To look for other travel discounts see seniordiscounts.com, a great website that lets you search by location and category for free.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Nor-man, 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 Jason Stuart Montana Best Times

GLENDIVE As winters chill gives way to springs warmth, the mountain bluebirds will return to Makoshika State Park to nest and rear their young.

And Glendive resident Lew Melby will be there waiting to help make sure as many of the indigo-hued songbirds as possible succeed in their struggle for survival.

Every spring and summer for the past five years, Melby, 65, has devoted himself to that very task, tending to the 50 or so bluebird houses scattered throughout Makoshika.

I try to check them every week, Melby said.

Checking up on just half the bird-houses is a three- to four-hour job, according to Melby, and provides a lot of exercise in the process.

Some of them require quite a bit of hiking, he said. If I were a younger guy, Id try to do 50 in a day. But I enjoy it, and I enjoy birds, and I like being outside.

As physically demanding as the job is, however, it can take an emotional toll as well.

Its an easy job to get upset with, because the bluebird mortality rate is so high, Melby said.

Tough being a bluebirdBluebirds are susceptible to a num-

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Bluebird manThe bluebirds of Makoshika State Park have a strong advocate in Lew Melby

On the cover and at right: Glendive resident Lew Melby works April 16 on a birdhouse in Makoshika State Park

to get it cleaned out and ready for nesting mountain bluebirds.

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into the nesting success rate of mating pairs and the survival of their young.

Melby said the weather is the main culprit in bluebird mortality.

Bluebirds begin nesting in Makoshika in April, but eastern Montanas climate, where cold fronts and snowstorms can strike well into spring, takes its toll on the birds. Just-hatched chicks are almost cer-tain to perish should Old Man Winter raise his ugly head.

Also, other birds also compete with the bluebirds for the right to nest in the Makoshika birdhouses.

Bluebirds biggest avian nemesis in the park are house wrens, according to Mel-by. The wrens are especially troublesome because they are aggressive, and will take over a birdhouse already in use, throwing the bluebirds nest, eggs and even their hatchlings out of the house and onto the ground to die.

Tree swallows also utilize the birdhous-es, but they do not engage in the kind of violent takeovers the wrens do. They will leave a house alone if its occupied.

Another contributor to bluebird mortal-ity is bull snakes, which will enter the houses and eat anything they find there.

There is little Melby can do to keep bull snakes out of the birdhouses, although he is considering putting some new houses up deep in the thick foliage of the parks ponderosa pines, where he doesnt think the snakes would find it as easily.

As if weather, other birds and snakes werent enough to deal with, increasingly,

and sadly, Melby said thoughtless and destructive humans do damage to the birdhouses that decreases nesting oppor-tunities for the bluebirds.

Sometimes, people rip the top off the birdhouses for firewood, he said. Theres more vandalism.

Monitoring pays offGiven all the obstacles to survival the

bluebirds face, Melby admitted it can be exasperating work to care for them.

Its pretty frustrating to spend hours and hours hiking and working on boxes, he said.

In the end, however, Melby said the work does make a difference.

Some people will say why bother with it, he said. But theres a reason for monitoring it. Research has shown it pays off to monitor the bluebird houses.

By checking up on the houses and removing any nests that have suffered a loss of eggs or chicks from the factors listed above, Melby helps encourage the mating pair to try again.

It isnt a catastrophe (if a nest is lost), because theyll re-nest two or three times sometimes, he said.

And the difference a person can make is huge, according to Melby.

Bluebird populations declined precipi-tously nationwide in the 20th century, pri-marily due to competition from intro-duced invasive bird species like the Euro-pean starling. In the past few decades, however, bluebirds have bounced back.

Bluebirds have made a dramatic

comeback due to mans interference building birdhouses, Melby said.

Birdhouses futureHe added that hes not really satisfied

with the current number or quality of the birdhouses in Makoshika, however. Mel-by believes the park could host many more than 50 birdhouses if more people would volunteer to care for them. He would like to see some houses moved to new locations, since he believes they were poorly or haphazardly placed.

The bluebird houses are not an official park project. Melby tends to the houses out of his own love of the birds. He wish-es someone with a degree or professional background in ornithology would take an interest in Makoshikas bluebirds.

Theres a lot of scientific work that could be done, he said.

Melby is looking for someone, anyone to take an interest soon, since he is almost ready to pass the torch and doesnt want to see the birdhouses go unattended.

Im hoping someone will step up, Melby said. I can maybe do it for a cou-ple of more years, but Im hoping a young person will step up and do it.

For now, Melby will keep up his care-ful watch as the sun warms the badlands and the bluebirds return to Makoshika once more to rear the next generation.

Jason Stuart may be reached at (406) 377-3303 or rrreporter@rangerreview.com.

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Left: A mountain bluebird perches on a branch in the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Photo by Dave Menke/courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Right: Mountain bluebird nestlings are pictured in Makoshika State Park out-side of Glendive in 2013.Photo by Lew Melby

By Chaun Scott Montana Best Times

INGOMAR When we were children, we looked at the world as if everything were a fairy-tale adventure. A place where anything was pos-sible and the excitement of learning something new was always a moment away. But as the years passed by, the spirituous adventures of our youth began to fade, giving way to a busy but mundane life.

While the rest of us might have settled for routine, the adventures of 70-year-old Linda Lou Crosbys youth were only the beginning.

And she believes the best is yet to come.

Destined for adventureLinda Lous life began with a unique set of

parents. Her mother, actress Linda Hayes, was known as a movie star leading lady of westerns. Her genre included five films with Roy Rogers, which began in the late 1930s and ended in the early 1940s. She left her acting career to raise her family. Linda Lous father, Lou Crosby, was known for his work as an announcer for Lum and Abner, a syndicate Radio Show, and for his work on the Lawrence Welk Show.

Although working in a demanding field, Lin-da Lous parents always took time to teach her and her two sisters, Cathy Lee and Lucinda Sue, about life in the great outdoors around Pasadena, Calif., where the family lived.

Also setting the stage for a life of adventure were two thrill-seeking rambunctious grandpar-ents.

Both our parents fished and hunted, explained Linda Lou. They taught us what its like to be alive... being alive is doing fun stuff outdoors. My grandmother raced cars ... I like to drive my cars and drive them fast.

For young Linda Lou and her family, adven-ture impatiently waited outside for the Crosby family to open the door.

Before telling her stories to the world through film and novels, Linda Lou was an accom-plished athlete and was a nationally ranked U.S.

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Linda Lou Crosby stands in the corner of a historical building in Ingomar during the Ingomar Rodeo. Photos by Hart Broesel

touring tennis player. While on tour, playing at venues like Wimbledon and the French Open Championships in Paris, she kept her-self amused by entertaining audiences, per-forming skits and telling stories.

After leaving the courts, she followed in her parents footsteps in television, landing a gig at KCET TV in Los Angeles as a news reporter. With her fascination of women ath-letes and her personal experience, she pro-duced a documentary piece on the history of womens sports, Fairplay in Sports, and was nominated for an Emmy Award.

I started my career as a producer of doc-umentaries by working at KCET reporting the news and doing some freelance, said Linda Lou. For me, it was an opportunity to tell stories.

Because of her recognized work in televi-sion, Linda Lou was asked to produce a documentary on the Wild Horse and Burro Roundup at the Navy Base in Ridecrest,

Calif. Thats when she founded her produc-tion company, Neon Lines Production.

It was then my husband, Hart Broesel, told me that if I was going to do documenta-ries I should have a production company. Thats when we developed Neon Lines, she explained.

While working on the Wild Horse and Burro Roundup documentary in 1991, she met Owen Badgett, a Cowboy Poet from Montana. Badgett was working at the facili-ty in California as a contractor. Linda Lou was fascinated by Badgetts tales of the Wild West and soon, she and her husband Hart, became lifetime friends with the poet storyteller.

Then in 2009, Linda Lou directed and pro-duced a documentary about the poet, Owen Badgett, The Gypsy Cowman, a documen-tary about a cowboy poet who lives and works on a ranch in eastern Montana.

While filming the documentary, Linda Lou fell in love with the remote Montana community of Ingomar, packed up their belongings in the Mojave Desert in Califor-nia and made the town their home.

Ingomar was once a bustling metropolis known as the Sheep Capital of the World, but is now home to roughly 120, give or take.

Crosby and her husbands friendship with Badgett, and the documentary about him was told in greater detail in an August 2009 Montana Best Times story.

What shes doing todayFilling her need to tell stories, Linda Lou

continues to share her love of cowboy poet-

ry by producing shows in western theatre and opera houses, with ambitious shows based on true rumors, as she puts it. She also spends her summers producing cowboy poetry and music events at the famous Jer-sey Lilly Saloon and Eatery in Ingomar.

As if that wasnt enough to keep the aver-age teenager busy, the storyteller extraordi-naire spends her quiet time writing, capti-vating audiences of all ages as an award-winning humor columnist and fictional author.

Her latest book Adventures with Rag-weed, was released in paperback and as an e-book on Kindle. She reached the best sell-ers list with a number one and number three spot in a couple of Kindle Store categories.

Adventures with Ragweed is a series of tales about the enterprising and creative Ragweed and her best friend, Marney, as they encounter a series of adventures.

Although the character is fictional, Linda Lou couldnt help but reveal to us that some of her real life adventures are interwoven into the unique life of Ragweed.

Linda Lou has a great sense of humor and likes to laugh and make others laugh too, the website ragweedadventures.com states.

Not ready to slow downLinda Lou enjoys her life in Ingomar,

where she has the opportunity to hunt, fish and listen to tall tales by eastern Montana cowboys while enjoying the friendship of eastern Montana folks eating at the Jersey Lilly.

We love events like the Jordan Match Bronc Ride, the Quigley Shoot in Forsyth, the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, and the Ingomar Rodeo, said Linda Lou. I would like to discover more about quilting from my friend Coleen Robinson, our Ingomar postmistress but that might be too chal-lenging an undertaking for the both of us.

Recently learning to bow hunt, Linda Lou said she is determined to bag an animal with her bow and plans to go out soon with her grandson-in-law Shaun.

I have been practicing and want to take either an antelope or a deer with my bow, said Linda Lou enthusiastically.

While many over 50 might be looking for the leisure life, Linda Lou hasnt even begun to slow down, knowing there is another adventure waiting as she crosses the prairie to reveal the exciting world quietly waiting for its storyteller to arrive.

Chaun Scott may be reached at (406) 346-2149 or ip-news@rangeweb.net.

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Crosby poses with arrows she shot on her and her husband Hart Broesels place in Ingomar.

Crosby rides with cowboy poet Owen Badgett in the Lone Pine Film Festival Parade at the premiere of Owen Badgett, The Gypsy Cowman in 2009.

By M.P. Regan Montana Best Times

DILLON Years ago, Dillon resident Louise Shafer recog-nized a way she could help sustain joy and purpose in her life by helping older folks in her community sustain joy and purpose in their lives.

Now 91, Shafer continues to apply that insight through her work with Senior Companion, a program that matches compan-ions, age 55 or older, with clients limited in mobility by age, dis-ability or terminal illness.

I really enjoy the clients, said Shafer, who currently serves

as a Senior Companion for four clients, one a 103-year-old wom-an she has worked with since starting with the program almost a decade ago.

It has been a two-way street. They do as much for me as I do for them. They keep my spirits up. They are wonderful people, added Shafer, whose husband died shortly before she signed up with the program.

How the program worksShafer and other Senior Companions engage clients through a

wide range of simple, but life-enhancing activities. A Senior Companion and client might go shopping, head to the barber

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Senior CompanionsLiving life to the fullest by helping others live more fulfilling lives

MT Best Times photo by M.P. ReganDillons Sylvia Roberts, right, and her Senior Companion, Maureen Wood, clip coupons for a trip to the grocery store, with help from Roberts dogs, Leo and Muffin.

shop or beauty parlor, take a drive to an out-of-town doctor appointment or around town to look at Christmas lights, attend a concert, or just sit and talk and enjoy one anothers company.

We pretty much do whatever the clients want to do, said Jac-qui Brissette, who serves as the programs volunteer coordinator for Beaverhead County, where she has also worked as a Senior Companion for about the past five years.

I have one client I basically drive over and pick up, and we go and get a sundae at McDonalds, and then we drive around for an hour or two. And when the weather is nice, we might go down to the river and see how the water is flowing. Its so important for her thats the only time she gets to go out and get around, added Brissette, a longtime Jackson resident who ran a preschool before starting with Senior Companion, and now works part time teaching music in Jackson.

People get to depend on their Senior Companions, said Syl-via Roberts, a Senior Companion client in Dillon who long ago lost her husband of 34 years and is no longer able to drive.

I try to picture my life if I were home all by myself all the time, Roberts said. I just cant imagine it.

Senior Companions not only help their clients enjoy life out-side their homes, they also help clients keep living in those homes by pitching in to run errands, get groceries and/or perform simple chores.

We keep a lot of people in their homes a lot longer than they would have been able to without a Senior Companion visiting them a few times a week, said Tammy Scoggin, the Senior Com-panion program coordinator for the Helena-based Rocky Moun-tain Development Council, which oversees the program and part-ners with local groups to implement it in 13 Montana counties Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Madison, Meagher, Park, Powell and Silver Bow.

The idea behind the Senior Companion program is to help support independent living for older adults and disabled peo-ple who are homebound, no longer driving and participating in the community while also creating part-time, stipend-support-ed community service opportunities for people 55 and over, said Scoggins predecessor Cindy Baril, who retired in January.

Becoming a Senior CompanionEstablished by Congress as part of the Domestic Volunteer Ser-

vice Act of 1973, Senior Companion is a program of Senior Corps, a national government agency under the authority of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

To become a Senior Companion, a person must be 55 or older, willing and able to put in 15 hours a week, pass a medical and submit to an interview.

They are working with a vulnerable population. We want to make sure our clients are not being taken advantage of, added Baril, who said 90 percent of the funding for Senior Companion comes from the federal government, with the counties kicking in the other 10 percent.

The program is free to clients, while Senior Companions receive small hourly, tax-free stipends and mileage reimburse-ments for their efforts, training, some meals and a free annual physical, as well as accident and liability insurance while on duty.

Im not quite as old as the seniors I serve as a companion for, but job opportunities for women my age arent great, said Mau-reen Wood, a Senior Companion in Dillon.

As a Senior Companion, Im out and about and helping people

who really need somebody, Wood said. And the companionship is awesome for me.

Helping enhances own lifeSenior Companions pretty much all will tell you how the cli-

ents they help enhance their lives in return.Many of our Senior Companions say they had become some-

what depressed themselves and somewhat of a recluse, and how having clients to serve and how getting to do something they know brings so much value to other peoples lives helped inspire them in their own lives, said Vicky Bostick, volunteer coordinator for the Missoula Aging Services Senior Corps pro-grams, which include Senior Companion

Senior Companions get told by their clients every day how much they value what they are bringing to their lives. Its just such a great, two-way, wonderful reaction. Its great for our com-panions to know that what they do is so valued and so vital, add-ed Bostick.

Great storiesSenior Companions also get to hear a lot of great stories from

their clients.A guy who used to work for me was a Senior Companion a

number of years ago and helped my mother out, said Ken Schaible, a business owner and rental property owner who started around four years ago as a Senior Companion in Beaverhead County.

I saw him do it and knew he was rewarded by it, and I got to a point where I had some time Im kind of in a semi-retired mode and decided to sign up. Its been a real blessing for me. Ive learned so much from my clients through their amazing sto-ries, said Schaible.

All the clients I see have a different war story. All but one were directly involved in World War II and survived some pretty amazing things. Hearing their stories in person gives them a lot more meaning than hearing them on a documentary, added Schaible.

My clients are amazing people the stories they tell me are great, asserted Shafer, who treats her clients to some of the great stories from her own life during her 91 years, all of them in Mon-tana.

One she could tell is how she helped her mother and father run their ranches, first in Glen and then in Argenta, where she also worked at her fathers mining operation after she got old enough to drive, hauling ore from the mine to the railroad in Dillon.

There werent any other women truck drivers at that time, and I took a lot of guff from some of those men, laughed Shafer, recalling her early days on the job and the reception she got from some railroad workers in Dillon.

I backed the truck up to the loading dock to unload into the ore cars. There was some railroad guys and, oh, boy, they ho-ho-hahed me, and I took it for a couple days. But one day, they were sitting on the edge of the dock, eating their lunch, so I backed up the truck and dumped a big piece over the side right by them, and they ran off down the tracks and thats the last I heard from them.

To learn more about the Senior Companion program, call (800) 356-6544.

M.P. Regan may be contacted at (406) 683-2331 or mregan@dillontribune.com.

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By Vicky McCray Montana Best Times

GEYSER Quinquagenarian, or 50-something Zee Knutson, has always been a horse lover.

Born in Hamilton, she was raised in Missouri, where her love of horses was fostered. Her father broke horses for others, and she lent a hand by exercising them. At 15 her love affair with horses inspired her to put pencil to paper, and she began what has become a long and varied association with visual art. She sold her first painting at 18.

Zee returned to Montana with her parents in 1979 and contin-ued her riding and her artwork, with horses as one of her main subjects. She has sketched them with pen and ink, she has painted them in oil and acrylic, and she has sculpted them.

In 2002 she added yet another artistic medium to her long list of talents the creation of wooden horses to be used as chil-drens chairs and planters.

An idea becomes realityIn December 2001 Zee wanted to make a special gift for a

friend. The friend and her family are knee deep into horses and rodeo, but Zee wanted to do more than simply paint the woman a picture.

I wanted to do something that was different from everybody elses gifts, she said, something that Dorothy could have for her grandchildren, yet something she could use for herself when they werent around.

Zee gave the gift a great deal of thought, with the horse as her main focus.

It took me three months before the light bulb came on, she said.

The gift would be utilitarian as well as artistic. It would serve as a chair for the grandkids and as a planter for Dorothy and the first chair, later dubbed a Z-Kritter, was born.

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Gift idea sparks business adventure

Montana Best Times photo by Vicky McCrayZee Knutson is pictured in her basement workshop, where she produces her wooden horses and other creations.

The chair consisted of the front of the animal and the back of the animal connected with a box in between. The top of the box served as the seat of the chair and was fairly simple. It was noth-ing more than a removable piece of painted plywood. When Dor-othys grandkids werent around, she could remove the top and use the box for a plant holder.

Zees main concern was making sure the horses head was the focal point of the chair.

When I looked at the chair, I wanted the front of the horses head to be looking at me, she said, so I made the horse turned and looking at its butt.

Once she had come up with the idea and had determined to have the animal looking back, Zee knew she could create any ani-mal she wanted, but the horses are her favorite.

The artist had no intentions of making a bunch of these chairs.I was just doing it for Dorothy, she said.Shortly after Dorothys horse chair was completed, however,

the Geyser School held an auction for its foundation. Organizers were looking for items to include in the auction, and Zee decided to make another horse, in addition to a small cow, and a sheep bench two sheep put together to donate to the auction.

By auction time, the artist had already improved upon her chairs seats, adding a cushion covered in faux fur or vinyl. She is careful to make sure the fur matches the animals fur, and tries hard to match the paint used on the animal to the fabric.

After the auction I had four orders for chairs, she said, and thats when I started making them for other people. Otherwise, I probably never would have made any more.

Building the chairsIn the construction of her Kritters, Zee uses a RotoZip or jig

saw and cuts the fronts (head, body and legs) and backs (butt, body and legs) of her animals from half-inch plywood, some-times layering it with quarter-inch wood to add a third dimension to certain parts, such as the animals cheek, ears, or eyes.

The tails are made from separate pieces of wood. She uses 1 by

6-inch boards or plywood, depending on the depth of the animal, for the box con-necting the main pieces together.

Once the pieces are cut, the sanding begins.It takes forever to sand, Zee said, because I have to sand all

edges so no one can get a sliver.When the sanding is complete, the Kritter must then be primed

and given time to cure. The following day, Zee puts a base coat of paint on the piece; this too must cure. A second coat of base color is applied and dried before she begins adding the detail of the ani-mal, using a fine liner, the same-sized brush she uses to paint a picture. For these details she uses two coats of acrylic enamel.

Since her first horse, Zee has made plywood patterns for the basic pieces of the horse, as well as for several of the other ani-mals she has created. She noted the horses manes are always free-handed. Some of her animals are sitting, while others are standing. It depends upon the animal, she said.

Zee does her cutting and sanding in her basement wood shop, but it is too dusty for any of the painting. She brings that part of the chair upstairs to her dining room what she and her hus-band, Dutch, call the addition. She does most of her painting while sitting on the oven door of their Majestic wood stove, what she described as the warmest seat in the house.

Working with power tools is not something Zees dad taught her, as some fathers do, but she noted she has never been afraid of them even though a table saw can be somewhat daunting. She couldnt remember for sure, but she thought she first began using power tools when she came up with the chair idea.

She watches the Woodsmith Shop television show and has read a few woodworking books as well. She subscribes to a woodworking magazine.

I just love to build, she said.She is currently working more in metal, having purchased a

plasma cutter and a sandblaster. She has also built some hard-wood pieces small tables and plant stands, for example.

Chairs are individual works of artEach Z-Kritter Zee creates is individual no mass production

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Photos courtesy of Zee KnutsonAbove: Zee Knutson frequently houses a menagerie of animals waiting to be picked up by their young owners. Right: The first horse chair Knutson made.

for this gal. Although she does use a pattern for the basic animal bodies, all of her animals are hand painted. She numbers each Kritter on the bottom and signs it with her copyright. She also keeps a record of the animals and their uniqueness, as well as who bought them, and where they found their new home.

There are no two alike, Zee said. An ear change or a mane change on the horses, as well as the painting makes them differ-ent. There is no way I could do two alike because I could never take the brush stroke and put it in the exact same place.

Zee has had good response from the people who have pur-chased her chairs, which sell for about $75.

People love them, she said, and I have totally enjoyed build-ing them. I particularly enjoy the childs face when they see the chair for the first time. Their eyes just light up, and they just have to sit on it they have to.

Parents have told Zee their kids have stored everything in the chair boxes from cereal to toys. One mother in a sheep-raising family said her kids had even sheared their sheep chairs and marked them.

Zee is happy to include a familys brand on the horses if they want, and all of her cow chairs have real ear tags so kids can put their names or their brands on their cows.

The chairs hold up well. Zee said only one has come back for minor repair.

To date Zee has created 161 Z-Kritters, that first horse blos-soming into quite a menagerie, including cows, cats, bunnies, frogs, dinosaurs, bears, lambs, pigs, a wolf, and even a panda bear. She has taken the single chair and expanded it to benches and doll cradles with matching chest of drawers, as well as chil-drens tables to match the chairs. Of the 161 Kritters, 54 of them have been horses.

She sold her Kritters for a while at the Palomino Gift Shop in the Heritage Inn in Great Falls and also in a gift shop in Geyser, The Buckin Horse. She took them to two craft shows, with popu-lar response. Her sister-in-law, who lives in Washington state, has hauled Kritters home for sale in that state.

Other Z-Kritters have found homes in Wisconsin, Oregon, Mis-souri, and Wyoming.

Zee tried to patent her line of animal chairs, but she was told they were not patentable because they can easily be altered with a simple change in an ear, a mane, etc. She does have a copyright, however.

She thinks her Kritters would be even better the more three-dimensional she could make them and is currently creating a pro-

totype of a horse chair in clay. She is interested in finding some-one with a knowledge of plastics and a knack for marketing to partner with.

I would be the one to sculpture the animal, she said, and a partner would produce the sculpture in plastic and market it for sale. That would be ideal, and I would be more than happy to split the profits 50-50. The chairs would be lighter than they are in wood, and they would be more affordable. More people would be able to have them.

Creating art a major part of lifeUntil she can find a way to produce her chairs in plastic, Zee

will continue to build her chairs upon request.In the meantime, she has stayed busy with art of some kind.

She has done window painting in Great Falls for various holidays and for the rodeo. She has designed and painted signs for differ-ent organizations and even painted the Wrangler mascot on the floor of the new Geyser School gymnasium.

She worked with a local childrens author, drawing illustrations for the authors story, and in collaboration with a cousin, Carolyn Garriott, wrote and published a childrens book herself, The Ant in Red Pants. The story line is Zees; Garriott improved upon it. Zee illustrated the book, and in the fall of 2010 built an ant in red pants chair, which she raffled to make money to buy books for children. A teacher from St. Josephs School in Great Falls was the lucky winner of the chair.

She has created works of art in oil, pen and ink, pencil, and clay and has even signed her name to several bronzes. She has created metal signs for ranch entrances and designed costumes and props, and built sets for many plays produced at Geyser High School.

At home on the Wales Ranch north of Geyser, Zee and Dutch have two grown children and have recently learned they are going to be grandparents. Ranch life and living at the foot of the Highwood Mountains have given her inspiration for much of her artwork.

Zee thoroughly enjoys a project that allows her a chance to design and build from nothing. She is always thinking of new artistic endeavors and invariably comes up with a unique idea and a way to make it work just like her Z-Kritters.

Vicky McCray may be reached at (406) 566-2471 or press@itstriangle.com.

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Robbery attempt with potato gunPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Providence police have arrested a

man who allegedly wielded a potato disguised as a gun during a recent robbery attempt.

WPRI-TV reports 34-year-old Gary Deming of Cranston was arrested on robbery charges. Authorities say he pretended he had a gun when he demanded money from a convenience store and dry cleaner April 21.

The convenience store manager chased him off with a baseball bat. A dry cleaner employee gave him a fake $20 from a decoy register.

A telephone listing for Deming couldnt be found. Alleged fraudster visits Austrian police, arrested

Advice: If youre sought for alleged fraud ...VIENNA (AP) A German sought by authorities for alleged

fraud has been arrested in Austria after dropping into a police station to ask officers whether he was under investigation.

Police in Salzburg said the 59-year-old man walked into a police station in the city.

Spokesman Anton Schentz told the Austria Press Agency the man told officers he just wanted to check that they had noth-ing on him.

Officers checked their records and found a recent arrest warrant from a Vienna court on four counts of fraud and embezzlement. Police say the man, whose name wasnt released, was taken to a Salzburg prison.

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By Roger Phillips The Idaho Statesman/MCT

I dug through boxes at my moms house searching for a photo of my oldest brother, Richard, and I holding trophies.

It was my first trophy for motorcycle racing, but probably not his, judging by his annoyed look about having to pose for a photo with it.

My brothers and I were living in the golden age of motorcycle riding.

We were kids of the On Any Sunday generation a classic 1971 movie that did for dirt biking what Endless Summer did for surfing.

Motorcycles have been a constant thread for me since then. Ive bounced between dirt bikes, street bikes, and now dual-sport bikes that allow me to ride on and off road.

Rich hadnt owned a motor-cycle since the 70s. He had long talked about getting another one, but thats as far as it had gotten until the summer of 2013.

He went whole hog and bought a new Harley Davidson Super Glide Custom.

I was nearly as excited as he was. Ive been doing multiday motorcycle trips for several years now, and theyre a high-light of my summer. I pitched the idea of a road trip, and he agreed.

Being brothers, we share a lot of similarities, and also like brothers, have our distinct differences.

He likes to plan, I like to fly by the seat of my pants. This road trip would be inter-esting.

I had the upper hand for experience at traveling on a motorcycle, but hes still the big brother.

In the natural order of things, older brothers dont listen to younger brothers. Also in the natural order of things, little brothers always compete against older brothers.

But that didnt matter when we met in August on a lonesome, two-lane road in Oregon.

I checked out his new bike. It was big

and shiny, like Harleys are supposed to be. It has that unmistakable Harley rumble.

He had reserved a room for our first night near the small town of Chiloquin, Ore., but from there, we had only a gener-al route in mind and no timeline other than when we would arrive at his house in Phoenix, Ore.

We rode north from Chiloquin to Crater Lake, an ironic destination for both of us.

We grew up in the tourist town of New-port, Ore., and we consider ourselves the anti-tourists.

We dont visit cutesy places. We dont care about roadside attractions or tourist traps. When were traveling, the only acceptable stops are to eat, get gas or take a bathroom break, and sometimes, we do all three at the same place.

But that changed on this trip. We were unabashed tourists cruising along the back roads of Oregon and stopping whenever we felt like it.

We gawked at Crater Lake and took photos of ourselves like proper tourists, then followed the headwaters of the North Umpqua River down to its confluence with the South Umpqua and continued toward the Oregon coast.

We stopped to see the famous Dean Creek elk herd near Reedsport, Ore., and

watched 18 branch-antlered bulls grazing as casually as cattle right next to the road.

The Oregon coast was a homecoming for us, but also new territory. When you live on the coast, you dont typically vaca-tion there. There were several stops on the coast I had never seen.

Rich was concerned about finding a motel room on the Oregon coast during summer, but instead we got an invite from our friend from the coast to spend the night in his camp trailer parked in his driveway.

We traded bikes, and despite our usual tendency to bicker over whose is better, we agreed they are both fun to ride, just different from each other.

He liked mine in the tight corners, and I liked his for highway cruising.

We headed south down the coast and detoured up the Rogue River, where Rich and I have fished for trout and steel-head and done whitewater trips.

We occasionally rekindled the old sibling rivalry, which was inevitable, on a very twisty and very lightly traveled road.

We saw five vehicles going in either direction for about 20 miles, fortunately, none of them had lights on top.

We continued south on the famous Highway 101 into Cali-fornia and the redwoods. We stopped and took more photos of ourselves standing next to giant trees.

Richard committed the ultimate tourist move by buying a T-shirt at a Harley deal-ership. Not to be outdone, I bought one at a Triumph dealership.

We turned northeast and headed through Northern California and Southern Ore-gons wine country and ended up at Moms house near Richs house.

I dug through boxes and sorted through hundreds of old photos until I finally found the one that put our trip into proper perspective.

It was taken in 1973, a mind-boggling 40 years ago. The years can sail by like a picket fence next to a country road, but riding motorcycles with your brother eras-es them just as quickly.

Were older and grayer but still riding motorcycles

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SUNDAY, MAY 11Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing, Fairgrounds..........................................................................1 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 15Concert Night, Bandstand - Music Starts at 5:30 p.m.The Copper Mountain Band.................................................6:00 p.m.Outshyne.................................................................................7:10 p.m.Diamond Rio in Concert........................................................8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 16BHS Trade Show, Fairgrounds...................................4-9 p.m.Bucking Bull Sale 5:30 p.m.Mutton Bustin .......6 p.mWild Horse Race.................................................................7 p.m.Street Dance, Main Street......................................8:30-1:30 a.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 17Range 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 RaceStreet Dance, Main Street..............................8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 18BHS Trade Show, Fairgrounds......................................11-5 p.m.Matched Bronc Riding, Fairgrounds...........................12:30 p.m.BHS Pari-mutuel Horse Racing, Fairgrounds................12 noonWild Horse Race.................................................................6 p.m.

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Basic wills can be created online

By Kevin DeMarrais The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)/MCT

Wills and estates can be confusing, so it is no surprise a number of questions and comments crop up.

In a recent column I suggested that consumers should invest in an attorney to draft a will and to avoid online, do-it-yourself wills. Rules differ greatly from state to state, and its worth the money to make sure your will reflects what you want and what your state requires.

While some experts, including the Bergen County, N.J., sur-rogate, say that online wills dont adequately deal with state-to-state differences, Vincent Steckline of Demarest, N.J., says that one that he tried worked just fine.

I have had a will generated by Quicken Will Maker for over a decade, and I like the results, Steckline wrote in an email.

The program tailors your will to your state, describes how to make the will self-proving by signing it in front of witnesses and a notary public, suggests a living will to make your own end-of-life medical decisions, and a file of life containing a list of previous conditions and medications to help treatment in an emergency, he said.

It prods you to make a list to help your executor settle your estate, a list of bank accounts, securities and other valuables, and a list of online accounts to keep you from becoming a cyber ghost.

In addition, changing the will means just sitting down with the program and taking the product to a notary, Steckline said.

That works for some people. In fact, AARP says on its web-site that many people who require a basic will can create one online or simply use store-bought legal forms.

Each of these methods of creating a will is far less expen-sive than retaining a lawyer to do the job, AARP said.

The key word in that is basic.But many of us have complicated lives such as divorce,

remarriage, children from previous marriages, civil unions, unmarried partners with and without children, and mobility from one state to another and an attorney can make sure that the will reflects how our estate is handled.

Even while saying do-it-yourself wills are fine, theyre not for everyone, AARP says. It suggests getting an attorney involved if you have a large estate or are concerned that some-one may contest your will or try to claim that you werent of sound mind when you signed it.

Unfortunately, when money is involved, even when there is a will, things can turn nasty as people who were shut out or are getting little try to show that the person who wrote the will was not of sound mind or was coerced into changing a will the two claims that can have a will thrown out.

Were seeing that in the Bergen courthouse these days in the multimillion-dollar battle over the estate of the Hudson News patriarch, based on claims that James Cohen unduly influenced

See Wills, Page 18

EDITORS NOTE: Montana Best Times has been featuring some of the fascinat-ing adventures Terry McEneaney had when he was Yellow-stone National Parks ornithologist. Fol-lowing is another

excerpt from a new book he is writing, Lucky Feathers: Adventures and Experi-ences of a Yellowstone Ornithologist.

My favorite place to travel on foot in Yel-lowstone is the incredibly beautiful back-country. I like it because it is far from the maddening crowd. And over the course of my extensive field career, I got to spend a significant amount of time exploring places few people have ventured, let alone conduct bird surveys. Often, due to budget con-straints, I worked alone, and over time one learned how to survive the Yellowstone haz-ards, namely crossing swollen creeks and rivers, navigating the treacherous winds and waves of Yellowstone Lake, escaping dan-gerous thunderstorms, dodging falling trees, trying to keep a safe distance from bison, moose, black bear and grizzlies, and not falling in fragile hot springs.

Every year in late July I conducted bird surveys in the Thorofare area of the south-east corner of Yellowstone. And each year I would stay in a backcountry ranger patrol cabin appropriately named Cabin Creek, just a few miles south of Yellowstone Lake. It is one of the few A-frame cabins found in the park, because most of the patrol cabins are of log construction. I would be there for a few days and knew the cabin routine inside and out: First, open up the cabin by unlocking the doors and shutters, check the cabin log to see who was there last, air out the cabin, go get water for drinking and cooking, complete field notes, eat dinner, and go to bed

because morning started early the next day.I arrived back at the cabin on a hot July

28 in 2003. I was tired from all the bush-wacking and mountain climbing looking for peregrines on remote mountain peaks, and once I opened up the cabin, finished the chores and work, and enjoyed the wonderful sunset, it was time for bed. A-frame cabins are placed on stilts and have two floors the bottom floor (which is 6 feet off the ground) is the larger area for cooking and eating and storing supplies; and the smaller, upper level, or loft, for sleeping, accessed via a small ladder.

The cabin that night was extremely hot due to the heat of the day, making it difficult to sleep, so I kept the windows open think-

ing I would shut them and close them as soon as it cooled down. I kept the big wood-en door ajar and locked the screen door for safety reasons. I went up the ladder to bed about 9:30 p.m., watched the moonlit land-scape though the screens and fell sound asleep.

At 2:45 a.m. I awoke to the sounds and vibrations of an alarming event that I thought at first was an earthquake. It wouldnt be surprising, since Yellowstone gets hundreds of tremors per year.

I was used to earthquake tremors, but this was Yellowstone waking and shaking for the wrong reasons. I listened intently as the A-frame cabin continued shaking due to this strange repeated see-saw whit-wheeo

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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.

Yellowstone Waking and Shaking for

BirdingBig Sky

Photo courtesy of Terry McEneaneyOrnithologist Terry McEneaney closes down the Cabin Creek patrol cabin in Yel-lowstone Park, after one of his numerous trips into the parks backcountry census-ing bird life. Notice the heavily fortified door and shutters to ward off bears.

the Wrong Reasons

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noise, and realized it was a bear rubbing and scratching on the cabin, causing it to shake. I froze in my bed mainly out of surprise and fear, and did not move for a half hour trying to figure out what to do. All I kept thinking was that the door and windows were open and somewhat secure with screens between me and the bear, but it was imperative I get the nerve to go down the ladder and close and latch the heavy wooden door to further protect myself.

That never happened, because I finally figured the bear must not have realized there was someone in the cabin. After a half hour of sheer terror, the bear stopped rubbing on the cabin, and started walking in front of it.

You could see by its silhouette, large size and hump on its back that it was indeed a grizzly.

Then the grizzly suddenly stopped, smelled the air and turned, heading up the stairs of the cabin to the screen porch of the front door. My options now were very limit-ed. So I tried something different, yet some-thing I have tried before, and yelled a loud roar at the top of my lungs. The grizzly was shocked by the noise and the fact there was someone in the cabin, and ran off quickly into the darkness. I bolted downstairs and locked the solid, wood door and couldnt sleep the rest of the night, knowing there was a grizzly close by lurking in the dark-

ness outside the cabin. At daybreak, about 5:30 a.m., I ventured

outside the cabin to ensure the coast was clear, and sure enough, there were large grizzly tracks around the cabin. I quickly ate breakfast and closed down and locked the cabin, and headed down the trail.

Finding bears rubbing their fur along trails or near cabins is nothing new, but this was an experience that definitely caught my attention. On the hike out to meet up with a Yellowstone Lake boat patrol ranger, I reflected how lucky I was to survive an ordeal with a grizzly up close and personal, and the Yellowstone waking and shaking for the wrong reasons.

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.

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his father into changing his will.Thats extreme, but its not unique, as Jan Fredericks of Wayne,

N.J., discovered.I was the executor of my moms will and learned a lot about

families and caregivers (which I was), Fredericks said.They thought I had lots of money and contested the will. I end-

ed up on food stamps, she said. Although this happened several years ago, it still hurts to know how family members can perceive you.

While people take great care in designating beneficiaries in their wills, too many dont do the same when declaring beneficiaries on accounts that are going to pass directly to someone, such as an IRA, 401(k) or life insurance policy, said Debra Simon, a certified public accountant in Hackensack, N.J.

Its a problem because many people have a sizable portion of their wealth in various retirement savings accounts, and decisions con-cerning beneficiaries are major issues in estate planning, she said.

Complicating the situation, banks and other financial institutions sometimes lose the beneficiary forms its happened to her several times, Simon said and without them, the money will be distribut-ed according to the will or, if there is no will, according to law.

And that may be counter to what the decedent had in mind.

The solution is to make sure somebody has copies of all of your forms or knows where they are, she said.

Its also a good idea to periodically request that the financial institutions provide beneficiary information for each account.

Not only does that assure that it has the paperwork, but it also allows you to review your designations and to update accounts to reflect changing situations.

Wills, from Page 16

Every cook whos worthy of wearing an apron will be using an outdoor grill this month. Steaks, hamburgers, baby back ribs, brats, chicken and hot dogs always seem to taste better when theyve been cooked on a gas grill or over char-coal briquettes.

While meat is always the star of a meal cooked outside, potatoes can be award winning co-stars.

Burgers and French fries go together like a fly line and a leader or a hunting rifle and a scope.

While deep fried French fries have lots of flavor and great texture, they are

not healthy fare. However, there is a low-fat method of cooking French fries that makes them crispy on the outside, tender on the inside and very flavorful.

Medium size potatoes are washed thoroughly, cut into French fry shapes and then sauteed on olive oil for 20 min-utes. They are then made crispy in an outdoor grill.

Potato wedges that are seasoned prop-erly and cooked over charcoal briquettes or on an outdoor grill are the perfect accompaniment to chicken and steaks.

The preparation and the cooking method are so easy you might think its

too simple a process to make the wedges worthy of serv-ing to your guests. But sometimes the simple methods are the best.

Ketchup is always great on French fries. And for really decadent potato wedges, have your guests dip them in low fat mayonnaise.

On The MenuWith Jim Durfey

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Low-fat French Fries6 medium white potatoes, washed thoroughly4 tbsp. olive oilSalt and pepper to taste

Heat olive oil in cast iron skillet or heavy saute pan. Cut end off potatoes. Trim tops and sides so potatoes will lie flat. Dont skin potatoes. Cut into four French fry shaped pieces. Place potato pieces in skillet. Salt and pepper to taste. Saute five minutes on each side. Place on lightly greased aluminum foil, with edges folded over to hold in any juices. Put on grill and bake for 10 minutes. Serve hot.

Chili Potato Wedges6 medium white potatoes, washed thoroughly3 tbsp. olive oil1 1/2 tbsp. chili powderPinch of cayenne pepperSalt and pepper to taste

Cut potatoes into wedges. Do not skin. Put olive oil, chili powder, cayenne, salt and pepper in medium bowl. Stir until well mixed. Add potato wedges. Use hands to thoroughly coat wedges. Place wedges on aluminum foil sheet. Fold edges over to hold in any juices. Place on grill. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes. Turn once. Test for doneness with fork. Serve warm.

Time for tasty taters

Extra crispy: French fry truck burns in Maine WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) Bring on the ketchup: A tractor-

trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries caught fire in a Wal-Mart parking lot in the Maine city of Waterville. The citys fire chief says overheated brakes were the suspected

cause of the night blaze in the middle of the busy parking lot. The driver said he pulled over when he smelled smoke from the back of the truck. The Portland Press Herald reports that nobody was injured in the

fire. The driver was on his way from the Canadian province of Prince

Edward Island to New Jersey to deliver the fries. Waterville is about 15 miles north of Maines capital, Augusta. The truck is operated by Midland Transport Limited, a Dieppe,

New Brunswick-based company.

Half-eaten cinnamon roll leads police to car thief MADISON, Wis. (AP) A half-eaten cinnamon roll helped

Madison police track down a suspected car thief. The car was stolen about 4:30 a.m. The driver parked at a hotel

with the key in the ignition, and when he walked inside he heard his car start up. Surveillance video got a glimpse of the suspect, who was seen

eating something. A police officer found a half-eaten cinnamon roll in the parking

lot. He went to a nearby restaurant that sells similar pastries, and a staffer there described the customer. The staffer also noted that the man had been dropped off by a Sun

Prairie police officer, after the friend whod been driving him was arrested for drunken driving. Sun Prairie police helped the Madison officer locate the 26-year-old suspect.

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Gallatin County- American Cancer Society-Road to

Recovery: Drivers needed for patients receiving treatments from their home to the hospital. - American Red Cross Blood Drive: Two

volunteer opportunities available: an ambas-sador needed to welcome, greet, thank and provide overview for blood donors; and phone team volunteers needed to remind, recruit or thank blood donors. Excellent cus-tomer service skills needed, training will be provided, flexible schedule. - Befrienders: Befriend a senior; visit on a

regular weekly basis.- Belgrade Senior Center: Meals on

Wheels needs regular and substitute drivers, Monday-Friday, to deliver meals to seniors.- Big Brothers Big Sisters: Be a positive

role model for only a few hours each week. - Bozeman and Belgrade Sacks Thrift

Stores: Need volunteers 2-3 hour shifts on any day, Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.- Bozeman Deaconess Hospital: Volunteers

needed for the information desks, 8 a.m.-noon, noon-4 p.m., variety of other posi-tions need filled as well.- 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, noon-1 p.m., to greet cli-ents, answer phones and general reception duties.- Childrens Museum of Bozeman: Wel-

come desk volunteer(s) needed for 2-hour shifts, Mondays-Saturdays.- The Emerson Cultural Center: Volunteers

needed for front office, greeter/reception, Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.- Galavan: Volunteer drivers needed Mon-

day-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CDL required and Galavan will assist you in obtaining one.- Gallatin County 911 Communications:

Office help needed 1 1/2-2 hours one day a week on your schedule.- Gallatin County Election Office: Seeking

judges for the June 3 and Nov. 4 elections. ($8 per hour) Training provided. - Gallatin Rest Home: Volunteers wanted

for visiting the residents, sharing your knowledge of a craft, playing cards or read-ing to a resident. - Gallatin Valley Food Bank: Volunteers

needed to deliver commodities to seniors in their homes once a month. Deliveries in Belgrade are especially needed.- Governors Conference on Aging: Regis-

ter now to attend May 8-9 at the Holiday Inn.- Habitat for Humanity Restore: Belgrade

store needs volunteers for general help, sort-ing donations and assisting customers. - Heart of The Valley: Compassionate vol-

unteers especially needed to love, play with and cuddle cats, do carpentry work, be an 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 make calls to homebound seniors, providing reas-surance, check on safety and well-being, and access to up-to-date referral information to vulnerable individuals.- Hyalite Elementary Reading with

Friends: Needs volunteers Monday-Friday, 8-8:30 a.m., to listen to a child read.- 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). Handcrafters are in need of 3-ply sports yarn, and baby yarn.- RSVP Volunteer Recognition Dinner

May 18th. Invitations will be mailed.- Senior Nutrition Volunteers: Volunteers

needed to help seniors with grocery shop-ping, meal and menu planning, and com-panionship, 1-2 hours a week, days and times are flexible.- Your unique skills and interests are need-

ed, without making a long-term commit-ment, in a variety of ongoing, special, one-time 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.

Park County- Big Brother-Big Sister: Volunteers need-

ed to mentor a child, do fun and interesting things within our area. - Loaves and Fishes and Food Pantry:

Need volunteers for gardening and other new projects.- Mainstreeter Thrift Shop: Need volun-

teers to help sort, tag and shelve donated items. Choose your own hours.- Park County Senior Center: Volunteers

needed in a variety of ways in new activities and services.- RSVP Recognition Dinner will be held

on May 1st. Invitations to be mailed.- Stafford Animal Shelter: Always in need

of loving volunteers to care for animals waiting for adoption, pet and play with the cats and play and walk with the dogs.- Yellowstone Gateway Museum: Volun-

teers needed with ongoing projects prepar-ing for summer visitors, help at the front

desk, and to man the cash register. Flexible times.- Various agencies including the Senior

Center, hospital, prenatal classes, and veter-ans are in need of your unique skills in a variety of ongoing and one-time special events.Contact: Shannon Burke, RSVP Program

Coordinator, 206 So. Main St., Livingston, MT 59047; phone (406) 222-2281; email: livingston@rsvpmt.org.

Fergus & Judith Basin counties- Community Cupboard: Needs volunteers

to help any week mornings as well as with deliveries.- Council on Aging: Needs volunteers to

help at the Community Center with Grub Steaks and other various programs.- Head Start and grade schools: Volunteers

needed to assist students.- Library and Art Center: Volunteer help

always appreciated. - ROWL (Recycle Our Waste Lewistown):

Recruiting volunteers for the 3rd Saturday of the month to help with greeting, traffic directing, sorting, baling and loading recy-clables working to keep plastic wastes from our landfills.- Treasure Depot: Needs volunteers at their

thrift stores.- Always have various needs for your skills

and volunteer services in our community. Contact: RSVP Volunteer Coordinator,

404 W. Broadway, Wells Fargo Bank build-ing, (upstairs), Lewistown, MT 59457; phone (406) 535-0077; email: rsvplew@midrivers.com.

Musselshell, Golden Valley & Petroleum counties - Food Bank: Distribute food commodities

to seniors and others in the community; help unload the truck as needed.- 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: Assist with activities for

residents to enrich supported lifestyle.- Roundup School Lunches: Help clean

tables and serve the kids during lunch.- Senior Center: Volunteers are needed to

provide meals, clean up in the dining room and/or keep records; meal provided.- RSVP offers maximum flexibility and

choice to its volunteers as it matches the personal interests and skills of older Ameri-cans with opportunities to serve their com-munities. You choose how and where to serve. Volunteering is an opportunity to

See RSVP, Page 21

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.

RSVP

Sunday, May 4 Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center 16th Anniversary, Great Falls

Monday, May 5 Federation of Fly Fishers Museum, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Livingston

Wednesday, May 7 Western Art Roundup and Quick Draw, Riverside Park, Miles City

Thursday, May 8 46th Annual Governors Conference on Aging through May 9, Holiday Inn, Bozeman Yellowstone Gateway Museum, Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Livingston

Friday, May 9 Magic City Singers - The Magic of the Beatles, through May 10, 7 p.m., Babcock Theater, Billings KXLF TV May Fair, through May 11, Butte Civic Center, Butte Barn Dance to benefit Pioneer Museum, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Big Yellow Barn, 9466 Springhill Road, Belgrade

Saturday, May 10 33rd Annual Montana Womens Run, 8 a.m., downtown Skypoint, Billings Park to Paradise (Boat, Bike, Run) Triathlon, Gardiner Dont Fence Me In Trail Run, Pioneer Heritage Park, Helena Pioneer Museums 2nd annual Barn Tour, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., meet at 317 W. Main St., Bozeman

Thursday, May 15 Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, through May 18, Eastern Montana Fairgrounds, Miles City

Friday, May 16 Stafford Animal Shelters Annual Fur Ball at Chico Hot Springs, Livingston

Saturday, May 17 Komen Montana Race for the Cure, 7 a.m., Scott Hart Building in the Capitol Complex, Helena Koocanusa Resort and Marinas Annual Salmon and Trout Derby,

through May 18, Libby American Legion Dance, live country western music open to the public, 5-9 p.m., Livingston

Sunday, May 18 Livingston Bicycle Fest, noon - 4 p.m., Miles Park Band Shell, Livingston

Friday, May 23 Black Powder Shoot, through May 26, Fort Assiniboine, Havre National Bison Range 106th Birthday, Moiese

Saturday, May 24 Arabian and All Breed Open Horse Show, through May 25, the Super Barn at Metra Park, Billings The Gold Discovery Living History Program, through May 26, Virginia City

Monday, May 26 Crazy Mountain Museum Opening Festival Memorial Day, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Big Timber Big Timber

Thursday, May 29 Dinner Theatre: Virgil and The City Slicker, through May 31, 7 p.m., Roundup Central School, Roundup

Friday, May 30 Dillon EXPO Trade Show, through May 31, Straugh Gymnasium, Dillon

Saturday, May 31 Nevada City Boom Town Living History Program, through June 1, Virginia City Annual Beartooth Ball Fundraiser, 4 p.m., Rock Creek Resort, Red Lodge

Sunday, June 1 Montana Watercolor Society Members Show, through June 30, Tuesday through Saturday, Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown National Trails Day at Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park, 9 a.m., Whitehall

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serve. Volunteering is an opportunity to learn new skills, make friends and connect with your community.Contact: 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- Clinic Ambassador: New volunteer posi-

tion starting soon.- Custer County Food Bank: Volunteers

needed for food distribution Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.- Historic Miles City Academy: Volunteers

needed to assist in thrift store with sorting and cleaning donated merchandise.- Holy Rosary Health Care: Volunteers

needed Mondays and Thursdays in the gift shop.- Miles City CLC: Urgently need volun-

teers to assist with veteran activities.- Miles City Historic Preservation Office:

Seeking a volunteer to help with clerical duties.- Spirit Riders: Volunteer to assist with traf-

fic control at funerals.- St. Vincent DePaul: Volunteers to assist in

thrift store with sorting, pricing, cashier and stocking.- WaterWorks Art Museum: Volunteer

receptionists needed, two-hour shifts Tues-

days through Sundays. If you are interested in these or other volun-

teer opportunities please contact: Betty Vail, RSVP Director; 210 Winchester Ave. #225, MT 59301; phone (406) 234-0505; email: rsvp05@midrivers.com

Dawson County- Senior shut-ins: Volunteers needed to

deliver monthly commodities, once a month, to elderly, flexible schedule.- If you have a need for or a special interest

or desire to volunteer somewhere in the com-munity, please contact: Patty Atwell, RSVP Director, P.O. Box 1324, Glendive, MT 59330; phone (406) 377-4716; email: rsvp@midrivers.com.

Q. What went from ugly to a billion-dollar-a-year business, thanks to a California farmers ingenious idea?

A. Baby carrots that didnt quite make the cut, reports Mental Floss magazine in 323 Things You Need to Know Right Now! So when the farmer realized he was throwing away 400 tons of carrots a day because they were too misshapen to be marketed, he gave his harvest a makeover and shaved them down to snackable nubs. First hitting supermarkets some 25 years ago, these babies have become a billion-dollar industry.

Q. They arent very big but they are very, very many. Line up 25,000 of them end-to-end and they would extend for roughly 1 inch. There are more of them than all other organisms combined, living in more places and working in a greater variety of metabolic ways. They alone comprised the first half of lifes history, with no slackening in diversity thereafter, and most surprisingly, according to paleontologist Stephen J. Gould, in total biomass, they may exceed all the rest of life combined, even forest trees, once we include the subterranean populations as well. What are these remarkable organisms?

A. As Gould was fond of reminding his audience, by any reasonable objective criteria, we are living not in the Age of Mammals but in the Age of Bacteria. The number of bacterial cells on Earth has been estimated as 5 million trillion trillion (5 followed by 30 zeros), and if lined up end-to-end, their length would roughly correspond to the distance light would travel in 500 million years. This is far, far beyond our closest neighboring stars and amounts to about 1 percent of the radius of the observable universe!

Q. What planet in our solar system would you have to travel to for a

mountain peak higher than Mount Everest, on the China-Nepal border, at about 29,000 feet?

A. Not so much traveling as you might think, since, if you measure the height of a mountain from its base, then Hawaiis Mauna Kea rising from the sea floor more than three miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean is half a mile higher than Mount Everest.

Much farther afield are Venuss Maxwell Montes at 38,300 feet; and Marss Olympus Mons, the tallest known mountain in our solar system, soaring skyward 15.4 miles, or nearly three times as high as Everest, says Luna Shyr in National Geographic magazine. If Earthlings ever try to climb it, they will have to slog across a seemingly flat plane the size of Arizona. Many Martian peaks are shield volcanoes broad, shallow mounds like Hawaiis Mauna Kea, only much, much bigger. Thats because Mars has no drifting continental plates, so volcanoes can sit atop magma hot spots longer than they do on Earth, growing ever taller for billions of years.

Q. Roughly how small are we humans at the very start of things?

A. The wondrous, natural process of reproducing ourselves starts when a womans ovary releases a mature egg, a cell roughly the size of the period at the end of this sentence, says David G. Myers in Exploring Psychology: Ninth Edition. Like space voyagers approaching a huge planet, the 200-plus million deposited sperm race upstream to a cell 85,000 times bigger, where the few reaching the egg release digestive enzymes that dissolve its protective coating. After the one penetrating sperm is welcomed in, the eggs surface now blocks out the others. Half a day later, the two have become one.

And thus was formed the one that became you and each of us. Yet, as

Myers puts it, if any one of your ancestors had been conceived with a different sperm or egg, or died before conceiving, or not chanced to meet the partner or ... The mind boggles at the improbable, unbroken chain of events that produced you and me.

Q. What relationship can be drawn between each of us and that 100-watt light bulb brightening our desk?

A. As a warm-blooded species, many of our behaviors are governed by our need to maintain body temperature, says Louis Bloomfield in How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary. Resting, we convert chemical potential energy into heat at about 80 Calories-per-hour. Even when were doing no work, our heart keeps pumping, we keep synthesizing useful chemicals and we keep thinking.

Interestingly, eighty Calories-per-hour is a measure of power equal to about 100 watts(W), just like a 100 W light bulb; with more activity, more heat energy will be produced. This steady production of thermal energy is why a room filled with people can get pretty warm. 100 W may not seem like very much power, but when a hundred people are packed into a tight space, they act like a 10,000 W space heater and the whole room becomes unpleasantly hot.

Q. What surprising item might movie theaters want to distribute along with 3-D glasses?

A. Airsickness bags, say Lillian Fritz-Laylin and Meredith Carpenter in Discover magazine. Despite their popularity, 3-D movies arent for everyone, since some viewers find them dizzying and even nauseating. When public health researcher Angelo Solimini surveyed about 500 moviegoers before and after their watching 3-D and traditional 2-D movies, he found that more

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than half of 3-D viewers had symptoms such as headaches, disorientation, nausea; a surprising 14 percent had ill effects even watching conventional movies. Women were particularly susceptible, as were peo-ple prone to motion sickness. Viewers of 2-D movies focus primarily on the actors, Solimini theorized, while those watching 3-D movies tend to shift their eyes across the screen to follow the action.

Lights, camera, puke!

Q. Meet the datasexuals, who look a lot like you and me but who think their personal data is sexy, driving them to become relentlessly digital and pre-occu-pied. So what do they spend the better

part of each day doing?A. These obsessive self-trackers have

a love of self-data and a desire to embellish their self-presentation on social networks, says Paul McFedries in IEEE Spectrum magazine. While the datasexual might use a pedometer to track the number of steps she takes each day, she will wear a Nike+ FuelBand on her wrist to display the num-bers and then post them to her online friends, transforming self-obsession into conspicuous oversharing.

The flattering selfie, or photographic self-portrait often taken for posting on social network sites, may inspire a Facebook face-lift, cosmetic surgery designed to improve

ones looks. Further, the posting may include humblebragging, or vanity metrics, such as My resting heart rate is 55 or Just passed the 10,000-follower mark on Twit-ter! which opens the way for a regimen of data hygiene and data grooming.

Off-line, the datasexual is apt to engage in stage-phoning to impress those nearby with envy-inducing personal stats while talking in a theatrical manner on a cell-phone. With phones omnipresent in the social landscape and would-be thespians appearing at every airport waiting lounge, coffee shop and street corner, we see that indeed, 400 years after Shakespeare declared it, all the world really is a stage.

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