Sunday, December 15, 2013

Odds, ends, and pork chops or sushi






Explorers hot on the trail of Atahualpa and the Treasure of the Llanganates

Taken from Computer room, waxing moon...Bob Shannon

After O.D. Etter was in a head-on crash, he could no longer work, and money for groceries dwindled.
“I had a good hunting rifle I was able to pawn off and get enough to kind of keep things going,” said Etter, who is almost 75.
At the time, Etter was desperate, and the rifle brought in maybe $150.
The retired minister was disabled in the accident, and since then has sought help to fill his cupboards. He is one of a growing number of seniors in Montana who rely on food programs. Last year, the Missoula Food Bank saw a 14 percent increase in the number of seniors coming through the door; since 2000, the demand on its store from all clients nearly doubled.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/more-montana-seniors-rely-on-food-programs-to-fill-cupboards/article_bd113d42-6512-11e3-a2fe-0019bb2963f4.html

Freezing rain/hail coming down on Flag hill right now, about the size of birdshot

Peter O'Toole

Peter O’Toole, an Irish bookmaker’s son with a hell-raising streak whose performance in the 1962 epic film “Lawrence of Arabia” earned him overnight fame and established him as one of his generation’s most charismatic actors, died on Saturday in London. He was 81.

Margo or Kathy...they helped each other through Hobbit Town

Colville Police responded to a call of “shots fired” on E. 3rd Avenue at about noon on Thursday. Upon arrival on scene, police found spent shotgun casings and learned that an individual or individuals had fired rounds into the radiator of a parked late model black car, according to the Colville Police report. 


Kathy Meader/Professional photographer
Picture by Margo Marshall



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