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Elaborations on vision for Statewide Movie Signage proposal When ITD amended the Wood River Mines sign to include a tribute to Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider it was not as much as we had hoped, however, they did recognize the historical significance of the movie. From my previous experience with Idaho Transportation Department personnel, I sense they have some technologically savvy leaders aboard who embrace innovativeness, and would likely be open to a proposal that better honors Idaho films. We should start with a prototype interactive movie sign, sticking with Pale Rider . After developing it, we then present it to ITD and the Idaho Historical Commission; perhaps even the governor. Besides the gimmick, I suggested earlier, by utilizing Clint Eastwood’s stern voice; we could design the sign to be vandalism resistant. Although millions of tourists have driven by the mountain goat observation telescopes near the same highway area as our proposed Pale Rider tribute, those instruments ha
"The Only Tough Part about Having To Film in Idaho Is When You Have To Leave" (Clint Eastwood) Enlightening Eastwood’s Pale Rider With a Statewide Movie Signage Proposal By Jim Banholzer With special lights from Brad Nottingham & Professor Tom Trusky Watching Clint Eastwood movies, particularly his well-crafted Westerns are almost like enrapturing religious experiences for some big screen buffs. Each of his movies project priceless lessons, even when he portrays an antagonist, such as the callous elephant hunter in White Hunter, Black Heart . Astoundingly enough, Clint filmed much of Pale Rider right here in Idaho , with a theme as ageless as the Boulder Mountains . Clint plays a nameless preacher protecting a poor prospecting town from a gang of ruffians sent by a greedy mining corporation, to intrude on their claim. This striking film, the first of Clint’s that he produced, was created in 1984 around Boulder City north of Ketchum and over by the Vienna Mine nea
Half-thought out wars constitute horn-honking emergencies The Raging Ferndale Grannies are a Michigan group of grandmothers who have been feverishly protesting our wars. While standing out on street corners, they hold up signs that say, “Honk if you are against the war, etc” However, in some areas they came up against horn-honking laws, so the wise elders edited their signs to read: Don’t Honk if You are Against Wars! This new peace-seeking missive resulted with even more people honking their horns. Whereas attuned law enforcers say that horns should be honked for emergency purposes only , I couldn’t agree more; and what bigger emergency is there now, than what we face, with heavy cost of our troops hopelessly quagmired overseas? Therefore, rather than being given citations for disturbing the peace, the devoted Raging Granny Ferndale protestors led by Nancy Goedert should be given commendations for promoting peacefulness , with their diligent efforts to awaken us about how we’ve

Haiku for Tammy's dog

Coffee Cloud Connection It quite stunned me when I saw your dog dash out of The rainbow, not so Lost in space, soaking On the corner of West Croy & River Street mud cakes Reflecting puddles Where a friend saw, you dip-ping Ov’r united with Slow section of the Waterfall, which reminded Me of my own Tinker South’rn Belle w/ mystic Beasts of the sea, future like And past grasping at Silly straws in chorus; You see these hot dogs wag off On great adventures When they scent its ov’r Almost on this sanctified Earthly seaplane plunge Yet quite tethered too The vast enduring unknown Smile from colorful Connection was you Ov’r backstreet clouds wisping gray Vimana cloaked blinds
I wonder what percentage of Pythagoreans would have laughed at the old Woody Allen joke, “I was talking with Isosceles the other day about an idea for a new triangle.” It’s best told by substitute math instructors who don lively Copernicus costumes in efforts to hold class attention. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa's_Substitute A good example of underlying mathematical patterns of harmonious music reflecting an inner harmony of the spheres is here: http://privateidahoconversationleague.blogspot.com/2007/09/harmonics-salt-on-vibrating-table.html Regarding our outer spheres: science currently has offered limited elucidation for why certain radio waves become disrupted when specific planets conjunct. Not only that; but also, some sky-watchers religiously claim that we are receiving voices from the heavens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGeWBiLVn8g
The Statesman should test market edible information products After delivering millions of sometimes-bland newspapers, I finally came up with a recipe ripe to compete with the Internet; via products you can simply eat, rather than wastefully toss out or recycle: Start out small, like at the food mall, and then mix nutritious soy based ink with cellulose news columns . Wrap into hermetically sealed rice paper, stuffed with ads. Organically orient the A Section to include everyman’s essential waking vitamins, with a whiff of caffeine providing the Buzz for B. In winter, Lifestyles could supply Vitamin C, to lick the dark. Occasionally articles come along that are so well written, such as Zimo’s Overlooked diving ducks , that they don’t need extra spices to whet readers hardy appetites. To alleviate rogue dogs from snatching the tasty wraps from the ground, require home subscribers to maintain a sanitary Statesman box, modified in the form of a child’s toy oven. When neighbors see subscr

Well View

Gee, ever since a handful of vacationers bought second homes in Bellevue , they have become quite uppity down there. Next thing you know, they will pass a pallet ordinance, to inspect everyone’s deck for quality woodsmanship. So somebody please tell me; if you are secretly living off a well in Bellevue, connected to ancient waters spurting up from pristine Idaho batholiths, instead of attached to metered city services, does that make you an awful grid sinner? And that you should shift to sip meekly from the consecrated city waters? http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005123407&var_Year=2008&var_Month=10&var_Day=31 Seems that living off the grid or being homeless now, is either against the law, or on the cusp of being against the law, in so many communities. In some areas, we now have more foreclosed homes than we do homeless people. Fortunately, community leaders in a handful of places have seen what a crisis our nation is in and have thus gained enough empathy to l
U.S. Slaughterhouse ban creates new dilemmas… …is what I originally titled this letter to the Times-News, last winter solstice; until the editors improved it, to the more aptly titled “Horses need our protection.” H ere is the jist of it: After 1986 Kentucky Derby contender Ferdinand overcame 18-to-1 odds to becom e champion, he was later sold to stud in Japan. Then in 2002, the victor was evidently sent to slaughter, prompting a “from winner to dinner” hearkening slogan used by the outraged thoroughbred community in its successful campaign to ban the last of U.S. horse slaughterhouses meant for human consumption. They still kill U.S. horses for food, you know. And a bad hitch is that many of these once-beloved creatures are beginning to face horrifically longer transports to Mexico and Canada , which excludes federal jurisdiction, from our monitoring for humane treatment. Deplorably overcrowded trailers and more obfuscated slaughterhouses continuing with questionable sanitary prac
Ginormous Whale Tale A dozen years back, a whale beached itself directly in front of my Brother David’s seashore apartment. This uncanny event occurred on one of the rare occasions that he was out of town. We considered this symbolic, since David is a top-notch wildlife protector for the State of North Carolina . While he has a rascally background, Officer Banholzer takes his job as seriously as I do mine -as if our lives depended on them. Once a whale beaches itself; that’s about it for the creature. The weight of its body, adapted to buoyancy, crushes itself without the encompassing ocean-water to buttress its gravity. Many people wonder why so many of these creatures continuously thrust themselves onto our sandy shores. Some say that whales are becoming disoriented by modern sea vessel sonar and other mitigating factors –known and unknown. Ever since TV first radiated, we have placed technology on fancy pedestals, while allowing vital nature impact studies to become mostly burning
The little collider that could dance Friends asked me to try to determine what the secretive construction project at the old Drug Store is, so I spied up the hill and saw right away that they appear to be building an extension of the Great European Hadron Collider , in the subterranean tunnels beneath Hailey’s streets! The reasoning behind this is that European dance floors close their doors, around the same time that bands in the Western U.S. are beginning to warm up. In this manner, we will be able to transport our European partying pals here and decompress them in time, so they may buy dinner at a local restaurant, before dancing the night away. The ambiti ous project will soon extend into a great zero beneath Hailey’s busiest streets and will be a positive boon for our fledging economy. Sworn-to-secrecy archaeologists will take great care overseeing documentation of every opium pipe and historical artifact unearthed from the ancient Chinese tunnels. An extra benefit to Hailey’s Ha
I have a Disc-Golf Dream By Jim Banholzer Men spend their time in following a ball or a hare; it is the pleasure even of kings. - Blaise Pascal - The Penses: 141 Ever since my friend Colt - who we sometimes call the Dick Fosbury of Disc Golf - turned me on to the sport two decades ago by showing me some thrilling trick shots, I felt that Disc Golf was going to have a great future, perhaps someday even evolving into an Olympic demonstration sport. For those who don’t know much about Disc Golf, and would like to learn more; perusing through a few linked websites is informative ; while even more instructive are several in-depth YouTube demonstrations. A common theme is that courses can be found in almost every city, with the majority accessible at no cost. Unfortunately, our area of Idaho is one of the rare exceptions. The good news for disc-enthusiasts, though, is that this could soon change, with a recent Sun Valley Online poll indicating that our community has more than a passi