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Bridges Bar & Grill won the Bismarck All-States Volleyball Women's C Division on March 8.
This photo ran in the Monday, March 17 Times-Record.
Valley City State senior forward Brittany Lehner, junior guards Stephanie Pedersen and Sierra Even and junior forward Megan Trautman were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes by the NAIA national office on Monday.
In order to qualify for the NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status.
Read this story in Tuesday's Times-Record.
Valley City State University head football coach Dennis McCulloch announced Friday that coaches John O'Day and Jake Breske have been promoted to co-offensive coordinator positions.
O'Day and Breske replace Marty Costello, who departs for a job at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Costello served as VCSU offensive coordinator for the past three seasons.
Valley City 7th-grader Jaden Oestern and 6th-grader Parker Larson will represent the Hi-Liners and North Dakota at the April 11-13 Elementary and Middle School Wrestling Duals in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Oestern qualified for Team North Dakota as the qualifying tournament 195-pound runner-up on March 15 in Mandan, N.D. Larson qualified as the 100-Pound Champion.
Also competing for Valley City were Koye Grebel, Jared Undem, Callen Oestern, and Jake Tangen.
Viking baseball outhit Grace University (Neb.) 11-10 on Monday, but Grace came out ahead on the scoreboard with a 5-4 win in Tucson, Ariz.
Valley City State (6-11) looks to rebound on Tuesday as they take on Hastings College (Neb.) at noon CST and Doane (Neb.) at 4 p.m. CST.
Valley City State softball picked up a second straight sweep and won their third and fourth games in a row with Monday's 6-5 defeat of Doane College (Neb.) and 4-2 triumph over Tabor (Kan.).
The Vikings improve to 8-9 overall and 6-5 in their Tucson, Ariz. Spring Trip.
VCSU plays two games Tuesday, one each against Southwestern (Kan.) at 11 a.m. CST, and British Columbia at 1 p.m. CST.
Students in the Maple Valley School District got to see space in a new way the past week as they learned in a digital planetarium.
The $30,000 Digitarium belongs to the teacher center in Valley City, and 17 school districts throughout the state helped pay for it.
More in Monday's Times-Record.
New legislation lowering flood insurance rates is expected to soon be signed by President Obama, said Todd Deutsch, an aide to Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Thursday. More in Monday's issue of the Times-Record.
Two Barnes County students will compete next week in the 2014 North Dakota State Spelling Bee Competition in Bismarck.
Ashley Tahran, a seventh-grader at Maple Valley, and Nita Warcken-Peterson, an eighth-grader at Valley City Junior High School, will compete in the state spelling bee on March 21.
More in Monday's Times-Record.
Restaurant of the Week is a new feature series that looks at area restaurants and what they offer. The new feature runs weekly in the Times-Record.
Budget Burger, located at 951 West Main Street in Valley City and owned by Bob and Tammy Drake, offers an array of burgers including the Western Burger — complete with barbecue sauce, fried onions, pickles, bacon and American cheese — the Jalapeno Burger, made with Swiss cheese, jalapenos and jalapeño sauce, and the Chili Burger.
More in Monday's Times-Record.


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Green Dollhouse With Furniture
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This morning I played tennis with a friend of mine in his seventies, and we observed that the way many classrooms function hasn't changed much since he was a student.
In the meantime, the way we generate, sort, analyze, distribute and share information has changed dramatically. Likewise, the tools we possess to communicate with each other, to learn and to share have gone through multiple iterations.
Assembly Line schools have basically ignored these developments. They are still organized in a one-size-fits-all system designed to prevent students and parents from questioning educators or administrators. "We teach in the classic, time-tested manner," they might say.
Unfortunately, old doesn't mean time-tested. In this case, it simply means outdated.
Here's how to tell if your school is an Assembly Line school:
Every student gets taught the same way
If you're in a class with 29 other students, you are all going to be doing the same thing, day in and day out. It doesn't matter how you learn, or how fast, you are all going to try to march in lockstep for the whole year.
Every student gets the same assignments
Except on rare occasions, your assignments will not differ from your classmates. The class was designed long before you came on the scene, and will be taught long after you depart. The teacher is not going to do anything different to help you learn.
Students sit in a classroom five days a week, listening to the teacher
Stare longingly out the window if you must, but you are not getting out of this classroom. Assembly Line schools operate under the false belief that being present in a classroom equates to learning. Nevermind that you might be able to master the material twice as fast if you got to work at your own pace, or perhaps with an online system, or perhaps with a few peers who learn similarly to you. Sit!
Teachers do not have personal relationships with each student
At Assembly Line schools, building personal relationships with students just isn't part of the culture. The system isn't set up to facilitate this; there is close to zero motivation or support for teachers to do this. Excuses abound. An "us vs. them" mentality springs up. The energy gets sucked out of everyone.
Neither the teacher nor the school knows what kind of learner each student is
Why does it matter? Regardless of the answer, the school and the teacher is not going to treat that student differently.
Aside from online homework assignments, most courses make no greater use of technology than they did five years ago
These schools are surrounded by technology. Students communicate via technology that barely existed five years ago. News spreads throughout your community and your school like lightning. But most classrooms remain firmly rooted in a system designed to produce Model T automobiles, instead of educated human beings.
If this sounds familiar, it's time to speak out. Students are not going to get a good education at an Assembly Line school. Please don't give up. This blog is designed to help you change your school, whether you are a student, parent, teacher… or anyone else who thinks and cares.


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LBSU Edges Former 49ers in Alumni Match
Oct. 21, 2013
LONG BEACH - The Long Beach State men's volleyball program had a nice turnout for its alumni match this past Saturday (Oct. 19). The former 49ers looked strong and held set point in both games, but ultimately fell to the 2013-14 squad, 30-28 and 26-24.
The first set was a back-and-forth affair. The alumni took set point at 24-23 on a kill from Jeff Wootton, but a double block by Ian Satterfield and Taylor Gregory evened it up at 24-24. There would be four more tie scores before a Connor Olbright kill gave the current 49ers the 30-28 victory.
It was another tightly played contest in set two before the alumni pulled ahead, 24-22, following a Nate Hagstrom kill. LBSU responded, however, scoring the next four points for the 26-24 win.
The two sides went on to play a friendly third set.
Long Beach State continues the fall season with its Black & Gold match this Saturday, Oct. 26.
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The Bachelor
Recap of Brad Womack's First Season as The Bachelor
We all know how Brad Womack's first Bachelor experience ended. But do you recall anything else? Here's a quick recap of Brad's Season 11, which was filmed way back in 2007. To be fair, any analysis of why Brad couldn't commit to anyone has to begin with the shortness of the season. Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky had 10 episodes to decide she wanted to marry Roberto Martinez (even though she knew it after the first night). Brad — and most of the other failing Bachelors — had to pick his final four by Week 6, with a winner on Week 8. When every date counts, that's a lot of opportunities lost. Anyway, here's a brief breakdown of each week:
Week 1
Brad meets his 25 ladies and has to dump 10 by the end of the night. But before letting women go, he has to dole out a first impression rose. Who gets it? That'd be 27-year-old Phoenix Suns cheerleader — and future finale dumpee — Jenni Croft! Here's who gets the boot: 27-year-old news anchor, Jessica; 24-year-old law student, Juli; 31-year-old realtor, Kim; 33-year-old teacher, Lori; 28-year-old event planner, Melissa; 24-year-old graduate student, Morgan; 25-year-old law student, Natalie; 31-year-old account representative, Rigina; 35-year-old project analyst, Susan; and 31-year old emergency room nurse, Tauni.
Special: The Women Tell All
It's a shame The Women Tell All special has to air before the finale. Man, these ladies would've had a lot to say about the outcome! Instead, they debate whether Brad will choose Jenni or DeAnna. Fools!
Week 8
Brad takes the ladies home to Texas to meet his family. Then he has to pick either Jenni or DeAnna. Unless he doesn't! In the end, Brad chooses to go home with himself. And then THE WORLD ENDS.
Special: "After the Final Rose"
Brad faces DeAnna and Jenni after rejecting them both. He then goes on to be called a "jerk" by Ellen DeGeneres and follows with three years of therapy. Now he's back!
Sources: TV.com, Wikipedia
Week 5
There are six ladies still around and this week no roses will be handed out. The one-on-one dates are to Venice, California, and a candlelit mansion. The group date is a pool party. Brad has to dump two more women, getting him down to his final four already. He let go of Hillary and Kristy, leaving DeAnna, Jenni, Bettina, and 23-year-old Internet marketing executive Sheena Stewart.
Week 6
Hometown visits! Brad meets the families of the final four: Jenni, of Wichita, Kansas; DeAnna, of Newnan, Georgia; Bettina, of Washington, D.C.; and Sheena of Walnut Creek, California. It was Sheena's turn to be sent home this week.
Week 7
Brad takes his final three to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico so they can enjoy dates in the "fantasy suite." Then Bettina gets dumped. So we hope she didn't, uh, take it too far in the fantasy suite. At this point it's down to Jenni or DeAnna.
Week 2
The group dates begin this week and seven women head to the racetrack while the other eight hang out with Brad in Malibu. At the end of the night, Brad dumps 25-year-old publishing executive, Erin; 24-year-old nanny, Mallory; and 30-year-old realtor, Michele. He also hands out two date roses: One to 23-year-old bar manager, Sarah; and the other to future finale dumpee — and future Bachelorette — 25-year-old Realtor, DeAnna Pappas.
Week 3
Don't forget: Brad is a twin. His identical twin bro Chad came for a visit this week to surprise the ladies. Brad keeps nine of the women around, giving group date roses to 26-year-old executive assistant, Stephy, and 19-year-old acupuncturist, Kristy Katzmann; and his first one-on-one date rose to 27-year-old registered nurse, Hillary Reisinger. He also dumped 25-year-old model, Lindsay; 25-year-old esthetician, Solisa Shoop; and Sarah, who got a rose on the last date. Fickle much?
Week 4
The dreaded two-on-one date! Always good for some awkward rejection. This time 24-year-old sales assistant Jade Beazley was the victim and DeAnna managed to survive. Meanwhile, Jenni got her first one-on-one date rose and future third place contestant, 27-year-old Realtor Bettina Bell, got the rose on the group date. Brad also dumped 26-year-old account manager, McCarten Delaney, and Stephy who, yes, got a date last week. It's like the kiss of death with this guy!


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A judge in southern Chile has sentenced a Catholic priest to recite psalms daily during three months as punishment for a traffic violation.
Judge Manuel Perez said he issued the unusual sentence after Father Jose Cornejo said he could not afford the 50,000-peso ($100) fine that would have been the regular sanction for illegal parking in the city of Puerto Montt.
"He will have to recite seven psalms from a book in the Old Testament," Judge Perez told the Santiago daily La Tercera.
"This is not a sentence that just occurred to me," he added.
"I did it as a tribute to Galileo Galilei, one of the greatest scientists of all time, who received a similar sentence from the Catholic Church during three years for saying the Earth rotates around the sun."
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Ground breaking ceremony in Mozambique
The Manica Football for Hope Centre just broke ground, a very important tradition and event in Mozambique. Design Fellows, Paulo Fernandes and Alina Jeronimo give us their insight:
It was a traditional shona ceremony based on ancestral traditions.
There was a local leader blessing the start of the works to "protect" the land, the workers and the building from "bad" outside influences. We asked the priest if we could get help to speed up the construction process and complete the project early. If accomplished, we will have to sacrifice an ox.
The priest chose a tree through which to communicate with the ancestors and to invoke protection. Men and women were separated and performed different sounds and rhythms. At the end everyone drank (primarily the priest, though even the tree was offered a smidge) red wine to ensure protection!
These kinds of customs are very important to the community. There isn't a contractor or construction company large or small that would think of breaking ground without this ceremony...so right now we hope the process continues to flow smoothly!


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MUMBAI: The husband and wife team of Radhika and Prannoy Roy of
New Delhi Television (NDTV) have won the Ernst & Young (E&Y)
Entrepreneur of the Year award in the information, communications
and entertainment sector for 2003.
CNBC TV 18 promoter Raghav Bahl was the other nominne from the
television sector nominated in the ICE category. In winning this
year's award, Roy scored over traditional technology ventures.
Among the other winners are Ajay Piramal, chairman, Nicholas Piramal,
who won the award in the Healthcare and Life Sciences category.
The award for manufacturing went to Asian Paints' Ashwin Dani. Uday
S Kotak won in the services category for Kotak Mahindra Bank while
Maruti Udyog MD Jagdish Khattar bagged the manager entrepreneur
The start-up entrepreneur award went to Bangalore-based heart surgeon
Dr Devi Prasad Shetty of Narayana Hrudayalaya, for the novel hospital
project she has instituted to provide affordable healthcare.
The awards were decided by a panel chaired by Infosys Technologies
chairman and chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy, who won this year's
E&Y World Entrepreneur of The Year award.


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Created: 07/16/2014 5:04 PM
By: Devin Neeley, KOB Eyewitness News 4
Whether it is a fire or a flood, residents of Crystal, NM are hoping to be ready.
"Preparedness is very important," said Kathy Brown-Anderson, resident of Crystal, NM.
The recent Assayii Lake Fire left a large burn scar, near that town. Now during the summer monsoon, flooding could be a problem.
"Where I was working the other night I watched a flood come through after it rained really hard and it comes through quickly," she said.
Just like the fire, flood waters can move fast and are dangerous.
"Especially when you have a lot of water coming down and you don't have enough time to decide what you can do," Brown said.
One way to stop the flood is with sand bags but, it's best to know what to do before you need to lay the sand bags.
"They are going to be affected by some sort of flooding in the next few months,' said Donald Gallegos of the US Army Corps of Engineers.
That's why the Navajo Office of Emergency Management set up this training, led by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
"Sand bags are not the answer for all the flooding that's going to occur, this is point protection basically," said Gallegos.
Wednesday they covered the basics of filling sand bags and placing them to protect a home or water well.
"You want to be able to place them right in the direction of flow so that the sand doesn't spill," Gallegos explained.
And after the training, residents hope to be ready.
"You have to get ahead of the game and be as prepared as possible," said Gallegos.
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It's not easy, that's the problem. You can't expect to loose weight without changing your lifestyle, and most people don't want to change their lifestyle. They just want to loose weight fast without having to give up the things they like. That's why there are so many books about the subject that are all bull****. While the rules can be written in 4 lines:
- eat healthy, that means giving up a lot of stuff you like to eat completely (if you don't have selfcontrol) or only eat them in small portions
- sport, you don't have to be an outstanding athlete, but at least use your bike to go to work or if you go shopping. You don't need an expensive fitness subscription to go running twice or three times a week
- drink water instead of whatever you are drinking that is filled with sugars. Smoothies and fruit drinks are most of the times worse than soft drinks
- most importantly: even if you do all of the above, don't expect to be thin in a matter of weeks, it will take a long long time before you are in shape again and you'll probably give up halfway.
Just following those three rules would solve the problem for 99% (yes that number is completely made up) of the fatties out there. The rest have some kind of medical condition and need specific care/diets.
Agreed! For the past 7 months, I have given up Rice, Beer, Potatos, Noodles and other wonderful food I ate every day. In return I feel better and weigh less than I have in a very long time. I don't see any reason to stop what i'm doing, and what i'm doing is low carb.


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In Ed we trust?
As the Astros face an uncertain future, can we trust GM Wade to get this franchise back on track?
CORPUS CHRISTI - Last week, Gerry Hunsicker was in Houston as the Tampa Bay Rays stopped in to take two out of three from the lame duck Astros. Hunsicker is now the Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations in Tampa Bay as well as special advisor to hot shot GM Andrew Friedman. I kicked off the column with this statement because his return to Houston was THAT big of a deal. They ran a story about him in the Houston Chronicle, he made the sports talk radio rounds and he was the toast of the town for three whole days. When Jose Lima passed away (third day of the series), he was one of the first guys local media sought out for quotes. It was like old times again; he spoke about his time in Houston vividly in both instances and for a moment, it felt like he was still here. Now stop.
Read that back again and tell me just how sad and pathetic that is. Gerry Hunsicker was the general manager of the Houston Astros from 1995 to 2004, meaning his tenure ended SIX YEARS AGO and, aside from that World Series appearance in 2005 (with the team he crafted no less), the most exciting thing to happen for the Astros and their fans since his departure was his three-day return (even I was excited. That's just bizarre). What other team would even care about a former executive coming to town? Or even a current one? That's what being an Astros fan is like, we yearn for the good ole Hunsicker days. That's the state of the Houston Astros in a nutshell. Hunsicker was here for three days, Roy Oswalt wants out and Lima Time really is over. Oh, and the team is dead last in the NL Central, sporting a 16-32 record that's actually worse than it looks. On the day that Hunsicker and the Rays arrived in Houston, Roy Oswalt "asked" to be traded (I didn't understand the effort the Astros put into making sure people knew that Roy asked and did not demand a trade. The bottom line is the bottom line – he wants out). Again, it was just another one of those ironic twists that made those three days so bizarre for the Astros. It's like a puzzle and there's three main pieces that seemingly point to one, unquestionable solution – it's time to burn it all down. Actually, it was time after 2007, but we can gloss over that for now. No need to beat that horse anymore than I already have.
When Ed Wade was hired in late 2007, he set out on a slew of trades and signings that were designed to shake things up for the Astros. Tim Purpura, Wade's predecessor, had done a number on the team's roster, making silly deals and keeping guys he drafted long past their expiration dates. Wade, who had built the Phillies from the ground up, was tasked with working some magic and showing folks that the Astros were still a contender. His first move was to trade closer Brad Lidge, along with infielder Eric Bruntlett, to Philly for Michael Bourn, Geoff Geary and Mike Costanzo. This drew a warning flag immediately. Don't get me wrong, Bourn has flourished into a Gold Glove center fielder and a steady lead-off presence. But GMs who rely on their old teams for deals typically don't fare very well in those deals. While Bourn eventually flourished, Lidge went 44 for 44 in save opportunities and closed out the final game of the 2008 World Series. Bruntlett scored the winning run. When then-Phillies GM Pat Gillick spoke after the Phillies victory over Tampa Bay (not-so-shocking coincidence), he thanked Ed Wade (a classy, yet ominous nod). I'm not saying Wade purposely helped them win it all, but he got taken in that deal and it didn't look any better when Bourn struggled heavily that season. The trade ended up kind of leveled out after Lidge's value sunk considerably last season and Bourn thrived, but a World Series ring trumps all.
The next deal was to send Josh Anderson, a promising outfield prospect, to Atlanta for junk artist Oscar Villarreal. Villarreal was released later in the season. Anderson's turned into a journeyman, but hindsight says that deal was a loss. The big booboo was trading top pitching prospects Troy Patton and Matt Albers, along with reliever Dennis Sarfate and the just-acquired Costanzo to Baltimore for the heavily declining Miguel Tejada. I was stunned with this trade. I mean, the Astros had been trying to acquire Tejada for years, even offering up Roy Oswalt in 2006 in a non-deal that I'm positive has Orioles owner Peter Angelos cringing to this day. But, this just didn't feel right. Tejada's power numbers were dropping steadily and his defense had always been suspect, even in his prime years. The trade looked 400 times worse when Tejada's name showed up in the Mitchell Report the very next morning (that has to be the quickest black eye any organization has ever received for acquiring a guy) and it didn't get any better when, just before Spring Training opened, Tejada was found to be older than originally thought. But just as the Tejada and the Astros were making headlines, two days after the Tejada trade, Wade traded Chad Qualls, Chris Burke and pitching prospect Juan Gutierrez to Arizona for closer Jose Valverde. Valverde would turn in two quality seasons for a losing franchise. The only reason this deal can be looked upon favorably now is because Valverde was a fool and rejected arbitration, which would've paid him $10 million this season as an Astro, opted for free agency, got a far lesser deal from Detroit and the Astros collected two additional first round picks in June 7th's Draft. Aside from that, another bad deal.
The 2008 season also marked the first in 21 that would not feature Craig Biggio. Having retired at the end of the 2007 season, Wade set out to replace the future Hall of Famer and threw $16.5 million and three years to… Kaz Matsui.
In summary, Wade's first off-season with the Astros involved four major trades and one major free agent signing. Wade traded off 10 players and received 5. Of those five, only 1 remains with the team in 2010. His lone free agent signing was an even bigger success. Matsui missed 96 of a possible 324 games in his first two seasons and was released after playing in 27 games this season while hitting .141 with 1 RBI. The Astros will be paying his salary this season while he plays for Colorado's Triple-A club.
Wade made some savvy moves near the trade deadline, acquiring Randy Wolf from San Diego for a non-prospect (pitcher Chad Reineke) and LaTroy Hawkins from the Yankees for another non-prospect (infielder Matt Cusick). With Wolf and Hawkins playing at a high level, the Astros managed to win 86 games in 2008, giving owner Drayton McLane a false sense of hope. The Astros heavily overachieved in 2008. That much we all knew – even then. No way would the Astros contend in 2009, not with that manager (Cecil Cooper), not with that set of players. To make things worse, the Astros skipped out on Randy Wolf in the off-season, taking their multi-year deal off the table almost as soon as they proposed it, citing financial concerns regarding the failing economy as the primary reason. The Astros instead signed Mike Hampton and Russ Ortiz to fill out the rotation, as well as re-signed Brian Moehler. Let me remind that this rotation is set in 2009, not 1999 (2009 season W/L and ERA results in parenthesis).
- Roy Oswalt (8-6, 4.12 ERA)
- Wandy Rodriguez (14-12, 3.02 ERA)
- Brian Moehler (8-12, 5.47 ERA)
- Mike Hampton (7-10, 5.30 ERA)
- Russ Ortiz (3-6, 5.57 ERA)
I'm not sure which is funnier, that this rotation was intentionally built this way or that Mike Hampton finished with one less win than Roy Oswalt. To make matters worse, Wolf ended up signing a one-year deal with the Dodgers that didn't even match the total that Moehler, Hampton and Ortiz made (not that they should've signed Wolf to the long-term deal, but still. Wait it out like LA did). When Ortiz was released after 23 games and 13 starts, the Astros turned the fifth spot in the rotation over to Felipe Paulino, who posted a sterling 3-11 record with a 6.27 ERA. When Hampton's career ended with yet another season-ending injury, rookie Bud Norris took his place and went 6-3 with a 4.53 ERA (won three in a row, lost three in a row and then won the final three). In summary, that was some bad pitching. The Astros fell to an expensive 74-88 (team payroll was $103 million) and Cecil Cooper was replaced by Dave Clark as manager with 7 games remaining in the season.
Coming into this season, Wade continued to tinker with the Major League roster. Instead of handing over the third base job to semi-prospect Chris Johnson, he signed declining ex-Phillies third baseman Pedro Feliz to a one-year deal worth $4.5 million. He then signed reliever/junk artist Brandon Lyon to a massive three year, $15 million deal and former Phillies pitcher, Brett Myers to a one-year, $5 million deal. Again, the Astros are 16-32 as I write this.
1,500 words in and I've only covered Ed Wade's checkered time as Houston's roster architect. I haven't even touched his time in Philly. I'll try to keep this part brief. Wade was Philadelphia's GM for nine years and made 64 trades and 7 major free agent signings. Of those 71 moves, Wade managed to acquire 2 players who were still on the roster in 2008 when the Phillies won the World Series (catcher Chris Coste and outfielder Shane Victorino). He did, however, make a TON of bad trades and awful signings. Here's the fun list:
7/12/2000: Traded Andy Ashby to Atlanta for Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting
7/26/2000: Traded Curt Schilling to Arizona for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee and Vicente Padilla
6/5/2001: Traded Paul Byrd to Kansas City for Jose Santiago
5/14/2005: Traded Marlon Byrd to Washington for Endy Chavez
6/8/2005: Traded Placido Polanco to Detroit for Ugueth Urbina and Ramon Martinez
12/4/2000: Signed Jose Mesa to a three-year, $10.3 million deal
12/2/2002: Signed David Bell to a four year, $17 million deal
12/6/2002: Signed Jim Thome to a six-year, $85 million deal
12/8/2004: Signed Jon Lieber to a three year, $21 million deal
The highlights were the Ashby and Schilling trades and the Mesa/Bell/Lieber signings. The only reason Thome is on there is because, at this point, he wasn't an effective first baseman anymore. He still had the bat (hell, he still has it) but he didn't have the fielding ability anymore. Plus, he was traded a couple years later to make room for Ryan Howard. What was even the point? Howard was a top draft pick in 2001 and was primed for that 1st base spot as soon as he joined the organization. Why sign Thome to THAT big and expensive of a deal?
What I learned from all of these past dealings is that Ed Wade is a horrible Major League roster architect. For every good acquisition he makes, there are 6 terrible ones to follow them up. He just cannot judge Major League talent well. He knows what a big name is, but he can't get those names until the talent is significantly less than its prime. But that isn't to say that Ed Wade is useless.
If there is one, major upside to Ed Wade, it's his ability to draft surefire Major League talent on a consistent basis; and if there's one thing the Astros need more than anything else, it's to replenish their minor league pipeline, which has been run dry by years of bad trades, bad drafts and a particularly bad draft in 2007 (one of the worst in history, actually).
For all of his failings at the big league level, Wade truly did construct what would become the 2008 World Series champion in Philadelphia. In nine years on the job, Wade drafted Pat Burrell, Ryan Madson, Geoff Geary, Brett Myers, Chase Utley, Gavin Floyd, Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels, Michael Bourn, Kyle Kendrick and J.A. Happ just to name a few.
Since landing in Houston, Wade has engineered two drafts for the Astros, along with scouting director Bobby Heck, and has drafted six of the current ten top prospects in the Astros farm system. Of those six, one is in Triple-A (catcher Jason Castro) and one is in Double-A (pitcher Jordan Lyles). Both could make major impacts in Houston by sometime in 2011 or 2012. Like Hunsicker before him, Wade knows amateur talent when he sees it and pursues it aggressively. He's pushed Drayton McLane into appreciating the role player development plays in the long-term success of a franchise and taken him further and further away from the attitude of spending as much as possible on big-ticket free agents or trading off prospects for two month rentals. For all the grief Wade gets, he's light years better than Tim Purpura, who really only served as McLane's fall guy during his brief tenure as GM. Wade has a voice and uses it, putting it to best use in the player development side of the house. When the Astros are back in the playoff hunt, don't be surprised if the roster is comprised of mostly Wade picks. Whether he'd still be here to enjoy it or if he'll be watching from another team's office is a whole other subject.
The Astros are in dire straits. Their homegrown ace of 10 years wants a trade, their roster is boring and confusing to look at – kind of a cross between kids and disgruntled veterans – and their manager is fresh, happy to be here and deserving of much better than this heap of marginal talent. There's no chemistry on this team, no 'us against the world' attitude. But worse, no one even seems to be out for their own stats. They don't even really care about those either. They're all just out there playing. Badly. Drayton McLane has admitted that it's time to pull the plug, although he's now trying to play his cards right and start a bidding war for his overpriced stars. The only problem is that he's never held a bidding war for his stars. The only one in the front office who has traded an ace midseason is Ed Wade. That was with the Curt Schilling deal in 2000. Like Oswalt, Schilling was an icon in Philadelphia, but the Phillies were in the midst of what would become a 65-97 season in Philadelphia and they, like the Astros, were dealing with the pressures of lowering the payroll and replenishing their farm system. Oh, and Schilling had also requested a trade. Wade got what he could given the circumstances, which was a package led by Vicente Padilla and featured zero prospects. Schilling won a few rings with Arizona and Boston and the rest was history. In 2002, he was forced to trade third baseman Scott Rolen under similar circumstances, though the package was slightly better with Placido Polanco, Mike Timlin and Bud Smith coming in return from St. Louis.
The scary part to the two mercy trades he made with Philly is, in both instances, the traded stars won World Series rings with their new teams while the players Wade acquired did not. The trend continued with his first trade as Houston's GM when he dealt Lidge to Philly. Lidge won a ring, Wade still hasn't. Even scarier is the one statistic on Ed Wade's resume – 11 years as a GM and zero playoff appearances under his employ. Wade had to leave Philadelphia in order for the Phillies to finally reap the benefits of his tenure. Is that the same fate for the Astros? History has played out almost identically for him so far. He takes over a fledgling franchise, piles on smart draft after smart draft while congruently stacking on bad contract and bad trade after bad contract and bad trade. Its things like that which give one reason to believe that the Astros, if they do actually deal away Oswalt, Berkman, Myers and others, won't get all that they could in any given deal. I trust that Ed Wade will replenish the farm system through the draft. That I know he can and will do. With three first round picks in this season's draft on top of the two solid drafts he's orchestrated in 2008 and 2009, I'd say the future is far less bleak in terms of homegrown talent. But the major concern as of now is on what he can get for Roy Oswalt. We can talk about the value of Berkman and others until the cows come home, but Oswalt is the only one to have requested a trade so that's how this rebuilding period will likely start – with The Wizard. Can Ed Wade get enough back for him?
Let me start by stating the obvious – Roy Oswalt is quite possibly the greatest pitcher in Astros history. It's been an honor to follow his career from his first big league outing in Montreal (May 4, 2001) to his 4-hit masterpiece in Milwaukee earlier this week. He's been an ace in every sense of the word and a consummate professional throughout everything. But enough is enough. I've been lobbying since last season for Roy's Astros career to be mercy killed before his window on winning it all closes for good. His trade request, as sad as it is, does signal a radical change in direction for both the Astros as a franchise and Oswalt's championship aspirations. Until May 21st, Oswalt's chances of winning, or even competing for, a World Series ring fell somewhere between next to impossible and completely impossible. Now, he's at least put the wheels in motion for his chances to increase substantially over the next two seasons, which cover the remaining life of his massive contract. His contract and age is what makes this inopportune for the Astros. Oswalt is 32 and is owed $31 million over the next two seasons. That's a bottom-heavy contract from Hell if I've ever seen one and it'll be tougher than hell to A.) Remove that contract from payroll and B.) Bring in a haul of respectable prospects. Unless the Astros toss in money to cover a share of the cost, it's unlikely the Astros bring in the next Jason Heyward. Then again, the Astros traded serviceable reliever Larry Anderson in August 1990 for so-so prospect Jeff Bagwell and that seemed to pay dividends years later. So maybe I'll eat some crow later on. I sure I hope I do.
As of this writing, the Astros have not publicly declared Oswalt to be open for auction, but make no mistake, he is. As I said, McLane wants to turn this into a derby amongst the best and most loaded teams in baseball. He'd love for the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Mets, Angels and Rangers to get involved. He'd love to see Ed Wade fielding calls daily from all of those clubs as they throw their best prospects Houston's way in exchange for two very expensive years of Roy Oswalt. That's not likely to happen. Like Philly in 2000, the Astros goals are two-fold – lower payroll and replenish the farm system. But you can't really do both when the man you're trading has, in a way, forced your hand and is owed $31 million in just two years. Something will have to give. The Dodgers and Rangers have confirmed interest and the Nationals have been reported as well. Oswalt, equipped with one of those darned full no-trade clauses, has repeatedly stated that he will only approve a trade to a contender. The Mets and Nationals are, at best currently, fringe. Right now though, it's still only late May. Don't expect an Oswalt deal until July, unless someone blows Drayton away before then.
Rebuilding isn't easy and even the best of franchises have seen years of failure before experiencing a resurgence. But this is Drayton McLane we're talking about here (and Ed Wade), he's not a man who rebuilds and now that he's on the cusp of it, you can rest assured that he won't want to keep it going for very long. The empty seats at Minute Maid Park are surely driving him insane and the prospect of that continuing on for years is certainly an unbearable thought for Drayton to comprehend. It's unclear how this kind of owner will take to a rebuilding process, but it has the potential to be very entertaining or very destructive (or both). Not as epic as Pittsburgh's current slide but definitely up there with say 90's St. Louis.
There's only one Billy Beane, but that doesn't mean his methods are restricted to him only. In talking with Morgan Ensberg recently, I asked about the Astros and sabermetrics and if he knew whether or not the franchise utilized that method player research.
ENSBERG: "I am not sure if the Astros use sabermetrics or not. I am sure that they will in the future. It is so important to have an accurate method for spending each dollar. It looks to me that the organization doesn't know what to do next. They have really spent a lot of money on free agents and that makes everything expensive."
I feel like sabermetrics are quickly becoming the only dependable way to judge talent, almost fail-safe. Many teams have suddenly resisted the urge to overpay high-priced players, instead leaving that up to the dinosaurs who still believe a big ticket free agent is the answer to all their problems. No one ever comes out and says, "Yes, I use sabermetrics!", but most of them do now. The teams that don't stick out like a sore thumb and Houston seems to be one of those teams. How else do you explain the Feliz or Lyon signings of this past off-season? How else did Kaz Matsui find his way into the lineup for the third straight Opening Day? Why is Brian Moehler still in Houston?
In February of this year, Deadspin columnist Will Leitch wrote a piece titled "The Charming Incompetence of Ed Wade" and went on to describe Wade's anti-SABR ways:
LEITCH: "Wade is one of those old baseball men that sabermetrics folks have had in their crosshairs for years, and he's one of the last ones left. That he has hung on this long might be related to how he started his career, in public relations. Whereas most teams now realize that building the farm system, keeping young players around and cost controlled, understanding your window of opportunity and punting when it's closed ... Wade and the Astros do none of that. This is a team that employed Darin Erstad last season. Wade is spending cash to tread water, to sneak through a door that slammed shut years ago. He is putting off a rebuilding plan, Isiah-style, that will just make it that much more difficult when the piper finally must be paid a few years from now."
The piper came early. It's time to pay up and it's time to change. If there is one, major underlying necessity, it's the use of sabermetrics by every Major League team. There's no use resisting its presence. It's here and it helps. It's like forgoing the use of a lighter because you want to light your candles using sticks, stones and leaves.
Gerry Hunsicker is a revered figure in the pantheon of Houston sports because he was a brilliant roster and organizational architect. It's no coincidence that both the Astros and Rays have experienced their best years while he's been involved, nor is it any coincidence that the Astros sank after his departure. Gerry had what I like to think of as a magic touch. From blockbuster trades like the Randy Johnson deal in 1998 to smaller deals like the Moises Alou trade earlier that year, Gerry simply had a feel for when to interject himself in a deal. When Florida announced a fire sale, he was there for Alou, when Seattle declared a public desire to trade the Big Unit, Gerry hammered out a deal one minute before the deadline, when the Royals wanted to dump Carlos Beltran because of his impending free agency, Gerry turned failing closer Octavio Dotel and catching prospect John Buck into Beltran, with help from Oakland. He missed on some deals and signings as well – trading for Pedro Astacio in 2003, trading Brad Ausmus to Detroit in 1999 (though he received a mulligan on that one when he re-acquired Ausmus from Detroit two years later), the cost-cutting Mike Hampton/Derek Bell trade to the Mets in 1999 and his refusal to deal Scott Elarton to Toronto for Roger Clemens in 1999 (Seriously, Richard Hidalgo, Elarton and a fringe prospect and Clemens was ours). But no GM is perfect. Hunsicker was great though, he was timely, he thought big and he was loyal. His first act as GM was to re-sign Craig Biggio to a long-term deal in 1996 and he also assured Jeff Bagwell that he'd finish his career in Houston with a long-term deal in 2000. He made the Jeff Kent signing work somehow and he could always recognize when someone needed to go or if they needed more time. Hunsicker has a gift and it's still working.
Ed Wade doesn't have the Major League pedigree of Hunsicker and he doesn't have that feel that Hunsicker has for timely deals. He drafts slightly better than Hunsicker did and he's more intelligent than he's given credit for sometimes. His hang-ups are his penchant for overpaying for bullpen help and he leans a lot on players he crossed paths with in Philadelphia (again, never lean on people you used to work for!). The fact that Brett Myers, Michael Bourn, Chris Coste, Jason Michaels, Geoff Geary and Pedro Feliz have owned Astros jerseys (or still do) during Wade's tenure in Houston is absolutely no coincidence. But Wade realizes and professes that player development is the key to consistent success. Hunsicker has helped put two teams in their first World Series but has never collected a ring. Wade is ringless as well, but he built the 2008 World Series champions. Make no mistake, just as the 2005 Astros were Hunsicker's team in spite of his absence, the Phillies were Wade's. He can hang his hat on the current core of Phillies players and know that he's competent enough for this gig. The question for Wade, I suppose, would be will he still be around when the Astros are back on top or will he be the guy who sends the Astros that final piece needed when he's overlooking someone else's operation?
As for us, do we even have a choice? Being a fan of a sports team is like a marriage – it's for better and for worse. We have to trust Ed Wade, even if we don't want really feel comfortable doing so.
Special thanks go out to MLB Trade Rumors.com and Brendan Bianowicz for creating the GM Spreadsheets which broke things like trade/signings/draft picks down in an incredibly easy-to-read format. I'm far too lazy to do that kind of stuff, so thank you to those guys for the awesome work.
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Periodically the Public Art Committee seeks artists to design and construct artwork for public buildings and grounds. Follow the link to learn about art calls and to sign up to receive email notifications of future art calls notifications.
The citizen volunteers who comprise the Missoula Public Art Committee have dedicated many volunteer hours so everyone who lives in Missoula, or visits, can enjoy and learn to appreciate the value of public art. Thank you Public Art Committee members! Check out their popular traffic signal box artwork.
|Arc of Life
Artist: Stuart Nakamura
Completed in 2010 in Rose Park.
Arc of Life pays homage to the firefighting and emergency services performed by the firefighters in the Missoula community with three art elements: stainless steel & granite interpretive centerpiece, a concrete pad with natural stone path and risers for engraved metal plates. Using the element of water as a symbol of life and sustenance, Arc of Life reaches into this aspect of tribute imagery to generate a remembrance of the act of saving lives. It is a place for healing, remembrance and praise. A Percent for Art Project.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Brennan's Wave
Higgins Street Bridge
Named after world-class Missoula kayaker Brennan Guth, who died in Chile in 2001 pursuing his sport and passion. Sculpture, viewing and platform, and a whitewater feature in the Clark Fork River.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Buffalo Mural
H & H Meats, 1801 South Avenue W
Artist: John Collins
Completed in 2009
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Bull Trout
Greenough Park
Glass mosaic on rock with brass plaque. Mosaic artwork and project designed by Allissa Turtletaub. Supported by The Ecology Center, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Clark Fork Coalition, West Slope Trout Unlimited, Environmental Studies-University of Montana, Glass Concepts, Frederick M.R. Smith, Clayton DeVoe and Ellen Knight.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
403 N Higgins
Completed in 2007
Artist: Brad Allen
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Cattin' Around*
W. Main and Ryman
Sculpture adorning Central Park parking garage in the 100 block of W. Main St. Mike Hollern created this whimsical, ferrous cement depiction of a sprawled alley cat in 1991. Cattin' Around features a small puddle of water on the cat's back to create a birdbath.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Changing Landscapes: A History of People and Food in Missoula Valley
1500 Burns Street, on Missoula's Westside.
This trio of murals created by Rachel Simons, Summer Nelson and Angelita Martinez illustrate the way food was gathered and distributed in the past and how our community has embraced these values again in the modern age. The murals were made possible by grants from the Matthew Hansen Endowment and the Missoula Office of Neighborhoods' Large Neighborhood Project Fund. The expressive theme ties into the missions of the project's sponsoring organizations: the Missoula Community Food Co-op and the (soon to be) Boxcar Café—a project of the North Missoula Community Development Corporation.
Photo courtesy of Co-Op
N. Higgins
Sculpture located in front of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot at the north end of Higgins Ave. Consisting of four large red X's, the sculpture is made of enamel on metal with concrete wing wall and platform set on a stone ballast. It represents railroad themes. Created by Taag Peterson in 1986, the X's relate to the tall trestles necessary for crossing mountain ravines.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Downtown Flower Baskets
Designed by local artist Russell Smith, the Downtown Flower Baskets were created in two batches and hung in 1981 and 1985. Each of the 72 baskets are individually designed and crafted with a theme of their own. The Missoula Downtown Association hangs and waters the flowers throughout the summer months.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|E. S. Paxson Murals
County Courthouse
Located inside the Missoula County Courthouse at 200 W. Broadway. Created between 1912 and 1914, these historical scenes were painted on canvas with oils.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|First Night Tiles
Grand and First
First Night Tile Project on the north side / west side Pedestrian Bridge near the Grand and First St. intersection. Created by children and adults who participated in the First Night Missoula Public Tile Project on New Year's Eve 1999, the theme features animals of all types.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Garden City Tree of Life
Corner of Brooks and Higgins 2010
Kip Herring, artist
The tree of life is a positive affirmation along with bright colors and tributes to it's rivers, the University of Montana, Caras Park, the Memorial Rose Garden and more. It is a celebration of Missoula in the current day, a place we love to call home.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Heart of Missoula*
111 W. Broadway
Completed in December 2005, these sepia-toned historic paintings depict downtown Missoula of ages past. Painted by Hadley Ferguson on seven concrete panels, they were then attached to the wall to fill the 20' tall by 120' long space on the side of the Allegra Print and Imaging building.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photos courtesy of Missoulian
|Heart Institute Wall of 100 Hearts
St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway
These heartfelt mosaics were made by the sixth grade classes of Washington Middle School, 2002. As inspiration for the patients, each heart was created by an individual student. Teachers Joni McNeil and Mary Gillhouse coordinated with art direction from Jayne Piazza.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|MFD Murals*
625 E. Pine
On the west side of the Missoula City Fire Station headquarters, at the corner of East Pine and Madison. Rudy Autio created this very colorful work, seven feet wide and eighteen feet tall with scenes relating to firefighting history, completed in 1995.
A group representing the neighborhood, the Fire Department, and the Public Art Committee chose him from among the other contestants.
A bell honoring Benjamin Franklin, father of the volunteer firefighting tradition, tops the historic theme of firefighting symbols and historical paraphernalia.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Mountain Heir
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation; 5705 Grant Creek Road
Bronze elk sculpture donated by artist Danny D. Edwards in 1994
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Missoula Mosaic
Missoula Airport
Mosaics were created as a collaboration with public and private school classes ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors with historical references from the Historic Museum at the Fort, 2000. Coordinated by teachers Joni McNeil and Mary Gillhouse, with art direction from Jayne Piazza.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Mountain Line Transfer Center Mural
Between the Missoula County Courthouse and City Hall
200 tiles decorated with animals, flowers, and other symbols to represent the natural heritage of Montana. Created in April 2000 by Missoula County Public School students with the help of their art instructors Katherine Lynch, Jackie Alford, Carla Getz, Susanne Woyciechowicz, and local artist Dana Boussard.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Mountain Waters*
This design by James Todd on the exterior of the Currents Aquatic Center at McCormick Park is A Percent for Art Project. The City of Missoula Public Art Committee commissioned Missoula artist James Todd to create a design to be sandblasted on the exterior of the Currents Aquatic Center. Todd's "Mountain Waters" design features motifs of Northwestern wildlife amidst cascading waters. The design was sandblasted by Nash Enterprises Inc. of Missoula. Completed 2008.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Muffler Cowboy and Friends
1935 Brooks, Muffler Bandit
Created by Rory Stone, © 1985.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Orange Street Underpass
Created in 2010 by the Orange Street Mural Group. By Michael Parker and UM students with much community effort.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Over the Top
5705 Grant Creek Road
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. A bulging seven-point bull elk sculpture donated by artist Danny D. Edwards in 1994. It is finished in a variety of patinas and sits on a brick base.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Peace Works
519 S. Higgins
Created by area high school students Peter Bradstock, Sarah Jackson, Amanda Keeland, Brittany Kirkland, Sarah Logan, Yuki Sugimoto, and Tara Westle with artist Amie Thurber in the summer of 2000. A mural celebrating diversity with a colorful, festive atmosphere, Peace Works is located at the rear entrance of the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Ponder by Mary Iverson
City Council - 140 W Pine Street
This painting is designed to honor and inspire those who participate in the legislative process. The title of the piece, Ponder, refers to the creative and analytical energy that goes into the crafting of public policy. In addition to the deeper meaning behind the piece, its simple design can be appreciated by anyone for its color and its sense of fun. Ponder was funded by A Percent for Art Program.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Proper Shoppers*
Mountain Line Transfer Center
Installed in 2002, the solid bronze sculpture of a stylized grandmother and her favorite grandchild was created by Missoula artist Tom Rippon, a ceramics professor at UM.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
Higgins Bridge
Sculpture on the east side of the Higgins St. Bridge, just north of the Clark Fork River. Take the stairs down to the park to view these three nine-foot long forged and welded steel fish twisting among the boulders. Created by Jeffrey Funk in 1989, they are a favorite with children.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|River Bridge
Artist: Brad Allen 2009. Mobash Skate Park Bike Rack. A Percent for Art Project.
|Rounded Out
5210 Grant Creek Road
Mackenzie River Pizza. Found object metal sculpture of a Grizzly Bear. Created in 2005 by Kirsten Kainz.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Scenic Mural
617 S. Higgins
Mural on the north wall of the Boys and Girls Club / Higgins Hall near the Holiday Gas Station at the southwest corner of S. Higgins and Fourth. The Mural features a giant bald eagle, mountain peaks, and a flowing stream. It is said to have been designed by an artist and painted by children.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Scenic Mural
322 N. Higgins
Mural on the east side of the Army Navy Economy Store. A painting of scenic mountains and rivers created by John Carlon in 1996.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
216 W. Main
Mural on the side of the Studebaker Building at 216 W. Main St. Created by noted local artist Stan Hughes in 2000, the work pays tribute to the historical background of the Studebaker Building and the heart of the Gasoline Alley historic area, which evolved on W. Main St. in the early 1900s.
City sponsored Public Art (Public/Private Partnership)
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|The Wave*
This 100' long sculpture doubles as a bicycle rack for Splash Montana. A series of 25 pipe forms, which are powder-coated a brilliant water blue, increase in height from 3' to 10', forming a wave shape. Local artist Justin Anthony completed this Missoula Public Art Committee Percent for Art Project in 2007.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Traffic Signal Boxes
The Traffic Signal Box Art Project was designed to enhance Missoula by adding works of art to streetscape on surfaces that are often targeted by graffiti vandals. The goal of the project is use local traffic signal boxes as "canvases". It enhanced the visual surroundings as well as provided a deterrent to damage and graffiti.
The Traffic Signal Box project was and continues to be a collaboration between the City of Missoula, the Montana Department of Transportation, the Business Improvement District, local businesses and individuals.
See more traffic signal box art
|Tube Sculpture at Fort Missoula
Russell Smith created this four-foot diameter curved cylinder that has been a favorite with children since 1982. The walls feature a light decorative tracery of cutout design.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Untitled Mural
337 N Higgins
Mural on the north and east sides, second story, of the Oxford. John Carlon painted these figures in 1997 on Plexiglas to fill real windows.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Untitled Mural
Clay St. / Holiday Inn
Mural in Bess Reed Park on the south end of Clay St. Volunteers and children of Big Brothers and Sisters painted this vibrant and humorous mural in 1997.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Untitled Mural
YWCA Building at 1130 W. Broadway
A beautiful tribute to the courage and transformation of women, the mural was designed and produced in 2000 by area high school students Amanda Keeland, Melissa McNay, Carla Rothenbuecher, AC Rothenbuecher, and Rachel Bailey, with artist Amie Thurber.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Untitled Mural
United Way of Missoula County Building, 534 N Higgins Avenue
The mural depicts the kinds of volunteers that are involved with the annual Day of Caring - a day where large teams of volunteers get out in the community and complete projects at local charities. The people depicted are a gardener, a person holding a child, an adult and a child reading together and a loving family. The mural is painted by local artist Kim Anderson.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Untitled Mural
Corner of 5th and Oak
Remembering where "things" come from is important. The students at Willard Alternative High School created a Mosaic for the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union on the 1000th block of S. 5th Street West. The essence of the 5 panel work is appreciating and understanding where water comes from and how essential it is for our community and human existence. One of Willard's Mission's is to connect and give back to our community and neighborhood. The mosaics essentially were are collaboration with the Plumber & Pipe Fitters Union to thank them for respecting and treating our students with compassion and with Contractor/Wood Worker Tyson Miller who taught basic woodworking skills to our students. Completed 2011.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Untitled Sculpture
2300 W. Broadway
A life-sized buffalo, created by Billy Clark in 1986, composed of 1000 horseshoes and scrap metal. It is a monument to the demise of the bison. The effect of the open technique is light and airy, in contrast to the size and weight of the piece and the animal depicted.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Veteran's Memorial
County Courthouse
Honoring veterans of WWI and WWII. Located at the southeast corner of the Missoula County Courthouse lawn, on the corner of Broadway and Ryman, this cast bronze sculpture of a First World Way soldier was created by J. Pauling in 1921. A 1927 plaque lists WWI veterans and a 1948 plaque lists WWII Veterans. It is very similar, to, but distinct from, the widely dispersed piece by E. M. Visquesney entitled "Spirit of the American Doughboy".
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Veteran's Memorial
Rose Park on 700 Brooks Avenue
The American Rose Society, as a memorial to WWII casualties, established the Memorial Rose Garden in 1947. In 1988, a heroic-sized bronze sculpture of a winged male figure lifting a young soldier from the earth, created by Deborah Coperhaven, was installed, honoring Vietnam veterans. Seven bronze plaques list the names of Montana Vietnam veterans. A marble plaque at the base of the sculpture reads, "Together we flew to battle, Hearts and blades pounding, Sharing the fear and pain...Parted yet together, We faced the unknown. You Death, I the future." - Tom Crosser, 1988
Photo courtesy of Missoulian
|Wagon Wheel
515 S. Higgins
Wagon wheel mural on the north wall of Big Sky Embroidery Store on the southeast corner of Higgins and Fourth. Artist unknown.
Photo courtesy of Liz Dye
|Walter Hook Series*
140 W. Pine
Located inside the Council Chambers. Painted in 1984 - 1985 by Missoula artist Walter Hook, the series of four oils was purchased with the Bill Cregg Memorial Fund.
Photos courtesy of Liz Dye
|217 Tremont
St. Anthony's Catholic Church, east wall
A 30' by 5' bas-relief of St. Anthony and the Christ Child, created by Rudy Autio in 1963. The colors are soft with a lead glaze overall.
Photo courtesy of Missoulian


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By: Maggie Fridinger, Program and Policy Intern
National Council of Women's Organizations
Ever since I can remember, I have had an informal, anthropologic fascination with people watching. Today, the office that I occupy in my graduate women's studies program feeds my amusement. From its basement level, I look up to watch commuters, current and prospective students, alumni, locals, and university administrators hustle past. Occasionally, pedestrians will slow their pace to stop and read the "women's studies program" placard, only to elicit a facial or verbal response. More often than not, the response produced is a sort of heckle, scoff, or pooh-poohing of the relevance of women's studies. I wish I were kidding.
At first, witnessing such reactions incited me to the point of wanting to open the window and shoo them away. However, as my aggravation subsided I began to think that for many people, the relevance of women's studies and feminism faded along with the mustard yellows and avocado greens of the 1970s. Many people just don't get it.
In my excitement to enroll in a graduate women's studies program, I occasionally met interrogation about the relevance of such a degree. In fact, a friend once lectured me about the interdisciplinary nature of any "studies" program, inferring that "studies" are not taken as seriously nor do they carry the same importance as disciplines such as history, biology, anthropology, or political science. I beg to differ.
Women's studies cannot be confined to one academic discipline or discourse. Instead, it teaches us how to use a distinct lens to view the world. In recent years, the discipline has sought to better include a diversity of genders, sexualities, and races, permitting us to understand the intersection of various forms of oppression. Contrary to popular belief, a background in women's studies does not require one to become a professional feminist. While advocacy work is crucial, the incorporation of the gendered lens within other disciplines is just as necessary.
How does this work? Let me give a few examples of how one might incorporate a gender consciousness and sensitivity into various professions. People with a background in women's studies may become:
- The CEO who makes corporate culture more conducive to women and families by offering flex schedules, paid sick days and maternity leave, and promotes entry level hiring of women that encourages vertical movement in the company.
- The high school counselor who informs young women that vocational schools offer technical career training for jobs that pay higher wages than careers as beauticians.
- The historian who includes influential and important women in textbooks.
- The doctor who has taken the time to research and understand that gender and sexuality are more than a strict dichotomy.
- The school teacher who refuses to reinforce masculinity and femininity in the classroom, and eschews the frequently touted expression, "boys will be boys."
- The marketing specialist who speaks up in a boardroom when advertisements espousing sexist or racist undertones are being included in an advertisement campaign.
- The government official who brings gender and race consciousness to policy-making decisions.
I hope this short reflection of mine dispels the notion that women's studies and feminism are a thing of the past. Instead, it's time to reflect on the relevance and practical application of employing a gendered lens to the world around us.


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The new issue of Illusion will be out in mid-October, and I'm a featured artist in this issue for my pregnant belly henna designs. I'm so excited! I had so many wonderful models and photographers who worked with me on this -- I'm so grateful to them and can't wait to see the final article!
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The Arizona Cardinals' already thin offensive line suffered another blow Monday, as center Lyle Sendlein will miss the remainder of the season with a torn MCL in his left knee.
The injury happened in the first quarter of Sunday's 31-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams.
Cardinals confirm C Lyle Sendlein to miss rest of season w torn MCL in L knee; had started 80 straight since taking over spot in �08— MarkDalton (@CardsMarkD) November 26, 2012
Sendlein, in his sixth season with the Cardinals, has started the last 80 games for Arizona, a streak that began in 2008. He's been a stalwart in the middle of a line that has seen constant change around him.
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It's a story that's been told again and again in almost all South Asian countries. Be it India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, it's not uncommon for women in this part of the world to be viciously targeted; inflicted with the most gruesome torture in the form of acid attacks.
Although we have all read about such incidents and the plight of victims has been reported widely, it is the Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, who has taken their stories of sadness, survival and succour to international audiences. In the process, she and her co-director, American documentarian Daniel Junge, have won this year's biggest film award – the Oscar for the Best Short Documentary Film.
The protagonists of 'Saving Face', a 40-minute documentary, are the acid attack victims from her home country, Pakistan, and the film not only highlights the victims' lives after the attacks but also shows resilient survivors and their fight for justice. Through the work of acclaimed British Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr Mohammad Jawad, who travels to Pakistan to perform reconstructive surgery on survivors, audiences worldwide get to see their side of the story.
"The idea behind 'Saving Face' was conceived by my co-director, Daniel Junge. He had heard of Dr Jawad, featured in 'Saving Face', on the radio and contacted him with regard to his work in Pakistan. Then Daniel got in touch with me and the subject matter appealed to me immediately. Throughout my career, I have focused on topics that are not addressed by the mainstream media in order to raise awareness and promote critical dialogues around such issues, and I made 'Saving Face' with similar intentions," explains Chinoy.
Just like the support group, Campaign and Struggle Against Acid Attacks on Women (CSAAAW) in India, Pakistan's Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) has been working painstakingly with the acid victims, offering them medical assistance as well as opportunities for rehabilitation.
After meeting Dr Jawad and interacting with him, the director duo, which was not very familiar with the Saraiki region, got in touch with the ASF. Recalls Chinoy, "My team and I spent months with the acid attack survivors profiled in our film, and had the privilege of getting to know them and their circumstances very well. During this time we were able to make our subjects comfortable with being on camera, and they were happy to guide us through their lives. Zakia and Rukhsana, the main characters in the narrative, were very forthcoming with their stories and were eager to make their experiences available to a larger audience."
In Pakistan, it has been observed that most acid attacks occur in the Saraiki region of Punjab province. This economically backward region – where unemployment is high and illiteracy is widespread – witnesses several barbaric acts by men, especially frustrated husbands, and the victims are usually hapless, uneducated, economically-dependent women.
Why are acid attacks common in these regions? Mainly because acid is widely available because it is used as a cleaning agent in cotton production. Moreover, as a cleaning agent, it is commonly found in most homes, too. So it becomes an easy weapon, one that can cause permanent and mammoth damage to victims.
While making 'Saving Face', Chinoy also found that most accounts of acid violence were linked to the concept of shame: some perpetrators use it as a way to punish their wives whilst others throw acid on women who refuse their proposals of marriage. "Although the reasons vary, they all boil down to an extreme form of punishment that is intended to permanently dishonour and humiliate the victim," she observes.
Naturally, most women hesitate to admit the reasons for their plight and also identify the perpetrator. Chinoy reveals, "In terms of identifying the perpetrator, the responses tended to vary. Some women are unable to leave their husbands as they depend on them financially; others make their cases public. It depends on their circumstances and the options available to them."
Chinoy is perhaps the best person to have shown the world the acid attack story. No stranger to painful subjects or heart wrenching tales, this 30-plus director is a master of the documentary medium. She has several films to her credit, including 'Women of the Holy Kingdom', 'Afghanistan Unveiled/Lifting the Veil' and 'Transgender: Pakistan's Open Secret', which have gone on to win many awards like the Emmy, Alfred I Dupont and the Association for International Broadcasting Awards. In fact, she is the first non-American to be awarded the Livingston Award for best international reporting.
Talking about her other works, especially those shot in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, Chinoy says, "Each film comes with its own set of challenges. 'Women of the HolyKingdom' was difficult because women are severely restricted in Saudi Arabia and are not able to move through the country freely. We were stopped by the moral police multiple times, had our tapes confiscated and were often monitored by Saudi intelligence."
Filming in conflict zones had its own tests. "Shooting for 'Iraq: The Lost Generation', I was struck by how Pakistan and Iraq shared many commonalities, and that we ran the risk of one day confronting similar realities," she says, adding, "But as a documentary filmmaker, it is imperative that one maintains objectivity and not become emotionally involved with the subject. I admit this difficult, but over the years I have become better equipped to cover difficult subject matters."
A mother of a baby girl, and married to an investment banker, Chinoy knows that documentary films still do not have the mass appeal that popular cinema enjoys. "Unfortunately, there is no real history of documentary filmmaking in South Asia, and so television channels are less likely to invest in this medium. However, I do see a shift in Pakistan, with the rise of non-fiction story-telling productions that have been very well received by local audiences," she says.
For budding filmmakers, she urges them "to put their work online so that they can reach larger audiences and receive feedback. Many Pakistani musicians, visual artists and writers got their big break after making their work public and sharing it on social media sites. Filmmakers should also look into local film festivals and college film competitions."
Having won the Oscar she now wants to concentrate on educating people against the acid attacks. She is also busy planning for the next phase of her career. "I am currently working on two television series that are geared for Pakistani audiences. I am also simultaneously working on my next film. I would love for it to be a feature, let's see what the future brings."
So, watch out for Chinoy's next cinematic tell-all!


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