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Giving Together: Supporting those who care for others

For many caregivers in the Flathead Valley, caring for a loved one with dementia can become an around-the-clock ro…

Updated 18 years, 2 months ago
Sleepless night gave way to Easter blessing

We rolled into Kalispell the Friday night before Easter in 1991 with the weight of the world on our shoulders. An overcast sky spit sleet as we unloaded the van and piled into our room at the Glacier Gateway Motel.

Updated 18 years, 2 months ago
Into the black hole of political correctness

I first ventured into the bizarre world of politically correct presidential politics six weeks ago when I wrote about Bill Clinton being scolded by the national media for comparing Barack Obama's success in South C…

Updated 18 years, 2 months ago
I can see clearly now…

My husband stepped on my eyeglasses one night a few weeks ago and mangled them to the point where a trip to the optometrist was in order.

Updated 18 years, 2 months ago
JFK theories will never be exhausted

There is no shortage of diversions in this day and age, but only one that is guaranteed not only to last a lifetime but to have the potential to solve the greatest crime in American history.

Updated 18 years, 2 months ago
Birthday words from 1,000 miles away

Today is my mother's birthday, and as I remembered this fact too late, there will be no timely card or present arriving from me at her Colorado home.

Updated 18 years, 2 months ago
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JFK theories will never be exhausted

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
How to make your man ?want to come home?

When people rant about the state of the world today and rave about how much better the world used to be before the days of rap music and reality TV, they must be a person of the male persuasion.

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
McCain: Garden variety politician

After two consecutive columns about Barack Obama, some folks wondered whether I would write about Sen. John McCain with the same intensity.

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
How to make your man 'want to come home'

HEIDI GAISER

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
Make room for Roger, Barry

Move over Barry Bonds. Make room for Roger Clemens and Bill Belichick.

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
Fashion police would have confiscated purple pantsuit

OK, I?ll admit it. I watch the Academy Awards as much for what the stars are wearing as for the awards they?ve earned.

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
Caught between Barack and a hard place

Call it Obamamania. Call him the Kool-Aid Kandidate. But please, let?s call the whole thing off.

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
Offseason doldrums

And, so, Signing Day has come and gone.

Updated 18 years, 3 months ago
From East to West, love finds a way

Thursday was the Chinese New Year holiday, and for me it was not just the start of a new year but the start of a new life with my bride from China.