Sunrise & Sunset Times
| February 2 | 8:07 a.m. | 5:44 p.m. |
| February 3 | 8:05 a.m. | 5:46 p.m. |
| February 4 | 8:04 a.m. | 5:47 p.m. |
| February 5 | 8:02 a.m. | 5:49 p.m. |
| February 6 | 8:01 a.m. | 5:51 p.m. |
| February 7 | 7:59 a.m. | 5:52 p.m. |
| February 8 | 7:58 a.m. | 5:54 p.m. |
Simon’s Weekly Weather
NorthWest Montana
Regional Forecast
Issued Sunday January 23, 2022 – 7:45 p.m. MST
Tuesday, Feb. 1
Mostly cloudy and cooler with a chance of snow showers, more numerous across eastern Lincoln County. Local accumulations of up to 1 inch possible. Highs in the 20s with upper teens around 5000 feet. Local east to northeast winds 10 to 20 mph developing during the afternoon through favored canyons and across ridge tops.
Wednesday & Thursday, Feb. 2, 3
Cold with a slight chance of mountain snow showers. Lows from 10 below zero to 10 above zero with lower single digits around 5000 feet. Highs in the mid teens to mid 20s with mid teens around 5000 feet.
Friday, Feb. 4
Not as cold with a chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid teens to lower 20s with mid teens around 5000 feet. Highs in the 30s with mid 20s around 5000 feet.
Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 5, 6
Dry with areas of freezing fog and low clouds in the valleys. Lows in the mid teens to mid 20s with lower 20s around 5000 feet. Highs in the 30s with upper 20s around 5000 feet.
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Recipe of the Week – Shrimp & Asparagus Stir Fry
Ingredients:
4 TBSP. olive oil
1 lb. raw shrimp
1 lb. asparagus
1 TSP. salt
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 TSP. garlic, minced
1 tsp. ginger, minced
1 TBSP. soy sauce
2 TBSP. lemon juice
Directions:
1.) In a large frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat.
2.) Add shrimp to the pan, then season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper. Cook until the shrimp is pink. Remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside.
3.) In the same pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and add asparagus.
4.) Add ginger and garlic, then season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Stir frequently and cook until the asparagus is tender-crisp.
5.) Return the shrimp to the pan, then add soy sauce. Stir until the ingredients are well combined. Just before the dish is ready, add lemon juice, stir once more, then serve while hot.
Book of the Week
“Memoirs of a Geisha” By Arthur Golden
We enter a world where appearances are paramount, where a girl’s virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder, where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men, and where love is scorned as illusion.
Book of the week courtesy of goodreads.com
Movie of the Week
Moonfall
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. Unlikely heroes will mount an impossible mission into space only to find out our Moon isn’t what we think it is.
Montana Gas Price Update
As of Monday, January 24 —
Montana gas prices have risen 1.0 cents in the past week, averaging $3.37/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 615 stations in Montana. Gas prices in Montana are 0.7 cents lower than a month ago and stand $1.09/g higher than a year ago.
Courtesy of GasBuddy.com
Operations Support Specialist
Casino Floor Runner
Admission’s Clerk/Part Time
Food Service Worker—PRN
Imaging Technologist/Nights
Emergency Room RN/FT/PRN
positions available
Finance Operations Manager
Casino Assistant Manager
Coach-2021-22 LMS Asst. Track
Obtain a generic Employment Application by contacting Job Service Libby
417 Mineral Avenue, Ste 4
LibbyJSC@mt.gov. Submit completed
applications to Job Service Libby
using any of the above methods.
Word of the Week
VIRTUOSO
Pronunciation: vr-choo-ow-sow
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
“Reflections” on Turning Winds a column by Tony Smith : Saving Lives, Changing Lives
Appeared in the Montanian approximately two years ago. He remains happily employed there)
Since the participation of two of our students from Turning Winds in the recent Libby High School talent show, I am compelled to write about the school and share my personal experiences while employed there. I was tremendously gratified by the invitation from Mr. May to include us, and I wish to thank, on behalf of my students, Libby High School and the Libby audience for the invitation and courtesy afforded us. A special thanks to Ms. Braun for embracing our pianist, her page turner, and to Mr. May for making our students in attendance so very welcome.
I have had the privilege of teaching at Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI) for the past five and one-half years, working with our students in varied social sciences classes, including American History, Political Science, Geography, Humanities, World History, Economics, Personal Finance, and after-school Music Therapy. Throughout the duration of my employment, I have been asked a number of questions by inquisitive local citizens and by many who had been unaware that such a place even existed.
Turning Winds is a specialized Residential Treatment Center and Therapeutic Boarding School for troubled teens, ages 13 to 18, located in “the best last place,” the Yaak Valley, a beautiful setting overlooking the South Fork of the Yaak River. TWAI provides therapeutic intervention for issues such as low self-worth, critical behavior problems, and poor academic performance. More specially, Turning Winds provides treatment for ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, addictions, substance abuse, spectrum disorders, adjustment disorders, bipolar disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, anorexia, bulimia, and attachment disorders.
Our Mission Statement reads as follows: “The simple, singular, focus of our treatment program is to help each student change the behaviors that are hindering their growth by teaching them to create a stable pattern of living through education, process groups, and individualized treatment planning.”
Turning Winds, founded by John Baisden Sr. and John Jr. of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was born in 2002 out of a family tragedy (the loss of a 17-year old daughter), and has served over 1500 students since its inception. Owen Baisden is our current CEO with twenty-five years of experience, Carl Baisden and Enoch Stump are Operations Directors, and Marcine Holmes is our Executive Assistant. Other Operation Managers include Fawn Goddard (our School Director), Jared Waxbom, and Libby’s own David Armstrong. Our boarding school, with approximately 35 employees and 35-40 students from every state and every major continent, is committed to five pillars of change: (1) Character Education and Life Skills, (2) Health, Wellness and Fitness, (3) Outdoor Education, (4) Therapeutic Success, and (5) Academic Achievement. TWAI has highly trained therapists from across the Northwest, and nurses on duty 24 hours a day.
Most of our students are transported to Turning Winds with permission from parents who are virtually out of options, unable to cope watching their child’s self-destruction. Surely it is the most gut-wrenching decision a parent could possibly make, and testimony from parents at Commencement (occurring at the 6-month point) confirms the emotional trauma they’ve endured. Some of our students are coming from other “Programs,” and after leaving Turning Winds will often go to “step-down” Programs. The process can be traumatizing for the student as well, but kids are resilient and soon make the necessary adjustments, becoming less resistant to the process and often making remarkable progress toward wellness. Many of our kids are coming from affluent homes and are highly socially and academically skilled, as well as very talented and creative.
Our students generally stay for one year, and many will earn their diplomas at TWAI, and have the opportunity to gain college credit as well. (Turning Winds is accredited by the most respected Secondary Academic Accrediting body in the United States: Advanced Northwest Accreditation Commission). Privileges are earned (or lost) based on behavioral and therapeutic factors, and the privileges for “acceptable” behaviors include ski outings to Schweitzer, hikes into Fish Lakes, up Northwest Peak, snowshoe adventures up Flatiron, golf outings to Mirror Lake Country Club in Bonners Ferry, and week-long venture trips into the Cabinet Wilderness, to Priest Lake, and hikes into the Snake River Canyon. Most importantly, many of our students travel to Guatemala, Costa Rica, or Ghana in order to provide service in orphanages, etc. As of this writing, we currently have eleven students at Ritsona, a Greek refugee camp consisting primarily of Syrians, Sudanese, and people fleeing Iraq. Our hope is to provide an experience for our students greater than themselves: humility and service.
Of great significance is parental participation in the wellness of his or her child. Parental workshops, required writing assignments, and family counseling sessions, facilitated by our clinical staff, are of vital importance.
One of the greatest strengths of Turning Winds is the diverse and varied workforce from all walks of life that are entrusted to us by families across America. Many are not officially “degreed” in working with troubled teens, but are often as highly skilled and as effective as those with college diplomas, if not more so in many cases. I am especially proud of the many former students of mine from Troy High School employed at Turning Winds, and who are amazingly effective and highly respected by the students at TWAI. All staff and students are on a first-name basis, and staff members are emotionally connected to the well-being and safety of each and every student. It is not always an easy task, but it is worthy and incredibly gratifying work.
Returning once again to the Libby Talent Show, not only were staff members on duty present with a number of TWAI students, but at least six to eight staff living in the area not only attended the performance but sat with our students in support of them. That level of commitment and connectedness is not always present in the public school setting these days.
After spending nearly forty years in a public school setting at THS (one in which I loved), and a brief stint in an Inuit Eskimo village at the mouth of the Yukon River, this phase of my professional career has been deeply gratifying. I will forever be grateful to TWAI, the ownership, fellow workers, and students for the opportunity to work in such a setting. I have had the good fortune to attend the graduation of one of our former students at Wasatch, an international high school located in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, and will attend another next spring in New Canaan, Connecticut. Many of us remain connected with our former students as they move on to the next phase of their lives.
At a time when many boarding schools are under public scrutiny, Turning Winds has an exceptional ethical reputation throughout the country. Perhaps the real question that needs be asked: What kind of culture have we created for our kids in this country that has led to the proliferation of such therapeutic schools to begin with?