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We're in awe of Missoula County's top S-P-E-L-L-E-R-S

Lolo Middle School fifth-grader Sam Person won the 2010 Missoula County Spelling Bee last week. MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian

I’m tardy in writing this note, but didn’t want February to end without congratulating the winners of the 2010 Missoula County Spelling Bee.

Lolo fifth-grader Sam Person won the county bee this year, no small feat for a first-time [...]

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The backbone of their world

The mountains of Glacier National Park, as seen from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. KURT WILSON/Missoulian

Coming Sunday, in the Territory section of the Missoulian, reporter Michael Jamison and photography editor Kurt Wilson will take readers to the backbone of the world – the place that holds the creation story for many of western Montana’s Native [...]

Still sick, still having Olympic fun

Canada’s Haley Irwin (21) and Meghan Agosta (2) celebrate with cigars after Canada beat USA 2-0 to win the women’s gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Our reporter “abroad,” the YWCA’s Caitlin Copple, is still in Vancouver for the Winter [...]

Olympic health care: It’s not free

This product image released by the Vancouver Organizing Committee shows the mittens worn by thousands of torchbearers. The wait to purchase a pair? Seven hours at the only store in Vancouver that sells the mitts! (AP Photo/Courtesy VANOC/COVAN)

So our e-mail correspondent in Vancouver came down sick, and decided to check out Canadian health care [...]

Hockey madness, a bicycle built for two

USA’s Chris Drury (23) is congratulated by USA’s Tim Gleason (4) after Drury scored a goal in the second period of a preliminary round men’s ice hockey game against Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Our intrepid e-mailer from the Vancouver Games delivered [...]

On B&B basements and Belarussian ice hockey

A fan of the German men’s ice hockey team takes pictures as Germany plays Belarus in the first period of a preliminary round men’s ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Another e-mail has arrived from Caitlin Copple of Missoula’s YWCA, who is [...]

Olympics on a shoestring?

Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher reacts after finishing the Women’s super-G at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

A week or so back, the Missoula YWCA’s Caitlin Copple e-mailed and offered to send a few blogposts from her upcoming trip to the Winter Olympics.

“Absolutely,” came the reply.

So [...]

Wolves: fact, fiction and fury

A wolf near the Clark Fork River west of Missoula. MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS PHOTO

We all know a myth, or two or a dozen, about wolves. Those of us who live in the northern Rockies also know a lot about the long-running controversy over wolves and their recovery in this part of the [...]

Shame on you, President Obama

Dalai Lama

Props to the Associated Press and photography director Santiago Lyon for Thursday’s decision not to distribute a canned photograph of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama at the White House.

Lyon put his decision in writing via the AP’s Facebook page, and it’s well worth reading. Here’s what he had to say:

You won’t [...]

Who wants to be UM’s next prez?

UM President George Dennison announced his retirement plans last month. LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

Here at the Missoulian, we’re looking for a little presidential material. Literally.

We’d like to know your list of qualifications for the University of Montana’s next president. The Montana Board of Regents is collecting suggestions as it begins the search for UM President George [...]