Mark Lentsch, a bartender at the Missoula Airport bar, takes an order from his lone customer on October 27. Lentsch earns $6.15 per hour. Tips, a welcome addition to his income, are hard to come by with few evening flights and fewer customers coming into the airport. Still Lentsch, who has a degree in human biology from the University of Montana, doesn't feel like he has a problem making ends meet. "I don't know," he said, "I just do. Some days you just don't go to a movie." He said that Initiative 151 "doesn’t make much sense." He added that everyone "pretty much" pays $6.00 an hour or more to start, so he thinks there will be little effect if the initiative passes.
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When one looks through the photos that have been submitted to New West over time, either directly or through our robust Flickr pool of enormously talented contributors, it is clear that the landscape inspires creative genius. To date, our 835 Flickr group members have uploaded nearly 27,000 photos, and many of them are jaw-dropping-ly gorgeous.
In reader survey after reader survey, the New West audience continues to peg outdoor recreation as their favorite topic of interest, and with the stunning Rocky Mountain backdrop, the (recreation and photo) possibilities are endless.
When we match the two – reader interest and beautiful photos – we come up with a new editorial home which also serves as a great place to show off the robust Rocky Mountain photo talent: Adventure Rockies.
The writers for Adventure Rockies have diverse interests and styles, and they write about river guiding, running, hiking, rafting, and a whole host of other outdoor recreation. The stories are anchored by a changing set of photos, so please visit and then promptly…..send us your best shot(s)! We will run as many of them as time and space permits, and then we will run them again here to give your work the widest exposure possible. It’s a win/win.
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