VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
By Muncie
7/4/18
JULY MOON
How quickly these months are rolling around. The Full Buck Moon is usually the month when the antlers of the buck deer push out of foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also called the Full Thunder Moon for the reason that thunder storms are most frequent during this month. Another name is the Full Hay Moon. (I really enjoy the different names of each month and the significance of them. These names are hundreds of years old mostly named by the Native Americans.
4TH OF JULY
This is my favorite holiday. I love what it stands for. I love the flags waving almost everywhere. I love fireworks. It just seems like a most happy birthday party. I will count my blessings the whole day. I could have been born in another country that was not the home of the brave and the free. I feel I can say what I feel, especially at my age,) and not be concerned about it. Yes, God bless America.
TRIATHLON
On Saturday, July 7th there will be another exciting event. The Missouri River Breaks will sponsor the event which starts and ends in Fort Benton. It begins at 8:00 a.m. The starting point in Fort Benton is a canoe/kayak 20mile race, then on to a 3.4 run, and a grand finish in Fort Benton with a 20mile bicycle ride. I do not know where the beginning and finish lines are. There is a map on the poster, but I cannot make out the beginning and end with my eyesight. Check it out for yourself.
At 2:00 p.m. there will be outdoor games and the pool will be open. I do not know details on the games but I think that they are for the kiddos. It should be a fun day for them.
At 5:00 p.m. on Front Street there will be a FREE CONCERT called Boats, Brews, and Blues. In my opinion this event is going to attract a crowd so get there early and stay late. Let us have the good weather hold as it did for Summer Celebration
JUNIOR EXPLORERS
Every Tuesday and Thursday at the Chouteau County Library & the BLM Interpretive Center there will be a Junior Explorers Series.
Please check the River Press for the time and place. It is different every week.
This sounds like another great program to keep kiddos occupied this summer. I wish I was a kid again when I hear about programs like these. (I wonder if I could sneak in?)
VIRGELLE
For those of you readers who are antique buffs Virgelle will hold an outdoor flea market. The date is Sunday July 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you have never been to Virgelle you will find a very charming area that you will return to many times with visitors. It is worth the trip and take a ride across the Missouri if the ferry is running.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Wear red on Fridays such as a Support Our Troops t-shirt. Again I would like to see those red shirts with the logo “Support out Troops” on it.
Several years ago over 350 of those shirts were sold. Where could all those shirts have disappeared? Please check your closets and let next Friday be a red shirt Support Our Troops day and every Friday. Let it continue through the summer while we are wearing short sleeved shirts.
If you did not get a shirt or it is too small or too large, check out the Sadie’s Resale Chop for one.
FREE GOLF LESSONS
Lessons begin on July 11th, 12th, 18th, and 19th for different age groups. Check River Press for times.
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
I really enjoy the Summer Reading program seeing the Kiddos on the lawn of the Library / How I wish we would have had those kinds of programs when I was a kid. I spent a lot of time in the library but it was not outdoors. It was on a main street with nothing but cement in front.
Our Chouteau County Free Library is one of the reasons I love Fort Benton. Because I have poor vision I no longer read. I belong to Talking Books but note that the Library has hundreds of books on tape.
Take advantage of that Folks and listen to great books on vacations or times when you spent long hours driving. May I suggest books about Montana. They are a wealth of information.
INVITATION
Come to the Sunrise Bluffs for Sunday dinner. Since the Senior Center does not serve Saturday or Sunday dinners any longer, the Bluffs would be an alternative for a pleasant Sunday afternoon.
Dinner is served at 1:00 p.m. and it is necessary to make a reservation. Call Karla at 622-5443 during the week.
It is a great social afternoon to meet more of your Fort Benton neighbors. There may be old friends who have moved to the Bluffs and they would like to visit with you. (We are actually at the other end of town and it would be a little further a drive. I am accused of moving out in the country when I moved to the Sunset apartments.)
Hope to see you next Sunday.
CONSTRUCTION
I was able to track down some information about the construction on Front Street on the north end of town. Perhaps you did not even know that Front Street jags over a half block after it dead ends into the Sunrise Bluffs. It is s government mandate that sewers be brought up to code. Most rural areas are old and falling apart as most senior citizens are.
I do not know where the construction company began but they worked between 23rd and 22nd for several weeks. They have now moved on to the area between 22nd and 21st.
So where do you go now since your destination is the pump house across from the Old Fort Benton Fort?
The only way to go is diagonally across the Old Fort Park to Front Street. The bad news is that it will be confusion for a while but the good news is that Front Street between the Sunrise Bluffs and the swimming pool will come out of it a well, no bumps, potholes, road traveled. That stretch of road is not well defined between gravel parking area and the road. I am looking forward to the improvement although I no longer drive.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR TROOPS, POLICE OFFIS, FIREMEN/WOMEN AND EMT’s.
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View From The Bridge 5/13/15
VIEW from the BRIDGE
By Muncie
5/13/15
WHITE CLIFFS
Of all the adventurers I have had in Fort Benton, this is now No. 1 in the Top 10. It was Tuesday, May 5th when 9 Visitors Information Center Volunteers and I boarded jet boats for a trip to the White Cliffs. A photo of the group was in last week’s River Press on the last page under the View.
I have talked about the Cliffs at the Visitors Center, I have seen videos, and gazed at the photos hanging in the Center. None of them do justice to actually seeing them and being on the Missouri River that Lewis and Clark traveled over 200 years ago. It is said that they saw the same scenes we were looking at. I kept turning my head from one side to the other and never saw a scene that was the same.
We traveled 28 river miles from river mile marker 41 to 68. River travel is down from 6,034 in 2003 to a count of 4,000 to 5,000 in 2014. Another interesting happening was the 6 MT Conservation Corps young people who are building a fence at the Big Sandy Campgrounds. They waved happily to us as we went by and the other boat stopped to treat them to donuts. The fence is being built to keep out the cattle. They were littering the campground, if you know what I mean. It was the same reason that signs were put up about the dogs at the Old Fort Park during Summer Celebration. (The dogs and cattle do not seem to know where the restrooms are. That was just my sense of humor getting the best of me again.)
We stopped at the Eagle Creek Campground for lunch. We sat on fallen tree logs to eat the lunches we had packed for ourselves. My sandwich was the best I have ever tasted. As I looked around at the river and my surroundings, I remembered how I always wanted to be a nurse. Now I have changed my mind and I want to be a River Ranger.
There were two boats with 5 Information Center Volunteers on each. Our guide was Mark Schaefer who has been with the B.L.M. here in Fort Benton for 15 years. I enjoyed his many captivating stories. On board also was Chelsea Keenan a River Ranger who is from Pennsylvania and has been in Fort Benton for 2 years.
The history lessons were very informative as we floated in the different areas. On the other boat were Dan (the man) DeWitz and Brian Wolf. (I was not able to chat with them because they were in the other boat and I do not know much about them. I’ll make a trip to the M.B.I.C. soon and interrogate their lives. (This is us another joke although I have been told that people do not converse with me because it may end up in the River Press. Honestly, I would never do that and I always ask if I can use their names.)
It was my first trip down the Missouri to the White Cliffs. Years ago Fultz and Arnst had a Van Trip and you viewed the Cliffs from above. It also was a great trip but not as surreal as being on the river.
Oh! I just remembered that I was on the maiden trip of the Keelboat built by Mike Nottingham. We entered the boat in Fort Benton and went down river as far as Coal Banks Landing.
I urge you to make your next vacation a trip to the White Cliffs. Stories were told about making the trip by canoe. It is certainly a wilderness and you are in awe of Louis and Clark making that trip without a map. They tramped those bluffs, coulees, and rocks. How disappointed they must have been to not find a passage to the Pacific.
The sites we saw were at Eagle Creek the U.S.S. Mandan engraved on a cliff, Citadel Rock, Hole in the Wall, and Dark Butte. There were hundreds of rock formations that we used our imaginations as to what they looked like.
The whole trip took 6 hours. We met at the Missouri Breaks Int. Center at 9:00 and were driven to Coal Banks. Our lunch at Eagle Creek took about an hour. We boarded the boats again at 12:15, continued down river, turned around, returned to Coal Banks, were driven to Fort Benton, and it was 3:00. It was a wonderful appreciation trip for 10 volunteers and we will never forget it or those who took such good care of us.
INVITATION
Karl Bodmer, in 1830, did landscapes of the White Cliffs. You have an opportunity to visit the Old Fort (for no charge,) on and the Starr Gallery of Western Art in the Bourgeois House to see the Bodmer landscapes the evening of May 22nd.
A public presentation by musicians Peter and Molly from Highwood and on The Old Fort History by the Fort Historical Committee will take place at 7:00 p.m. What an opportunity for a family “togetherness” outing. Please take advantage of this occasion as it may not come along again for another year. It is special educational opportunity for the children to learn about Fort Benton. See you there!
LONGHORN DAY
I did not have room last week to write about Longhorn Day. What a great job the high school students did. The Levee Walking Trail was cleared of many dead leaves, bushes, and branches. I hope that the Longhorns enjoyed their work as much as we enjoyed seeing what they had accomplished. Go Horns!
POPS CONCERT
I really enjoyed the Fort Benton High School Spring Pops Concert. I told several of the vocalists that they should be on America Has Talent TV show. What a pleasure it was to watch Eric Lenington conduct. I felt as though I was in Carnegie Hall. Kudos to Joellyn Clark for all her volunteering to be an accompanist for the many programs she does. I appreciate the pleasant evening of entertainment.
SENIOR MOMENTS
In a senior moment last week I forgot to share a senior moment. Here are two this week to make up for it.
“I’m going to retire and live off my savings. Not sure what I will do the second week.”
“Even duct tape can’ fix stupid…but it can muffle the sound.”
GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR TROOPS and WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS.
By Muncie
5/13/15
WHITE CLIFFS
Of all the adventurers I have had in Fort Benton, this is now No. 1 in the Top 10. It was Tuesday, May 5th when 9 Visitors Information Center Volunteers and I boarded jet boats for a trip to the White Cliffs. A photo of the group was in last week’s River Press on the last page under the View.
I have talked about the Cliffs at the Visitors Center, I have seen videos, and gazed at the photos hanging in the Center. None of them do justice to actually seeing them and being on the Missouri River that Lewis and Clark traveled over 200 years ago. It is said that they saw the same scenes we were looking at. I kept turning my head from one side to the other and never saw a scene that was the same.
We traveled 28 river miles from river mile marker 41 to 68. River travel is down from 6,034 in 2003 to a count of 4,000 to 5,000 in 2014. Another interesting happening was the 6 MT Conservation Corps young people who are building a fence at the Big Sandy Campgrounds. They waved happily to us as we went by and the other boat stopped to treat them to donuts. The fence is being built to keep out the cattle. They were littering the campground, if you know what I mean. It was the same reason that signs were put up about the dogs at the Old Fort Park during Summer Celebration. (The dogs and cattle do not seem to know where the restrooms are. That was just my sense of humor getting the best of me again.)
We stopped at the Eagle Creek Campground for lunch. We sat on fallen tree logs to eat the lunches we had packed for ourselves. My sandwich was the best I have ever tasted. As I looked around at the river and my surroundings, I remembered how I always wanted to be a nurse. Now I have changed my mind and I want to be a River Ranger.
There were two boats with 5 Information Center Volunteers on each. Our guide was Mark Schaefer who has been with the B.L.M. here in Fort Benton for 15 years. I enjoyed his many captivating stories. On board also was Chelsea Keenan a River Ranger who is from Pennsylvania and has been in Fort Benton for 2 years.
The history lessons were very informative as we floated in the different areas. On the other boat were Dan (the man) DeWitz and Brian Wolf. (I was not able to chat with them because they were in the other boat and I do not know much about them. I’ll make a trip to the M.B.I.C. soon and interrogate their lives. (This is us another joke although I have been told that people do not converse with me because it may end up in the River Press. Honestly, I would never do that and I always ask if I can use their names.)
It was my first trip down the Missouri to the White Cliffs. Years ago Fultz and Arnst had a Van Trip and you viewed the Cliffs from above. It also was a great trip but not as surreal as being on the river.
Oh! I just remembered that I was on the maiden trip of the Keelboat built by Mike Nottingham. We entered the boat in Fort Benton and went down river as far as Coal Banks Landing.
I urge you to make your next vacation a trip to the White Cliffs. Stories were told about making the trip by canoe. It is certainly a wilderness and you are in awe of Louis and Clark making that trip without a map. They tramped those bluffs, coulees, and rocks. How disappointed they must have been to not find a passage to the Pacific.
The sites we saw were at Eagle Creek the U.S.S. Mandan engraved on a cliff, Citadel Rock, Hole in the Wall, and Dark Butte. There were hundreds of rock formations that we used our imaginations as to what they looked like.
The whole trip took 6 hours. We met at the Missouri Breaks Int. Center at 9:00 and were driven to Coal Banks. Our lunch at Eagle Creek took about an hour. We boarded the boats again at 12:15, continued down river, turned around, returned to Coal Banks, were driven to Fort Benton, and it was 3:00. It was a wonderful appreciation trip for 10 volunteers and we will never forget it or those who took such good care of us.
INVITATION
Karl Bodmer, in 1830, did landscapes of the White Cliffs. You have an opportunity to visit the Old Fort (for no charge,) on and the Starr Gallery of Western Art in the Bourgeois House to see the Bodmer landscapes the evening of May 22nd.
A public presentation by musicians Peter and Molly from Highwood and on The Old Fort History by the Fort Historical Committee will take place at 7:00 p.m. What an opportunity for a family “togetherness” outing. Please take advantage of this occasion as it may not come along again for another year. It is special educational opportunity for the children to learn about Fort Benton. See you there!
LONGHORN DAY
I did not have room last week to write about Longhorn Day. What a great job the high school students did. The Levee Walking Trail was cleared of many dead leaves, bushes, and branches. I hope that the Longhorns enjoyed their work as much as we enjoyed seeing what they had accomplished. Go Horns!
POPS CONCERT
I really enjoyed the Fort Benton High School Spring Pops Concert. I told several of the vocalists that they should be on America Has Talent TV show. What a pleasure it was to watch Eric Lenington conduct. I felt as though I was in Carnegie Hall. Kudos to Joellyn Clark for all her volunteering to be an accompanist for the many programs she does. I appreciate the pleasant evening of entertainment.
SENIOR MOMENTS
In a senior moment last week I forgot to share a senior moment. Here are two this week to make up for it.
“I’m going to retire and live off my savings. Not sure what I will do the second week.”
“Even duct tape can’ fix stupid…but it can muffle the sound.”
GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR TROOPS and WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS.
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