Showing posts with label longhorns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label longhorns. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
View From The Bridge 2/6/13
“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
By Muncie
2-6-13
HERBERT THE ENTERTAINER
I spent a wonderful hour listening to Herbert’s music last Friday evening. If you remember, Herbert comes to Fort Benton twice a year. He did have his three little puppets along and when he was about to put Pepe back into the box, I shouted “No. I wrote in the View that I wanted to hold him.” Of course, Herbert knew nothing of what I was talking about, however I did hold Pepe for the rest of the hour. I kind of worked my hands inside his mouth and he gave me a couple of kisses. I believe that Wally and I were the only ones outside of the Bluffs residents that attended. Some excuses that were explained to me where that they forgot. Please go through your River Press and write the dates on your calendar. Then all you have to remember is to look at your calendar every day. Good Luck.
TEA EXTRAVAGANZA
I was able to attend the Tea Party held at the Community Bible Church last Saturday afternoon. Very special music was played on the guitar and songs were sung by the lovely and talented Jamie Carrier, much to my delight. Bonnie Lewis presented a power point about her Mission trip to Southwestern Asia. I am not sure if she was the photographer but whoever it was, did a fantastic job. There were pictures of places that I will never see in my lifetime. There were 54 women who enjoyed the presentations. Next on the program was, Dawn Colby, who is the author of a book titled, “Testimony on the Love Ignited.” There was a story to be told and you will have to read her book to get the whole story.
Afterward we went to the basement community room where we were served many kinds of tea. Each beautiful teapot was labeled with the flavor of tea. Each table was set with a linen tablecloth and there were the most beautiful napkins I have ever seen. They had crocheting around the edges and they brought back memories of my Mom. She lived to crochet. I can still picture her sitting in the living room crocheting every evening after supper. We did not have TV in those days but listened to the radio.
I inquired about the napkins and was not able to find out where they came from. (Perhaps someone from the Community Bible Church will remember and call me.) However, I was told that the Church has a good supply of them in their pantry.
I had to bow out early because I was leaving for Helena at 4:00 p.m. There was a Football Banquet being held at Carroll College and I have a grandson, Bryan, who plays football for Carroll. He was recruited from C.M.R. in Great Falls and is a Nursing Student. It was very interesting to hear about all the graduating seniors. Even though Carroll did not make it to the National Championship, there were still lots of kudos to go around. The “Saints” love their athletic students no matter what, just as we do here in Fort Benton. It is all about loving the games and doing the best you can. Go Longhorns.
P.S. Even though I departed early, I won a door prize and it was delivered to my home on Sunday morning. How great is that! Oh, it was a beautiful plant in a neat basket and I will enjoy it.
LONGHORNS
I read and reread the article about the double overtime game of a few weeks ago. We did attend that game and reading about it was like living it over again. What an exciting game! I do not believe we have had an overtime game for a long while. I was enthusiastic about going to that game because our caretaker/helper, son Randy, was out of town. We found, as usual, there are many caretakers everywhere we go. Kind and caring people were quickly attentive to helping us get seated by carrying the stadium seats up the stairs and placing them. After the game, they were there helping Wally down the stairs. I was very happy that I was at that game because it would be the last one we could attend this season. I will miss the games and hope to be there when the next season rolls around. Go Longhorns and Lady Longhorns.
REMINDERS
RECYCLING
Do not forget to recycle your newspapers and cardboard on Saturday the 16th. Details in last weeks River Press. Most important is the Community Recycle Meeting on February 7th. It is so important that you readers be there at the High School Library.
VALENTINE’S DAY
The next edition of the River Press will be February 13th and perhaps you will not read my reminder until after Valentine’s Day. It is all about “LOVE.” Tell everyone you know how much you love him or her. “What is love means,” belongs here, and so read on.
7. “Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like. They look gross when they kiss.” Emily – age 8
8. “Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” Bobby – age 7 (Wow!)
C.C.P.A.
A biggie is also coming up two days after Valentines Day. The Chouteau County Performing Arts is presenting on February 16th, “VEGAS NIGHT IN FORT BENTON,” at the Ag Center. The show begins at 7:00 p.m. and because this is the most popular of the Performing Arts programs, be sure to arrive early. It is going to be a blockbuster show starring Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin You will not believe that they are not Monroe and Martin. (A few years ago a group of us went to Helena’s Performing Arts to see Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra. It was fabulous. I wonder how long the actors/singers have to practice to sound like and do the body language of those famous stars. Perhaps I will be able to talk to Monroe and Martin that evening and they will give me some answers. An interesting fact is that Susan Griffiths, who plays Marilyn, is so good at what she does, played in the TV movie, “Marilyn and Me.”
WEATHER
Winter is now half over and the days are getting longer. Not long ago it was dark at 4:30 p.m. and now it is almost 5:45 p.m. before it is dark. I just checked the Inter-Net and found that Daylight Savings Time begins on March the 10th. That is just a little over a month away. I think that I told you about a clock that I have in my kitchen that is a Westminster chiming. It is very touchy to set and reset, so I decided the last time I took it to The World of Time, that I would just leave it alone. There are only four (4) months that I have to remember that clock is an hour ahead. I am doubly overjoyed when Daylight Savings time starts because I will not be early for appointments for the next eight (8) months. There are some great moments in life and this is one of mine. I am easy to please.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR TROOPS. WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
View From The Bridge 11/24/10
“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
By Muncie
11/24/10
CITY HALL
Attending the City Council meetings gave me the privilege of being the first person to be given a tour of their new digs. Mayor Morris was my tour guide along with Councilman Don Hazen. I am impressed. It is just what a City Hall should be and the entire city of Fort Benton should be very proud. From the front entrance to the back of the Police Department are orderly and a place for everything and everything in its place.
There are a few minor details to be completed but the most important features are finished (like the restrooms and the heating system.) The council tables are not in place yet but one great advantage of the council room is the acoustics. I could hear everything although the visitor chairs are not closer to the council tables. (Maybe I am not getting hard of hearing.) I still have a vivid memory of the inside as it was before and you have to see to believe the changes. There will be an open house that will be announced soon.
I can hardly wait until next spring. When the Visitors Information Center opens, the volunteers will be directing Visitors to the Bureau of Land Management building. We will be able to tell the Visitors to take note of our newly renovated City Hall and Police Department on the way.
LONGHORNS
I have not talked to any of the Football Team members but…we feel proud once again that the Longhorns won their game against Chinook 44 to 24. The Longhorns were Chinook’s only loss. It was the best game of the year. We are proud though that a team from our conference won the state championship but…there is that little glitch in our minds that we were the team that beat Chinook. It seems to be some sort of consolation.
VETERANS PHOTOS
The photos are still coming in much to my pleasure. However, now the corrections are being to trickle in. Unfortunately, those photos that were missed from the supplement will have to wait until next year. We are very sorry but there was confusion with having pictures being sent to four different places. I tried to note who brought me pictures but neglected to tell the Sunrise Bluffs, the River Press staff and the Research office to do the same. That made it difficult to obtain bios when I did not have a name and phone number to check them.
I am again urging those who turned in photos without bios to mail them to me at P.O. Box 866 or e-mail them at muncie1929@itstriangle.com I would like to do a special notebook with all the bios. Keep those photos coming. I hope that you are not tired of me nagging you about this project but I have found that at times it takes many times to get something like a photo. If you do not have a photo, then just send the bio and we will put it into a frame. Do not forget rank, (at the time of discharge or retirement,) name with middle initial, and the service they were in.
WEATHER
Well, it is all about the weather this week. Mother Nature dumped on us a bit more this past week because she went around us the week before. It is getting a little tough to handle not only the snow but also the cold. We did not leave the house over the weekend and will not until it warms up a bit. That may be Wednesday and I will have to get outside and get my River Press of course.
Our grandson, Grayson who now lives in Helena, loves winter/snow. I called him to see if it was snowing in Helena and he was so happy that it was time for sledding. I am happy that someone is happy about it. For me…we have said every year that when the winter type weather comes along, we may become Snowbirds. This may be the year but if I even really think about it, I get homesick. I do not like to be away from Fort Benton for any extended length of time. I think we will just tough it out another year.
PIE DAY
I do not know if the View had anything to do with the turnout for Pie Day, but it was more of a success this month. We arrived at the Golden Age about l0:15 a.m. and the Pie Ladies said that most of the pies were already gone. We did not know some people so perhaps next month we can meet them as we were a little pressed for time.
Gladys Peres brought a homemade cherry pie, (not a mix,) and her crust is so flakey. You are the Queen Pie Baker Gladys along with Arlene Ayers. I think there should be a class at the high school for pie making. It is a dying art and Mrs. Callender is taking over. There are other great pie makers as evidenced by the Summer Celebration Pie Contest but…for old fashioned, old-time pie baking; no one can beat Gladys and Arlene. Yummy.
WINTER CELEBRATION
Homes are being decorated and what fun it is to ride around after dark to check them out. Floats are now in preparation for the parade. All the businesses are gearing up for visits from the community. Our neighboring communities are also included in the day’s festivities. Try to visit all of them and take advantage of their specials and the Christmas Button. See if you can guess who Santa is on the button this year. He is different Santa than last year. Have fun.
IMPROVEMENT
H and O Parts has a new coat of white paint and looks bright, shiny and inviting. I remember like it was yesterday, when they painted it a few years ago. It seems like a couple of years ago but probably was about five. They did a lot of scraping and sanding because the weather plays havoc with the wood trim.
Some of the older buildings are also being improved like the old River Press building. Terri Baker has done a great job with her old building. I visited her the other day as she said she would do some picture framing jobs for the Veterans Photo project. Her plans for the building are moving along and I will keep you up to date on what is happening there.
SO LONG FOR NOW
You should be well into Christmas shopping, Christmas cards and cookie baking by this time next week. It is four weeks from Saturday and so much to do. Relax, enjoy, and do not be stressed. I am directing this to the women readers…”When momma ain’t happy, there ain’t nobody happy.” So be as happy as you possibly can and make it a holiday that everyone will remember.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
By Muncie
11/24/10
CITY HALL
Attending the City Council meetings gave me the privilege of being the first person to be given a tour of their new digs. Mayor Morris was my tour guide along with Councilman Don Hazen. I am impressed. It is just what a City Hall should be and the entire city of Fort Benton should be very proud. From the front entrance to the back of the Police Department are orderly and a place for everything and everything in its place.
There are a few minor details to be completed but the most important features are finished (like the restrooms and the heating system.) The council tables are not in place yet but one great advantage of the council room is the acoustics. I could hear everything although the visitor chairs are not closer to the council tables. (Maybe I am not getting hard of hearing.) I still have a vivid memory of the inside as it was before and you have to see to believe the changes. There will be an open house that will be announced soon.
I can hardly wait until next spring. When the Visitors Information Center opens, the volunteers will be directing Visitors to the Bureau of Land Management building. We will be able to tell the Visitors to take note of our newly renovated City Hall and Police Department on the way.
LONGHORNS
I have not talked to any of the Football Team members but…we feel proud once again that the Longhorns won their game against Chinook 44 to 24. The Longhorns were Chinook’s only loss. It was the best game of the year. We are proud though that a team from our conference won the state championship but…there is that little glitch in our minds that we were the team that beat Chinook. It seems to be some sort of consolation.
VETERANS PHOTOS
The photos are still coming in much to my pleasure. However, now the corrections are being to trickle in. Unfortunately, those photos that were missed from the supplement will have to wait until next year. We are very sorry but there was confusion with having pictures being sent to four different places. I tried to note who brought me pictures but neglected to tell the Sunrise Bluffs, the River Press staff and the Research office to do the same. That made it difficult to obtain bios when I did not have a name and phone number to check them.
I am again urging those who turned in photos without bios to mail them to me at P.O. Box 866 or e-mail them at muncie1929@itstriangle.com I would like to do a special notebook with all the bios. Keep those photos coming. I hope that you are not tired of me nagging you about this project but I have found that at times it takes many times to get something like a photo. If you do not have a photo, then just send the bio and we will put it into a frame. Do not forget rank, (at the time of discharge or retirement,) name with middle initial, and the service they were in.
WEATHER
Well, it is all about the weather this week. Mother Nature dumped on us a bit more this past week because she went around us the week before. It is getting a little tough to handle not only the snow but also the cold. We did not leave the house over the weekend and will not until it warms up a bit. That may be Wednesday and I will have to get outside and get my River Press of course.
Our grandson, Grayson who now lives in Helena, loves winter/snow. I called him to see if it was snowing in Helena and he was so happy that it was time for sledding. I am happy that someone is happy about it. For me…we have said every year that when the winter type weather comes along, we may become Snowbirds. This may be the year but if I even really think about it, I get homesick. I do not like to be away from Fort Benton for any extended length of time. I think we will just tough it out another year.
PIE DAY
I do not know if the View had anything to do with the turnout for Pie Day, but it was more of a success this month. We arrived at the Golden Age about l0:15 a.m. and the Pie Ladies said that most of the pies were already gone. We did not know some people so perhaps next month we can meet them as we were a little pressed for time.
Gladys Peres brought a homemade cherry pie, (not a mix,) and her crust is so flakey. You are the Queen Pie Baker Gladys along with Arlene Ayers. I think there should be a class at the high school for pie making. It is a dying art and Mrs. Callender is taking over. There are other great pie makers as evidenced by the Summer Celebration Pie Contest but…for old fashioned, old-time pie baking; no one can beat Gladys and Arlene. Yummy.
WINTER CELEBRATION
Homes are being decorated and what fun it is to ride around after dark to check them out. Floats are now in preparation for the parade. All the businesses are gearing up for visits from the community. Our neighboring communities are also included in the day’s festivities. Try to visit all of them and take advantage of their specials and the Christmas Button. See if you can guess who Santa is on the button this year. He is different Santa than last year. Have fun.
IMPROVEMENT
H and O Parts has a new coat of white paint and looks bright, shiny and inviting. I remember like it was yesterday, when they painted it a few years ago. It seems like a couple of years ago but probably was about five. They did a lot of scraping and sanding because the weather plays havoc with the wood trim.
Some of the older buildings are also being improved like the old River Press building. Terri Baker has done a great job with her old building. I visited her the other day as she said she would do some picture framing jobs for the Veterans Photo project. Her plans for the building are moving along and I will keep you up to date on what is happening there.
SO LONG FOR NOW
You should be well into Christmas shopping, Christmas cards and cookie baking by this time next week. It is four weeks from Saturday and so much to do. Relax, enjoy, and do not be stressed. I am directing this to the women readers…”When momma ain’t happy, there ain’t nobody happy.” So be as happy as you possibly can and make it a holiday that everyone will remember.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
View From The Bridge 11/3/10
VIEW from the BRIDGE
By Muncie
11-3-10
BOO!
Do you want the scary side or the not-so-scary side? That was the question on Halloween night when I arrived at the ZombieVille Haunted House. We only had 10 Munchkins come for Trick or Treating, (maybe I scared them off by my comments last week about doing a Trick in the manner of a song or dance.)
It was 7:30 p.m. when Connie Jenkins came rushing over to take me to the Sheriff’s office. She said, “You have got to see this,” and away we went on our brooms. It was the greatest, scariest, perfectly designed, Haunted House I have ever been to. The Ghosts and Goblins must have worked through several nights, (they only work at night,) to be ready for the big night. I wonder how some of those creatures knew my name. I must be on a list for monsters to scare. Whatever the circumstances, I had the time of my life and found I could scream with the best of them. GO ZOMBIEVILLE.
LONGHORNS
It was quite a game show that you put on for us last Saturday. Hollywood could not put out a script like that. It was one of those games that you did not dare leave the stadium before the end of the game for fear that you might miss some thrilling offensive or defensive plays. No one moved from the area where we were sitting and a good thing because even with the last 18.7 seconds left on the clock, Fairview’s Quarterback Cody Vitt (the big kid,) ran a kick-off 79 yards for a touchdown. Then on the kick-off to Fort Benton, Riley Shaw ran 70 yards, which put the finishing touches on a most exciting game. GO HORNS.
We would also like to mention that all of the fans appreciate the Andreasen’s for the transporting “The White Longhorn,” to the games. It is a real effort on their part to get that large animal onto a truck, drive it to Fort Benton, set-up a pen, stand guard on it, load it back into the truck, drive back to the ranch, unload it, and call it a night. I say it helps the team to win as they are mighty like the bull and they do not give up.
Likewise, appreciation goes to those fans on the hill. We have been told that you have been very generous to the Football Team. That is especially important for the Play-Off games because of the added expense of those events. Keep up the good work and honk a little louder please, to let us know you are there.
SCHOOL SONG
This question has been asked of me many times and after singing the School Song so many times at the game on Saturday, the question came up again. What is our creed? The last line of the song is, “And we shall ever profit by your creed.”
I made a few phone calls without success. Then I phoned my stepdaughter, Darcy Morger Grovenstein who lives in Prescott Valley, AZ. She is our family historian and researcher. Sure enough, she found the answer.
In the 1960s and 70s the school motto was “We Try Harder.” In the 1969 Yearbook, there is a drawing of the School Crest on the Dedication page with the following note: “We the Publications Class, dedicate this, the 1969 Pioneer, to the future generation of students for whom this crest has been created. To those who have in the past walked these hallowed halls as students, we say “thank-you” for setting the highest standards of honor, integrity, and service for which this crest stands. Let it be said of the students to come, that they too upheld these traditions of excellence.” The crest has three words on the bottom…Comatus Plus Contendemus, which is Latin and translates to “We Try Harder.” Mest
SHORTHORNS FIGHT SONG
Darcy also remembered the words to the Shorthorns Fight Song (sung to tune of On Wisconsin.) “Benton Junior High, Benton Junior High. Always Fair and Square, All the boys and all the girls, Are here to do their share. Rah Rah Rah! Benton Junior High, Benton Junior High. Victory is nigh. So fight fellas, Fight Fight Fight! For Junior High! Junior High Rah Rah! Junior High Rah Rah! Junior High, Junior High, Junior High!
How many of you Alumni remember that song? How many of you remember that there was a Basketball Fight Song? How many of you remember that the Junior High colors were blue and white for several years? Who remembers when the High School colors were Cardinal Red, White, and Gold? When did that change? What do you remember?
RECYCLING
Last week when I told you about calling Helena to find out what to do with glass bottles, I also asked what to do with office paper. Discard the office paper with your newspapers. I am trying to get this information to the schools, businesses, and the hospital who discard great amounts of office paper to recycle it. Do it even if you have to take it home to discard with your own newspapers. Be sure to take any papers that have personal or business information and shred them. GO RECYCLERS.
This recycling tip is especially for mothers who use flushable wipes or anyone else who may use these products...Please do not flush them. Fort Benton’s system cannot accommodate these wipes. I frankly do not have any advice as to what to do with them. I would say, without very much research on the subject that you would dispose of them the same way you dispose of diapers. I can imagine that this may upset your schedules but think of it as avoiding problems with the sewage system. You would be doing a good deed for recycling.
Actually mothers, we senior women talk often about how lucky you young women are today when disposable diapers came on the scene. I will not go into a lot of detail here but…you never had to worry about sticking the baby with a pin, rinsing out a diaper, a diaper pail, no disposable wipes, another rinse in the washing machine and then the actual washing. Then there was the folding of perhaps 3 to 4 dozen diapers after drying in a dryer. Whoa, perhaps you did not have a dryer and you had to hang them on a clothesline in all kinds of weather.
Perhaps you were lucky and had a basement in which to hang them. I can see all of you seniors, nodding your heads. Do you wonder what we did with our time? Wonder no more because that one chore took hours each week.
Young mothers…I am teasing you. Just as my mother said she would not trade places with me because of my activities outside the home, I would not trade with you. You have so many more school activities, lessons of all sorts, etc than I ever had.
I will end this with this statement, “just do what you have to do and do the rest when your children are grown and gone.” I will add, “teach them to recycle and save our earth.” Children love to recycle. They will sort for you and put the items in makeshift bins. They are natural recyclers. GO KIDDOS.
C.C.P.A.
Nothing could have been more entertaining than last Wednesday performance by Philip Fortenberry. A comment made by Evan Goldhaun was, “We have had that grand piano for 4 or 5 years and this was the first time that it was played like a piano should be played.”
We sit close to the front and I could not believe how fast Philip’s fingers moved. They were so fast that I could hardly see them. His show was called, “Broadway, My Way.” There was no acting, no singing, just the beautiful songs from Broadway shows. They were familiar songs and a plus was the program that listed his choice of numbers.
It was a delightful evening and Fort Benton was chosen by his agents as a starting place to perform in Montana, as Philip had never been in our state before. Many of the audience are in hopes that he will return soon.
SO LONG FOR NOW
You have another week to turn in your photos for the Veterans Project and for the River Press Veterans supplement. Do not procrastinate any longer. Find those photos and get them to the River Press office, the Sunrise Bluffs, or to me at my home. I am in the phone book. You do not want your loved one to be left out.
Take good care of yourselves, do a good deed, and read the River Press for the latest breaking news. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
By Muncie
11-3-10
BOO!
Do you want the scary side or the not-so-scary side? That was the question on Halloween night when I arrived at the ZombieVille Haunted House. We only had 10 Munchkins come for Trick or Treating, (maybe I scared them off by my comments last week about doing a Trick in the manner of a song or dance.)
It was 7:30 p.m. when Connie Jenkins came rushing over to take me to the Sheriff’s office. She said, “You have got to see this,” and away we went on our brooms. It was the greatest, scariest, perfectly designed, Haunted House I have ever been to. The Ghosts and Goblins must have worked through several nights, (they only work at night,) to be ready for the big night. I wonder how some of those creatures knew my name. I must be on a list for monsters to scare. Whatever the circumstances, I had the time of my life and found I could scream with the best of them. GO ZOMBIEVILLE.
LONGHORNS
It was quite a game show that you put on for us last Saturday. Hollywood could not put out a script like that. It was one of those games that you did not dare leave the stadium before the end of the game for fear that you might miss some thrilling offensive or defensive plays. No one moved from the area where we were sitting and a good thing because even with the last 18.7 seconds left on the clock, Fairview’s Quarterback Cody Vitt (the big kid,) ran a kick-off 79 yards for a touchdown. Then on the kick-off to Fort Benton, Riley Shaw ran 70 yards, which put the finishing touches on a most exciting game. GO HORNS.
We would also like to mention that all of the fans appreciate the Andreasen’s for the transporting “The White Longhorn,” to the games. It is a real effort on their part to get that large animal onto a truck, drive it to Fort Benton, set-up a pen, stand guard on it, load it back into the truck, drive back to the ranch, unload it, and call it a night. I say it helps the team to win as they are mighty like the bull and they do not give up.
Likewise, appreciation goes to those fans on the hill. We have been told that you have been very generous to the Football Team. That is especially important for the Play-Off games because of the added expense of those events. Keep up the good work and honk a little louder please, to let us know you are there.
SCHOOL SONG
This question has been asked of me many times and after singing the School Song so many times at the game on Saturday, the question came up again. What is our creed? The last line of the song is, “And we shall ever profit by your creed.”
I made a few phone calls without success. Then I phoned my stepdaughter, Darcy Morger Grovenstein who lives in Prescott Valley, AZ. She is our family historian and researcher. Sure enough, she found the answer.
In the 1960s and 70s the school motto was “We Try Harder.” In the 1969 Yearbook, there is a drawing of the School Crest on the Dedication page with the following note: “We the Publications Class, dedicate this, the 1969 Pioneer, to the future generation of students for whom this crest has been created. To those who have in the past walked these hallowed halls as students, we say “thank-you” for setting the highest standards of honor, integrity, and service for which this crest stands. Let it be said of the students to come, that they too upheld these traditions of excellence.” The crest has three words on the bottom…Comatus Plus Contendemus, which is Latin and translates to “We Try Harder.” Mest
SHORTHORNS FIGHT SONG
Darcy also remembered the words to the Shorthorns Fight Song (sung to tune of On Wisconsin.) “Benton Junior High, Benton Junior High. Always Fair and Square, All the boys and all the girls, Are here to do their share. Rah Rah Rah! Benton Junior High, Benton Junior High. Victory is nigh. So fight fellas, Fight Fight Fight! For Junior High! Junior High Rah Rah! Junior High Rah Rah! Junior High, Junior High, Junior High!
How many of you Alumni remember that song? How many of you remember that there was a Basketball Fight Song? How many of you remember that the Junior High colors were blue and white for several years? Who remembers when the High School colors were Cardinal Red, White, and Gold? When did that change? What do you remember?
RECYCLING
Last week when I told you about calling Helena to find out what to do with glass bottles, I also asked what to do with office paper. Discard the office paper with your newspapers. I am trying to get this information to the schools, businesses, and the hospital who discard great amounts of office paper to recycle it. Do it even if you have to take it home to discard with your own newspapers. Be sure to take any papers that have personal or business information and shred them. GO RECYCLERS.
This recycling tip is especially for mothers who use flushable wipes or anyone else who may use these products...Please do not flush them. Fort Benton’s system cannot accommodate these wipes. I frankly do not have any advice as to what to do with them. I would say, without very much research on the subject that you would dispose of them the same way you dispose of diapers. I can imagine that this may upset your schedules but think of it as avoiding problems with the sewage system. You would be doing a good deed for recycling.
Actually mothers, we senior women talk often about how lucky you young women are today when disposable diapers came on the scene. I will not go into a lot of detail here but…you never had to worry about sticking the baby with a pin, rinsing out a diaper, a diaper pail, no disposable wipes, another rinse in the washing machine and then the actual washing. Then there was the folding of perhaps 3 to 4 dozen diapers after drying in a dryer. Whoa, perhaps you did not have a dryer and you had to hang them on a clothesline in all kinds of weather.
Perhaps you were lucky and had a basement in which to hang them. I can see all of you seniors, nodding your heads. Do you wonder what we did with our time? Wonder no more because that one chore took hours each week.
Young mothers…I am teasing you. Just as my mother said she would not trade places with me because of my activities outside the home, I would not trade with you. You have so many more school activities, lessons of all sorts, etc than I ever had.
I will end this with this statement, “just do what you have to do and do the rest when your children are grown and gone.” I will add, “teach them to recycle and save our earth.” Children love to recycle. They will sort for you and put the items in makeshift bins. They are natural recyclers. GO KIDDOS.
C.C.P.A.
Nothing could have been more entertaining than last Wednesday performance by Philip Fortenberry. A comment made by Evan Goldhaun was, “We have had that grand piano for 4 or 5 years and this was the first time that it was played like a piano should be played.”
We sit close to the front and I could not believe how fast Philip’s fingers moved. They were so fast that I could hardly see them. His show was called, “Broadway, My Way.” There was no acting, no singing, just the beautiful songs from Broadway shows. They were familiar songs and a plus was the program that listed his choice of numbers.
It was a delightful evening and Fort Benton was chosen by his agents as a starting place to perform in Montana, as Philip had never been in our state before. Many of the audience are in hopes that he will return soon.
SO LONG FOR NOW
You have another week to turn in your photos for the Veterans Project and for the River Press Veterans supplement. Do not procrastinate any longer. Find those photos and get them to the River Press office, the Sunrise Bluffs, or to me at my home. I am in the phone book. You do not want your loved one to be left out.
Take good care of yourselves, do a good deed, and read the River Press for the latest breaking news. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
View From The Bridge 10/6/10
“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
By Muncie
10-6-10
VETERANS PHOTO PROJECT
Can you imagine how thrilled I was last week Tuesday at the Research Center when Ellen Ames Bronec brought in a photo of her great grandfather who fought in the Civil War. I believe that I mentioned Civil War before in my requests for photos but not in the last few weeks. I thought it an impossibility. Ellen you are the greatest for taking the time to go through your memorabilia and finding not only that photo but also several others from other wars.
Later that afternoon, Ken Robison came up with three (3) more photos that were on the archive files of Civil War Veterans. As of last Tuesday, there are thirty-one (31) pictures in the file and the dozen black frames that I found for $1.00 each have been used. I will be getting more.
My request for someone to make signs designating each war has not yet been met. I tried on my computer but it would not cooperate with me. I managed an 8 x 10 with a gold star border but could not get, for example, WWI to enlarge in the middle. Perhaps someone whose computer likes them could manage it for me. I thought my computer and I were getting to like each other but now we are estranged again. I may not speak to it for a week after I finish this “View,” until next week when I have to turn it on again.
I thought that I had mentioned the project too many times but found last week that it was just being recognized for what the project is all about. I would like to say again that if the Veteran or currant Service Person is in Chouteau County, has lived in Chouteau County, does not live in Chouteau County, but is related to you in any way, then the project wants the picture.
Please turn in a 5 x 7 black and white or colored photo in a plain 5 x 7 black frame either to the Research Center on Tuesdays only from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or the Sunrise Bluffs that is open every day. Talk to your family, friends, and neighbors and perhaps we will have hundreds of pictures, at least that is our goal. I will keep you posted.
RECYCLING
I verified this morning that the Fort Benton High School does still collect old phone books. They receive some funds for this so please drop your old books (they will not take 2011 books,) at either the High School or if it is more convenient, at the Elementary School. There used to be a day that phone books were delivered to your home and you could refuse them if you so chose. Today they are placed in your mailbox and you do not have a choice. The only possible call you could make would be to the publisher and tell them you do not want their book. Perhaps they would then not send so many. Good luck with that.
The Elementary School no longer collects plastic bags. They discontinued this project a while back. I do encourage you to buy cloth bags and do not forget to take them into the stores when you shop. It is a difficult thing for me to remember and I always have to return to my vehicle to get them. Oh well, I need the exercise.
On that subject, I would like to talk about junk mail which is well over half of our mail every day. I called the number I was given by the Post Office, twice, and I also wrote a letter. Since I did that, I am getting twice as much junk mail and catalogs as I did before. Honestly, one day we had 11 pieces of mail and 8 were junk mail. What a waste of time, material, and patience. I will try again but I am afraid that I will get three times as much junk. How does a small gift store in the upper corner of Maine, get my address? I can understand if you have done business with a company, they would have you on their mailing list. But…a gift store in Maine! Give me a break and save a tree. I do not need a catalog from a store in Great Falls that has one every week with, “The Biggest Sale Ever.” How can you have a bigger sale than the one you had just a week ago? The only way to object is a phone call but you do not get anywhere with that either. Just keep recycling until someone gets the picture that we are not looking at their ads. Or is it just me? Give me your opinion when you see me next time in our stores in Fort Benton or on the street.
7th Simple Thing for Recycling: Flip’em off. In much of America we cannot even see the stars anymore due in part to all the electric lights. Keep the light on in the room you are in but keep the rest of your house dark. You will find the dark is soothing.
A BEAUTIFUL STORY
Chouteau County Performing Arts was extraordinary on September 27th. Sax phobia’s fame for the young people was that Rob Verdi came from Disneyland. He said that he refused to play, “It’s a Small, Small World,” one more time as he played it every day for 17 years at Disney. For the rest of us, there attended, it was a history lesson in music. The evening was extremely entertaining and we all went home happy.
For those of you that were not able to attend…I have a story. It was about Rita May and her father’s saxophone. Rita is a Visitor’s Information Volunteer and she was not able to keep her shifts after she was involved in a serious automobile accident at 10th Ave. S and 13th St. in Great Falls.
Because Rita’s shift at the Center was just before mine on Tuesdays, I and all the other Volunteers kept track of her progress in the hospital (6 days,) and when she returned home to recuperate. That is how I got involved by visiting her one-day. She told me the story of her father’s saxophone that day.
When Rob Verdi began telling the story of Rita’s father’s sax, the whole audience listened with rapt attention. Therefore, for those of you who were not there, here is the story. Rita invited Rob to her home for a cup of coffee and to show him her father’s sax that had not been played for thirty six (36) years. Rob tried to play it and found that it only played a couple of notes. He borrowed the sax and spent much of the afternoon fixing it. That evening he played a lovely melody and it sounded like the best sax in the world. Rita was sitting a couple of rows behind us and the tears were rolling down her cheeks. She had wonderful memories of her father playing the sax. I think that is one of the most beautiful stories and should be made into a Hallmark movie. It made a lasting impression of the love of Rita’s family for music because of a saxophone.
LONGHORNS
We were told yesterday that as of now, the Longhorns are in a three-way tie. The Horns, Dutton/Brady, and Chinook are 4 and 1. So hang in there Horns so you can make the playoffs and on from there to the championship. GO HORNS.
SO LONG FOR NOW
No complaints about the weather…hasn’t it been just gorgeous. Walking along the Levee Trail at this time of year is the most beautiful. We could not ask for anything more. Keep these memories tucked away for another time that I do not want to mention.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, Fort Benton, Chouteau County and Montana. We love you all.
By Muncie
10-6-10
VETERANS PHOTO PROJECT
Can you imagine how thrilled I was last week Tuesday at the Research Center when Ellen Ames Bronec brought in a photo of her great grandfather who fought in the Civil War. I believe that I mentioned Civil War before in my requests for photos but not in the last few weeks. I thought it an impossibility. Ellen you are the greatest for taking the time to go through your memorabilia and finding not only that photo but also several others from other wars.
Later that afternoon, Ken Robison came up with three (3) more photos that were on the archive files of Civil War Veterans. As of last Tuesday, there are thirty-one (31) pictures in the file and the dozen black frames that I found for $1.00 each have been used. I will be getting more.
My request for someone to make signs designating each war has not yet been met. I tried on my computer but it would not cooperate with me. I managed an 8 x 10 with a gold star border but could not get, for example, WWI to enlarge in the middle. Perhaps someone whose computer likes them could manage it for me. I thought my computer and I were getting to like each other but now we are estranged again. I may not speak to it for a week after I finish this “View,” until next week when I have to turn it on again.
I thought that I had mentioned the project too many times but found last week that it was just being recognized for what the project is all about. I would like to say again that if the Veteran or currant Service Person is in Chouteau County, has lived in Chouteau County, does not live in Chouteau County, but is related to you in any way, then the project wants the picture.
Please turn in a 5 x 7 black and white or colored photo in a plain 5 x 7 black frame either to the Research Center on Tuesdays only from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or the Sunrise Bluffs that is open every day. Talk to your family, friends, and neighbors and perhaps we will have hundreds of pictures, at least that is our goal. I will keep you posted.
RECYCLING
I verified this morning that the Fort Benton High School does still collect old phone books. They receive some funds for this so please drop your old books (they will not take 2011 books,) at either the High School or if it is more convenient, at the Elementary School. There used to be a day that phone books were delivered to your home and you could refuse them if you so chose. Today they are placed in your mailbox and you do not have a choice. The only possible call you could make would be to the publisher and tell them you do not want their book. Perhaps they would then not send so many. Good luck with that.
The Elementary School no longer collects plastic bags. They discontinued this project a while back. I do encourage you to buy cloth bags and do not forget to take them into the stores when you shop. It is a difficult thing for me to remember and I always have to return to my vehicle to get them. Oh well, I need the exercise.
On that subject, I would like to talk about junk mail which is well over half of our mail every day. I called the number I was given by the Post Office, twice, and I also wrote a letter. Since I did that, I am getting twice as much junk mail and catalogs as I did before. Honestly, one day we had 11 pieces of mail and 8 were junk mail. What a waste of time, material, and patience. I will try again but I am afraid that I will get three times as much junk. How does a small gift store in the upper corner of Maine, get my address? I can understand if you have done business with a company, they would have you on their mailing list. But…a gift store in Maine! Give me a break and save a tree. I do not need a catalog from a store in Great Falls that has one every week with, “The Biggest Sale Ever.” How can you have a bigger sale than the one you had just a week ago? The only way to object is a phone call but you do not get anywhere with that either. Just keep recycling until someone gets the picture that we are not looking at their ads. Or is it just me? Give me your opinion when you see me next time in our stores in Fort Benton or on the street.
7th Simple Thing for Recycling: Flip’em off. In much of America we cannot even see the stars anymore due in part to all the electric lights. Keep the light on in the room you are in but keep the rest of your house dark. You will find the dark is soothing.
A BEAUTIFUL STORY
Chouteau County Performing Arts was extraordinary on September 27th. Sax phobia’s fame for the young people was that Rob Verdi came from Disneyland. He said that he refused to play, “It’s a Small, Small World,” one more time as he played it every day for 17 years at Disney. For the rest of us, there attended, it was a history lesson in music. The evening was extremely entertaining and we all went home happy.
For those of you that were not able to attend…I have a story. It was about Rita May and her father’s saxophone. Rita is a Visitor’s Information Volunteer and she was not able to keep her shifts after she was involved in a serious automobile accident at 10th Ave. S and 13th St. in Great Falls.
Because Rita’s shift at the Center was just before mine on Tuesdays, I and all the other Volunteers kept track of her progress in the hospital (6 days,) and when she returned home to recuperate. That is how I got involved by visiting her one-day. She told me the story of her father’s saxophone that day.
When Rob Verdi began telling the story of Rita’s father’s sax, the whole audience listened with rapt attention. Therefore, for those of you who were not there, here is the story. Rita invited Rob to her home for a cup of coffee and to show him her father’s sax that had not been played for thirty six (36) years. Rob tried to play it and found that it only played a couple of notes. He borrowed the sax and spent much of the afternoon fixing it. That evening he played a lovely melody and it sounded like the best sax in the world. Rita was sitting a couple of rows behind us and the tears were rolling down her cheeks. She had wonderful memories of her father playing the sax. I think that is one of the most beautiful stories and should be made into a Hallmark movie. It made a lasting impression of the love of Rita’s family for music because of a saxophone.
LONGHORNS
We were told yesterday that as of now, the Longhorns are in a three-way tie. The Horns, Dutton/Brady, and Chinook are 4 and 1. So hang in there Horns so you can make the playoffs and on from there to the championship. GO HORNS.
SO LONG FOR NOW
No complaints about the weather…hasn’t it been just gorgeous. Walking along the Levee Trail at this time of year is the most beautiful. We could not ask for anything more. Keep these memories tucked away for another time that I do not want to mention.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, Fort Benton, Chouteau County and Montana. We love you all.
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