“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
By Muncie
10-19-11
THE CAPITOL BUILDING
Wally, Randy (our son,) and I had the privilege of touring the Montana Capitol Building last Friday. What a magnificent structure it is. I was in Helena at the Capitol Building several times during the renovation, but not since it was completed. I urge you, in the event you are in Helena, to go on a tour of the building.
The whole building was restored, as it was when it was originally built. The paintings, the marble floors/columns, the stained windows, and the historic artifacts are a history lover’s heart beat a little faster.
Of course, the two houses of representation are not in session now but will resume in January. They were in session one of the times that I visited and it was exciting to hear history in the making. That is the reason that we should all keep in close contact by phone or e-mail to our representatives. They are influenced by what you think. Their numbers are in the phone book. Take a few minutes to do that phoning as it has so much to do with your future, your children’s, your grandchildren’s, and your great-grandchildren’s. Once laws are made (whether right or wrong,) they are not easy to undo.
I know how busy your lives are and that you say to yourself that you should make a few phones call but never get around to it. I am the same way. Since I learned such a good lesson from my visit to the Capitol, I am going to try harder to be more involved with what is going on in Helena. We, unfortunately, do not get the televised programming of the sessions but with some pressure to your TV provider, that may become a reality.
THE HISTORIC MUSEUM
We also visited the Historic Museum and we learned so much that we had never realized before. The addition to the Historic Museum was one of the failures in the Legislature to appropriate the funds. The Museum needs expanding desperately. There is so much history that there is no room for displaying. Perhaps this piece of legislation will come up in the next session. I understand that all expenses are being cut and an addition would be very expensive. In the meantime, you can support the Historic Museum by a small private donation. Yes, I also know that every organization is asking for funds however, set your priorities and if history is a priority in your life, just do it.
PIE DAY
Just a reminder that Friday, October 21st, is Pie Day. The change will be that it will begin at 2:00 p.m. instead of in the morning. Instead of pie for breakfast, you can now have pie for lunch. It is a wonderful social hour and meeting old friends is such a plus to that afternoon. See you there.
SUNRISE BLUFFS
On Sunday October 23rd, at 7:30 p.m., Herbert the Entertainer will be appearing at the Sunrise Bluffs on his return visit to his home in Saskkatchewan. He puts on a very entertaining program and the public is cordially invited. You will thoroughly enjoy his electric piano, his accordion playing, his singing, his own composed songs, his ventriloquism, and his sense of humor.
Come on over to the Bluffs next Sunday evening and we’ll see you there.
C.C.P.A.
The next evening Monday October 24th, will be the second in the series of eight programs held at the Fort Benton Elementary School. If you enjoy a good laugh this is a show that you should not miss. “Suds N’ Suds” will fulfill a promise of a laugh a minute. It is all about overcoming a life of Montana travels in their newly inherited laundromat with songs and witty banter. Who doesn’t need a good laugh these days with all the bad/sad news on the TV and in the newspapers?
Come, join the C.C.P.A. for your season’s ticket, and enjoy seven more shows. We’ll see you there.
CLARENCE BENJAMIN
We said our so longs to Clarence last Saturday. He was a long time friend and on our rural mail route for years. He was a man who boasted 9 children, 30 grandchildren, and 47 great-grandchildren.
The service was held in the Fort Benton Elementary Auditorium and a luncheon afterward in the gym. We estimated there were about 250 people at the reception. It was truly a celebration of his life. We will remember him always and the memory of the great farmer he was.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
I really am proud of our Elementary and High Schools. They are as well maintained as to my standards of being clean and tidy. I had occasion to visit the High School this past week and that building is also in perfect condition. A fresh paint smell is in the air and there seems to be a place for everything and everything in its place. Appearance is everything and if you perchance would visit the schools, you would be proud too.
I was always a room mother in Michigan and visited the schools often. I saw hallways with papers scattered around, lockers wide open with trash inside and a general disorder. I have been to the high schools in Great Falls and visited college campuses. Here in Montana it seems to be the same story. Tidiness and cleanliness seem to be the norm. Perhaps the difference is the number of students in these schools. We have small enrollments and they are easier to keep track of. Whatever the reason…we can be very proud of the Fort Benton and Montana schools.
PAROPARSDOKIN
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR TROOPS. Be kind and do a good deed every day. . .
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View From The Bridge 12/8/10
“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
by Muncie
12/8/10
WINTER WONDERLAND
To those of you River Press Readers who live in warm states, I wish you could have seen Fort Benton day. It was very cold, (I know you do not miss that,) but it looked like the movies, “White Christmas, Dr. Zhivago, and Call of the Wild.” The trees all over town looked so beautiful with their branches frozen. The sun was shining directly down Front Street and it was a sparkling winter sight.
The Sunrise Bluffs had a spaghetti dinner for the community at 1:00 p.m. today (Sunday.) We were on our way home from the Bluffs on Front Street when we saw how the rain had frozen on the trees. I hurried home to get my camera. I wanted to take a picture of the willow tree across from the Freeze, (you know the one I mean.) I ended up taking a dozen pictures because so many trees looked like a Christmas card. I would not wish the weather we have been having on you Snowbirds but I do wish you could have been here today.
Weather is not much of a subject these days. We all just wish it would go away. We have not seen a Chinook at all and the snow continues to cover the vehicles and the sidewalks almost every day, sometimes twice a day. It is dark by 4:30 p.m. especially when the sun has not shown its face. The cold is tolerable if the sun is shining. Could you Snowbirds possibly send some warm winds our way?
SUNRISE BLUFFS
I mentioned above that the Bluffs had a spaghetti dinner for the community today. They provided the spaghetti dinner and we contributed by bringing salads and desserts. We helped ourselves to the salads first and they were all very pleasing to the palate. We were served our dinners and afterward enjoyed coffee and dessert of which there were many that satisfied our sweet tooth. It is very comfortable at the Bluffs and many of the residents stopped at our table to chat with us.
We used to go to the Bluffs often when our friends Ken and Bonnie Morrow played dance music once a month. Bonnie played the piano and Ken accompanied with his drums. With Ken gone, we do not see much of Bonnie. If she reads the River Press, we would like her to know that we miss Ken very much and we miss seeing her. Life takes such strange turns and we that are left behind must simply adjust. Sometimes it is very difficult to adjust.
BASKETBALL
At last, the season has arrived. There will be a tournament in Fort Benton on Friday evening, the 10th, and Saturday, the 11th. All Girls games are at 3:00p.m. and 6:00p.m and the Boys are at 4:30p.m. and 7:30p.m. The next game will be on the 16th in Big Sandy and the following day, the 17th, the team will play Augusta here at home count. There will be away games on the 18th and 20th at Centerville and Box Elder respectfully and then we will have to wait until the New Year (January 6th,) for the next game and that will be with Geraldine.
I really had not gotten, so called, into basketball until I moved to Fort Benton. I really love the game, and we very seldom missed a game until the schedules were changed. We then had to pick and choose which games we were going to…the boys or the girls. I am happy to see that both teams play on the same days this year. We will not have to decide which games to attend.
WINTER CELEBRATION
Wasn’t that a fun time. The Vendor’s must have to work all year to prepare the inventory that they bring to Fort Benton. The really neat thing is the about 95% are “Made in Montana,” products. Let’s keep our money in Fort Benton, Chouteau County and Montana. Check your labels to make sure that is where your purchases are coming from.
The Winter Celebration Committee put together a great program and I know that a good time was had by all. I do not have a report on the success the vendors had at this time but I hope that the weather did not stop too many people from getting out to enjoy the many events going on.
It was probably the worse road conditions so far not only for the ice on the roads but the fog that kept traffic at about 35 m.p.h. One of the vendors told me that it took her 1 ½ hrs. to travel from Great Falls to Fort Benton. Kim Pimperton said it took her ½ hr. to drive from Carter to Fort Benton. That is twice as long as it usually takes.
Actually, it was the same story last year if you remember. Perhaps next year the odds will be in the Celebrations favor and it will be a very pleasant day. Good luck with that thought.
SO LONG FOR NOW
This is the busiest time of year for everyone. Please take your time and enjoy the season. Remember to squeeze in a good deed and make a phone call to someone you have been thinking about.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
by Muncie
12/8/10
WINTER WONDERLAND
To those of you River Press Readers who live in warm states, I wish you could have seen Fort Benton day. It was very cold, (I know you do not miss that,) but it looked like the movies, “White Christmas, Dr. Zhivago, and Call of the Wild.” The trees all over town looked so beautiful with their branches frozen. The sun was shining directly down Front Street and it was a sparkling winter sight.
The Sunrise Bluffs had a spaghetti dinner for the community at 1:00 p.m. today (Sunday.) We were on our way home from the Bluffs on Front Street when we saw how the rain had frozen on the trees. I hurried home to get my camera. I wanted to take a picture of the willow tree across from the Freeze, (you know the one I mean.) I ended up taking a dozen pictures because so many trees looked like a Christmas card. I would not wish the weather we have been having on you Snowbirds but I do wish you could have been here today.
Weather is not much of a subject these days. We all just wish it would go away. We have not seen a Chinook at all and the snow continues to cover the vehicles and the sidewalks almost every day, sometimes twice a day. It is dark by 4:30 p.m. especially when the sun has not shown its face. The cold is tolerable if the sun is shining. Could you Snowbirds possibly send some warm winds our way?
SUNRISE BLUFFS
I mentioned above that the Bluffs had a spaghetti dinner for the community today. They provided the spaghetti dinner and we contributed by bringing salads and desserts. We helped ourselves to the salads first and they were all very pleasing to the palate. We were served our dinners and afterward enjoyed coffee and dessert of which there were many that satisfied our sweet tooth. It is very comfortable at the Bluffs and many of the residents stopped at our table to chat with us.
We used to go to the Bluffs often when our friends Ken and Bonnie Morrow played dance music once a month. Bonnie played the piano and Ken accompanied with his drums. With Ken gone, we do not see much of Bonnie. If she reads the River Press, we would like her to know that we miss Ken very much and we miss seeing her. Life takes such strange turns and we that are left behind must simply adjust. Sometimes it is very difficult to adjust.
BASKETBALL
At last, the season has arrived. There will be a tournament in Fort Benton on Friday evening, the 10th, and Saturday, the 11th. All Girls games are at 3:00p.m. and 6:00p.m and the Boys are at 4:30p.m. and 7:30p.m. The next game will be on the 16th in Big Sandy and the following day, the 17th, the team will play Augusta here at home count. There will be away games on the 18th and 20th at Centerville and Box Elder respectfully and then we will have to wait until the New Year (January 6th,) for the next game and that will be with Geraldine.
I really had not gotten, so called, into basketball until I moved to Fort Benton. I really love the game, and we very seldom missed a game until the schedules were changed. We then had to pick and choose which games we were going to…the boys or the girls. I am happy to see that both teams play on the same days this year. We will not have to decide which games to attend.
WINTER CELEBRATION
Wasn’t that a fun time. The Vendor’s must have to work all year to prepare the inventory that they bring to Fort Benton. The really neat thing is the about 95% are “Made in Montana,” products. Let’s keep our money in Fort Benton, Chouteau County and Montana. Check your labels to make sure that is where your purchases are coming from.
The Winter Celebration Committee put together a great program and I know that a good time was had by all. I do not have a report on the success the vendors had at this time but I hope that the weather did not stop too many people from getting out to enjoy the many events going on.
It was probably the worse road conditions so far not only for the ice on the roads but the fog that kept traffic at about 35 m.p.h. One of the vendors told me that it took her 1 ½ hrs. to travel from Great Falls to Fort Benton. Kim Pimperton said it took her ½ hr. to drive from Carter to Fort Benton. That is twice as long as it usually takes.
Actually, it was the same story last year if you remember. Perhaps next year the odds will be in the Celebrations favor and it will be a very pleasant day. Good luck with that thought.
SO LONG FOR NOW
This is the busiest time of year for everyone. Please take your time and enjoy the season. Remember to squeeze in a good deed and make a phone call to someone you have been thinking about.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
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