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“The Mountaineer” invited all professional cooks in Big Sandy to participate in a special Thanksgiving interview. Most accepted. A few did not. Answers were very revealing. For instance many cooks like to cook alone. What does that do to open concept living that is so popular these days? Some cooks said the best short cut to cooking is not to cook at all. Go somewhere else and bring something. Most all had bad experiences in cooking for Thanksgiving dinner. One of the best answers of all concerned whether to stuff the dressing in the bird or se...
This story is not a story about Grandpa Lucke although he is in it quite a bit. It is a story about us Lucke kids at Thanksgiving. But it needs a beginning and maybe Grandpa Lucke is that. I have been going to write a book about Grandpa Lucke for several years. It will be just a book for the family and not a long book at all. I have not gotten started on that book. Grandpa Lucke was a genial German who changed his name from Lueche to Lucke when he opened up a shoe store in Havre in 1903. He figured that no one would buy shoes from someone...
A couple of weeks ago I got a message from Dave Louvar at “The Grocery Store”. The message simply said that he wanted to interview me. I said fine and over he came one morning with some questions. Marlys Edmonds was there too and she had questions as well. Dave wanted to know the origin or Robby Lucke. I told him that I came from a Havre family only we had about run out of money by the time I came along. I spent my young years dreaming of and working in the Lou Lucke Company, a store in Havre (where Norman’s is now) and which sold high grade me...
Vic’s Pics This week Vicki picked “THE BOOK OF CAIN” by Herb Chapman. Riveting, taut and suspenseful, this masterfully crafted tale of criminal pathology and psychological error debuts the literary talent of Herb Chapman who ingeniously lays bare both the soul of a criminal and the mind of his pursuer. The criminal is Isaac Drum. A serial killer, Drum has routinely poisoned his victims with nonlethal doses of strychnine to torture them with organism-like convulsions before he ends their lives. Drum’s nemesis, the man who has feverishly pursued...
(StatePoint) The temperatures are dropping and it’s time for cool weather fun. Here are a few ideas for enjoying the season both indoors and out. Outdoor Adventure Bundle up and get outdoors, whether close to home or a drive away. From cross country skiing to skating and hiking, there’s no reason to wait until next spring to enjoy Mother Nature. Some of the most exhilarating outdoor activities can only take place at this time of year. Just be sure your family is prepared for any outdoor conditions. Check weather reports ahead of time and be...
(StatePoint) Transition your interior décor when temperatures drop -- it’s a great time to tap into your creativity and make a statement. Here are some ideas -- big and small -- to freshen up your home this season. Play with Colors When the weather is cool, think rich colors like plum, navy and amber. Bringing in a unique color palette will inspire you to make other changes as well, from painting a fireplace to adding an accent wall to incorporating a tile backsplash. Make-Over a Room Make your home cozier by installing a soft, but durable ca...
Story Hour meets every Thursday at 10 a.m.. We are having a lot of fun and enjoying our time together. The Local Preschool comes to the library the first Wednesday of the month. It’s always good to get kids to the library to see all there is to see and do there. Than you to all you faithful patrons for your support. At this time the furniture for the new library should arrive in November and the shelves are coming soon. Donors: Rich Roth, Ken Martin, James Howland, Wendy Kleinsasser, W. & B. Kleinsasser, Anonymous donor of 12 books, and an A...
The F.E. Miley School's students K-3rd grade came to Pearson's Pumpkin Patch the week of 10/18/2016. The weather cooperated and the roads dried so they could come on their annual field trip. The students had a fun time picking their favorite pumpkin, getting lost in the hay maze, meeting the new spooks, and seeing the ranch animals....
If you have written history as long as I have, you would find it very interesting, like I do, that events change on whims from who knows where. Little tiny and seemingly events of no consequence cause major events to happen years later. This is a story of just how that happened in Montana maybe a dozen years ago. But the story would not have happened at all if World War 2 had not happened. Or if Grandpa Lucke’s favorite magazine wasn’t “Field and Stream” or if Bee Lucke hadn’t introduce...
(StatePoint) After a summer of fun, getting back into the swing of the classroom can be difficult for students of all ages and family backgrounds. But parents can help, say experts. “It’s easy for parents to feel like there isn’t enough time to add more activities to an already packed schedule. But, there are many easy ways you can set the tone of making learning fun, ease the back-to-school transition, and foster literacy skills at home,” says Jon Reigelman, creative director of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL). Reigelm...
By Robert Lucke One thing for sure, when Ellaraine Lockie comes to Big Sandy, there is a treasure trove of things she shares in "The Mountaineer" the rest of the year. Today is no exception when we publish a great unpublished interview of Ellaraine which should be very interesting to Big Sandy in general and in particular, budding poets and writers. Toward the end of the interview Ellaraine describes a poetry club she once formed in Big Sandy and offered to start another if there is some...
(StatePoint) Is your house in need of a seasonal overhaul? Get your home in shape with these easy tasks and upgrades, and enjoy the warmer months. • Top-to-bottom cleaning: In each room, start at the top and work your way to the bottom. Crumbs will inevitably fall from kitchen counters and dust will fly from fixtures, so clean your floors last so you don’t have to redo them later. In the kitchen, circle around the sink, starting at the right side of your stove and then move clockwise around the room. Stoves can be the dirtiest part of the kit...
For years and years in this part of Montana there was only one place to be on the Fourth of July. That was the rodeo at Warrick. There were hundreds and hundreds of spectators, hundreds of participants, numerous fights and one of the best dances Fourth of July night seen in all of Montana. Matter of fact the entire Fourth at Warrick was not to be missed year after year by many Montanans! The first Warrick rodeo was held in 1927. The last one in 1984. Sometimes the rodeo went dark for several years but then someone would always get it up and...
Here are a couple of recipes to make your summer picnics even better. The first puts a hot dog into a whole other world of delicious! All you need is a charcoal grill, your favorite hot dog or sausage, strips of your favorite cheese and two slices of bacon per an average size hotdog. First split the hot dog open and stuff a strip of cheese inside. Then take your two slices of bacon and wrap them tightly around the hot dog so that when the cheese melts it does not run out. Toothpicks work well for the job of holding the bacon on the dog but...
Whether you rent or own the residence where you live, it is very important to be aware of the link between you and your family’s health and your housing. There can be common housing issues that may affect the health of you and your family. Monitoring and maintaining a healthy home can alleviate or prevent many health-related issues such as allergies, asthma, falls/accidents, contamination/exposures and many more. What is a healthy home? A healthy home is: - Dry - Clean - Pest-Free - Safe and Accessible - Well Maintained - Contaminant-Free - W...
Here are 10 fast facts about Memorial Day, a holiday honoring American soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country: • Even though numerous communities had been independently celebrating Memorial Day for years, the federal government declared Waterloo, N.Y. the official birthplace of Memorial Day. Waterloo first celebrated the holiday on May 5, 1866. • Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30 for decades, but in 1971, Congress established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May and a federal holiday. • Memorial Day originally honored...
Dryland Alfalfa Questions and Answers What is an economic stand for alfalfa? We like to see at least 3-4 plants per square foot in an irrigated field, and 2-3 plants/ square foot in dryland. Or you can also do a mean stem count, and once you get less than 40 stems/ square foot, we recommend renovating (Emily Glunk, 2015). Should I inoculate my seed? If not already inoculated when purchased, inoculate alfalfa seed with nitrogen-fixing bacteria Rhizobium meliloti, specific for alfalfa. Even when planting on land that has already grown alfalfa...
Gifts and flowers are a nice way to show mom you care on Mother’s Day. But this year, consider adding deeper meaning to the holiday (which falls on May 8) with these ideas: Volunteer Together After breakfast in bed is wrapped up, spend the day working side-by-side with your mom on a local volunteer project. Whether you take advantage of the spring weather and participate in a park clean-up, or you serve lunch at a local soup kitchen, you and your mom will enjoy quality time together, while also feeling good about helping the community. Gifts t...
About the only thing I learn when cooking is that I can make a dish better than the one I just made. For instance I have been making Shrimp Creole for forty years at least. Recently I learned how to make it much better than I had made it before. First, I had always made it to go with rice. I learned I like it much better if it is made to go with wide noodles and there is a meat market in the vicinity that carries very wide and long noodles. If you cannot find wide noodles and want to make your pasta dish with them, just cook up a batch of...
Morning coffee at the Bear Paw Bakery requires the mettle of a Montana driver The car acts like a drunk on the dirt road Sloppy as a warm chocolate bar I relax the steering wheel the way I learned at 14 to let go and give in to invisible great forces Press the accelerator in my vintage Lucchese boot to ten m.p.h. with no braking To keep from sliding into the roadside parade of young pheasants behind their mother Down the road a cottontail wasn’t so lucky In polite farmer protocol its flattened body has been moved to the far side of the road A...
Keep an eye out for Grass Tetany Grass tetany is a metabolic disease of cattle associated with grazing lush, green pasture. The condition is caused by low blood concentrations of magnesium, which is a required mineral for cattle. When pastures are growing rapidly in the spring, grass may not contain adequate amounts of magnesium to meet requirements. High potassium and crude protein concentrations found in rapidly growing forage complicate the grass tetany issue, because both interfere with the absorption of magnesium from the rumen. Magnesium...
Hill County Electric Cooperative (HCE) has announced that it will be mailing out capital credit checks to current and former cooperative members. HCE’s Board of Trustees has authorized a general retirement of capital credits totaling over $106,000. This general retirement is comprised of 10% of the remaining capital credit balances for 1984 and ½ of 1% of the capital credit balances for the years 1985 through 2014. The amount of each check varies based on how much business the member did with HCE during the years being retired. Checks will be...
Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum This year’s Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum, “Challenges and Opportunities of Cow Herd Expansion,” will be held April 19-20 in Bozeman at the GranTree Inn, 1325 N. 7th Avenue. Speakers will cover a wide variety of topics, including the US cattle cycle and cattle prices, reproductive management considerations for herd expansion, heifer development, cattle temperament, veterinary feed directives for feed-grade antibiotics, and approaches to animal health in a limited antib...
Compost As soon as it warms and dries a little we can finish cleaning the flower beds and put leaves and stems in the compost pile. Any thatch and grass clippings can also be used as compost or as mulch. Any weeds or trimmings can be added. Mix everything together and add a few shovels full of good garden soil as you are mixing it to get started working. In a few months you will have pure garden gold. Lawn care We are beginning to hear lawn mowers and garden tillers. The soil is still wet but by the middle of this week, it may be good and ready...
It is fun to watch my 2-year old boy eat. Anything with frosting or sauce is immediately spread all over his face, shirt, pants, and anything within arms reach. When we visit restaurants, I often want to put down a tarp to catch his crumbs and splashes. Imagine if my boy, covered in food, were to turn to me and complain that I had a speck of food in my beard. It would be funny, largely because a child did it. The same messiness in an adult, with the same acknowledgement of food in my beard, would be funny for a different reason. In the Sermon...