October 2014 Montana Best Times

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Denton Schools joyful secretary

Getting the shot

Big Horn County pastor

Weather trackers

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Savvy Senior ............................................Page 3

Bookshelf .................................................Page 5

Opinion ....................................................Page 4

Volunteering .............................................Page 19

On the Menu ............................................Page 20

Calendar ...................................................Page 21

Strange But True ......................................Page 22

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News Lite

City marks birthday with mega bratwurstBELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) Residents in the southwest Illinois

city of Belleville celebrated its 200th birthday with a 200-footbratwurst, complete with a 200-foot bun.

Larry Schubert and his team from Schuberts Packing Co. inMillstadt used about 120 pounds of meat to make the brat, whichvolunteers grilled Sept. 21, the final day of the citys bicentennialcelebration, the Belleville News-Democrat reported.

A few days earlier, a saloon hosted a half-size practice run for

grilling the mega-bratwurst.Lindenwood University and Southwestern Illinois College ath-letes helped march the bun down a main thoroughfare, making awide turn in a parking lot to finish the delivery. The athletes alsohelped roll the bratwurst onto a 200-foot metal grilling trough.

Event organizers decided not to pay a fee to have the bratwurstrecord attempt recognized by the World Record Academy.

The event raised $1,600 for local food pantries.

Christie not alone in Springsteen fandomTRENTON, N.J. (AP) Its no secret Gov. Chris Christie is a

Bruce Springsteen mega-fan, and New Jersey residents dontseem to mind the obsession.

Thats according to a new Monmouth University/Asbury ParkPress Poll that was issued Sept. 22 in honor of the Bosss 65thbirthday.

The poll finds nearly half of Jersey residents say Christiesobsession is kind of cool more than double the number who

find it a little embarrassing.And the governors in good company. More than 40 percent ofthose polled described themselves as Springsteen fans, while 34percent have Springsteen music in their personal collections.

More than half also feel a least a little proud knowing the Bosshails from their state.

The poll of 802 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus3.5 percentage points.


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Dear Savvy Senior,

I understand that there are several types of flu vaccines

being offered to seniors this flu season. What can you tell

me about them?

Cautious SeniorDear Cautious,Depending on your health, age and personal preference,

theres a buffet of flu shots available to seniors this flu sea-son, along with two vaccinations for pneumonia that youshould consider getting too.

Flu shots optionsJust as they do every year, the Centers for Disease Con-

trol and Prevention (CDC) recommends a seasonal flu shotto almost everyone, but its especially important forseniors who are at higher risk of developing serious flu-related complications. The flu puts more than 200,000

people in the hospital each year and kills around 24,000 90 percent of whom are seniors. Heres the rundown of thedifferent options:

Standard (trivalent) flu shot: This tried-and-true shotthats been around for more than 30 years protects againstthree strains of influenza. This years version protectsagainst the two common A strains (H1N1 and H3N2), andone influenza B virus.

Quadrivalent flu shot: This vaccine, which was intro-duced last year, protects against four types of influenza the same three strains as the standard flu shot, plus an

additional B-strain virus.

High-dose flu shot:Designed specifically for seniors,age 65 and older, this vaccine, called the Fluzone High-Dose, has four times the amount of antigen as a regular flushot does, which creates a stronger immune response forbetter protection. But, be aware that the high-dose optionmay also be more likely to cause side effects, includingheadache, muscle aches and fever.

Intradermal flu shot:If you dont like needles, theintradermal shot is a nice option because it uses a tiny1/16-inch long micro-needle to inject the vaccine just

under the skin, rather than deeper in the muscle like stan-

dard flu shots. This trivalent vaccine is recommended only

to those ages 18 to 64.

To locate a vaccination site that offers these flu shots,visit vaccines.gov and type in your ZIP code. Youll also

be happy to know that if youre a Medicare beneficiary,

Part B will cover 100 percent of the costs of any flu shot,

as long as your doctor, health clinic or pharmacy agrees

not to charge you more than Medicare pays. Private health

insurers are also required to cover standard flu shots, how-

ever, youll need to check with your provider to see if they

cover the other vaccination options.

Pneumonia vaccinesThe other important vaccinations the CDC recommends

to seniors, especially this time of year, are the pneumococ-

cal vaccines for pneumonia. An estimated 900,000 peoplein the U.S. get pneumococcal pneumonia each year, and it

kills around 5,000.

This year, the CDC is recommending that all seniors 65

or older get two separate vaccines, which is a change of

decades-old advice. The vaccines are Prevnar 13 and

Pneumovax 23. Previously, only Pneumovax 23 was rec-

ommended for seniors.

Both vaccines, which are administered just once, work in

different ways to provide maximum protection.

If you havent yet received any pneumococcal vaccine

you should get the Prevnar 13 first, followed by Pneu-

movax 23 six to 12 months later. But, if youve already

been vaccinated with Pneumovax 23 you should get Pre-

vnar 13 at least one year later.

Medicare currently covers only one pneumococcal vac-

cine per older adult. If youre paying out of pocket, you

can expect to pay around $50 to $85 for Pneumovax 23,

and around $120 to $150 for the Prevnar 13.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box

5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org.

Jim Miller, creator of the syndicated Savvy

Senior information column, is a longtime

advocate of senior issues. He has been featured in

Time magazine; is author of The Savvy Senior:

The Ultimate Guide to Health, Family and

Finances for Senior Citizens; and is a regular

contributor to the NBC Today show.

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Vaccination Options Availableto Seniors this Flu Season


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I miss manual typewriters.I work on a computer for a living. I email, I text. In fact, Im

writing this very piece on a laptop. But I miss typewriters.You could even define us baby boomers not as those folks born

after World War II between 1946 and 1964, but rather as the gen-eration that grew up with typewriters and then made the bigswitch to all things electronic.

I love those electronic tools and gadgets, but I still miss type-writers.

Because when you had to type things like a letter thats theequivalent of an email today, kids it took forethought. You

werent writing what your fingers thought, but what your mindthought. Since the words went down so slowly on paper, you hadto compose those words and sentences in your head far ahead ofthe steel bars striking the paper. Then you had to put the paper inan envelope and get it to the mailbox.

The very slowness of the process forced you to reflect on yourwords before you sent them out, unlike the rapid fire of an emailwhere you blurt out the first thing that comes to your mind andthen hit the Send, an action often followed by a pang of regret orchagrin over what you just said. In the age of the typewriter, thatwhole process was dealt with before you licked the envelope. Thetypewriter saved millions of people from embarrassment, because

there was such ample opportunity to change course and save face.Without autocorrect and a delete key, the manual typewriter

also forced us to type carefully it was a pain to use white-out and wait for it to dry and write well. You didnt see abbre-viated words and Facebook emitocons and LOLs in the age ofthe typewriter.

I still have my old Smith Corona, my faithful companion for somany years, in my closet. I havent used it in forever. It needs afew repairs. I may never get it out. But Im never getting rid of it.Because its a symbol, a reminder of the beauty of language andforethought that is so scarce in this hurried age.

Dwight Harriman

Montana Best Times Edito

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What manual typewriters teach us

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ByMontana Best Times Staff

There are plenty of folks around Montana who put their

weather faith in an old standby: The Old Farmers Almanac.And if they do, theyd best brace themselves. The Almanacis predicting another teeth-chatteringly cold winter.

With its traditionally 80 percent accurate weather forecasts,The Old Farmers Almanac predicts that this winter will beanother arctic blast with above-normal snowfall throughoutmuch of the nation, a recent Almanac news release says. Whatsmore, the extreme weather will continue into summer 2015,which is expected to be predominantly hot and dry.

Winter will bring a frosty bite and next summer will be itsmirror opposite, so get ready for a one-two punch says JaniceStillman, editor of The Old Farmers Almanac, in the release.

In addition to preparing readers for what it calls a weather-ific year, the 2015 Old Farmers Almanac is chock-full of adviceto help them cope with whatever comes along, such as:

LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. Humans are lucky thatthey do not live on Jupiter, where the Great Red Spot hurricane isthree times Earths width. This is one of 24 strange facts aboutthe universe to help keep things in perspective.

SMITTEN? HEAD TO THE KITCHEN. Romance may beonly a sprinkle, sip, or spoonful away. See Hungry for Love?for ingredients that can be used for a love potion.

THE FOOD OF LIFE ... IS FOOD.We all need to eat,and leave it to the Almanac to be a top source for farm totable. Learn how to catch the biggest fish, grow garden greats(the vegetables everyone loves), add pizzazz with Asian greens,

and satisfy the need for something ooey-gooey and oh-so-deli-cious with recipes from the Almanacs new Comfort Foodcookbook.

DONT SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. For example,according to the Almanac article Beat the Odds, being in amajor earthquake in the northwestern United States in the next 50years (1 in 3) is more likely than being struck by lightning in any12-month span (1 in 700,000). These are just two of the manystats that will help with understanding likelihood.

THE CLOCK TICKS ON. Where does the time go? Therenever seems to be enough. For example: The average personsleeps almost 27 years! Americans and Canadians will spendalmost a year commuting. Time goes by quickly, so learn how tomake the most of it.

BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP. Looking your best is aseasy as opening the pantry for a few safe, easy, and budget-friendly home beauty remedies. Think: chickpea facials, walnutscrubs, citrus splash toner, and more.

The Old Farmers Almanac has been in publication since 1792.It has half a million fans on Facebook and 4.5 million unique vis-itors each month to Almanac.com, the news release sates.

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By Amorette Allison

Montana Best TimesMILES CITY The National Weather Service Cooperative

Observer Program is the Nations weather and climate observingnetwork of, by and for the people.

More than 8,700 volunteers take observations on farms, inurban and suburban areas, national parks, seashores and moun-taintops. The data are truly representative of where people live,work and play.

The Coop was formally created in 1890 under the Organic Act.

Alex CollieWhile Alex Collie (pronounced Coal-ee) and his son, Alex Col-

lie Jr., both of Ismay, and Ingrid Brown and her family, of Pow-

derville, havent been watching the weather since 1890, bothfamilies have been keeping track of the weather for 60 years.

The elder Collie tells how, in the spring of 1950, the year afterhe married his wife, Lois, two men from National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration turned up at his ranch with a raingauge and asked him to measure precipitation and snow depth.He said sure and has been doing it ever since.

He has been doing it long enough that, It comes naturally tome if it rains, I go out and measure it, and if it snows, I go outand measure it, Collie said.

While he doesnt make temperature or other observations, hesaid he does write down if we have a severe storm.

Collie has a number of amusing weather stories that come from

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Montana ranch families have tracked weather for generations

Photo by Vicki Stephenson, NOAA

Stacy and Ingrid Brown are pictured with the Edward H. Stoll award for 50 years of weather observation. The Brown familykeeps track of the weather on their ranch near Powderville.

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growing up in southeastern Montana,although none of them relate directly tohis observer duties. He remembers a hailstorm with silver-dollar-sized hail, backin the day when silver dollars were com-mon.

He also remembers riding his horse toschool one morning when it was 45Fbelowzero. He was heading due northwith his sister, past the old post office, on

their way to school. The postmaster cameout and stopped them because he hadntseen the school teacher go by and knewthere was no one at the school house.

His sister, who was in seventh or eighthgrade and more socially aware than Alex,was worried about getting trapped over-night in the company of the elderly malepost master. Fortunately for her, about 3oclock that afternoon, their father cameby to escort them home.

The hottest and driest and most grass-hopper-infested years he remembers was

in 1934 and 1936. He hasnt had to recorddrought like that in his career as anobserver.

The Brown familyThe Brown family has been taking

observations eight miles north-northeastof Powderville since April 14, 1964.Ingrid Brown took over from her husband,

Stacy Brown, on Oct. 1, 1982, continuingthe family tradition.

In May this year, the Brown family washonored by the National Weather Servicewith the Edward H. Stoll Award for their50 years of service. The award is namedfor Edward Stoll, who was a cooperativeobserver for 76 years and was the first toattain the 50-year mark in that position.

The award was presented by the NWS

Co-op Program Manager Vickie Stephen-son, who traveled from the National Oce-anic and Atmospheric AdministrationNWS office in Billings for the occasion.

The award was presented, according toNWS, because of The Brown familysunselfish service in weather observing andrecord keeping for Powderville providevaluable climatic information.

The NWS further states that weatherrecords retain their importance as timegoes by. Long and continuous records pro-vide an accurate picture of a locales nor-

mal weather, and give climatologists andothers a basis for predicting future trends.Their data are invaluable for scientistsstudying floods, droughts, heat and coldwaves.

Amorette F. Allison may be reached at

[email protected] or (406) 234-

0450.

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Here are some unbelievable but still true Montanaweather facts from a state of Montana website:

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Montana was70 degrees below zero at Rogers Pass north of Helena, onJan. 20, 1954. This is also a national record for the lower 48states.

The warmest tempera-ture ever recorded in Mon-tana was 117 degrees atGlendive, July 20, 1893,and at Medicine Lake, onJuly 5, 1937. Combinedwith the -70 degrees Fahr-enheit at Rogers Pass in1954, this makes the all-time temperature range recorded in Montana 187 degrees.This is the most extreme temperature range experienced inany of the 50 states.

The greatest temperature change in 24 hours occurred inLoma on Jan. 15, 1972. The temperature rose exactly 103degrees, from -54 degrees Fahrenheit to 49 degrees. This isthe world record for a 24-hour temperature change.

The greatest temperature change in 12 hours happenedon Dec. 14, 1924. The temperature at Fairfield droppedfrom 63 degrees Fahrenheit to -21 degrees at midnight. This84-degree change in 12 hours stands as the greatest 12-hourtemperature change recorded in the United States.

The temperature at theGreat Falls InternationalAirport on Jan. 11, 1980,rose from -32 degreesFahrenheit to 15 degrees inseven minutes when Chi-nook winds eroded an Arc-tic air mass. The tempera-ture rose from 47 degreesin just seven minutes, mak-

ing it the record for the most rapid temperature change reg-istered in the United States.

The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wideand 8 inches deep and was described by the man who foundit, Matt Coleman, as larger than a milk pan. The snow-flake was recorded at Fort Keogh, outside of Miles City, in1887.

Photo by Bill Lane

Above and on the cover: Alex Colliestands next to his rain gauge on hisranch near Ismay. Collie has beenrecording precipitation for the NationaWeather Service since 1950.

nThe coldest temperature ever

recorded in the lower 48 states was

70 degrees below zero at Rogers Pass

north of Helena, on Jan. 20, 1954.

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Story and photos by Charlie DenisonMontana Best Times

DENTON Children sprint into the office asking to use thephone. Disheveled, a teacher comes in asking why the bell rangfive minutes early. The superintendent has a question. The phonerings. A bus driver says something through the intercom.

Chaos. Complete and utter chaos.But through it all, Denton School secretary Lois Roe remains

calm. A secretary for 15 years and school employee for 36 years,this is nothing she hasnt experienced before, and shes on the ball.

Roe, 73, is quick, efficient and graceful under pressure, spinningaround in her chair, checking the radio and the phone, smiling amidthe stress.

Its the first week of school. Roe expects it to be crazy, and she isready for it. In fact, she enjoys it.

I thrive on work, and the work never ends, she said. I dontmind the chaos. Ill do it as long as I am doing a good job with it.Im not a person who can stand still.

A central Montanan through and throughBorn in Grass Range, Roe was raised on a ranch with her four

siblings.Early on I was taught a strong work ethic, she said. That has

stayed with me. My husband, Grover, and I have tried to teach ourkids a strong work ethic, too.

The ranch remains in the family. Her son Justin currently runsthe operation.

Her daughter Natalie lives in Fort Benton and has two chil-dren.

My grandkids are my pride and joy, she said. We spend a lotof time going to see them. I love having them close.

Roe is grateful her family has stayed in the area, since centralMontana will always be her home.I love the fresh air, I love the mountains and I love the people,

Roe said.Roe especially enjoys Denton.People are so caring, friendly and giving here, she said. We

are all one family, and there is so much pride for the community.This community is amazing. People are so supportive it just blowsyour socks off.

Giving back to the community, Roe has stayed involved by vol-unteering. For eight years, Roe was even a member of the CityCouncil.

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Dentons joyful secretary loves her job

Denton School second-grade student Brodie Smith hands secretary Lois Roe the lunch count for Cindy Mapstonsclass during the first week of school. Interacting with students is what Roe loves most about her job.

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A pleasure to be aroundRoe is greatly appreciated by the students and the staff at Den-

ton School.Ive always enjoyed working with Lois, said Denton English

teacher Linda Hassinger, who has worked with Roe for more than30 years. She notices every detail and is extremely on the ball.She also knows past practice, which really helps.

Employees also appreciate Roes sense of humor, which is evi-dent during any encounter with the secretary.

This was especially true during the first week of school.Look at you youre hitting the hard stuff, Roe joked to

Hassinger after she got a diet Coke from a small fridge in theoffice. Hassinger laughed and shook her head.

This is just one way I have fun, Roe said.Roe also has fun with the students, often getting them to laugh.

Some stop in the office just to say hello to her.Bye, Mrs. Roe, a student said while walking past the office.I just love these kids, she smiled.

Best of all worldsRoe said she couldnt be happier about being a secretary.I enjoy the camaraderie I have with the students and the staff,

she said.But more than anything, it is the students that make it all

worthwhile.They make my day, she said.To put it simply, Roe said, the job brings her joy.If Im here, Im happy, she said. I see the positive in every-

body and everything. I always stay positive and I have a greattime.

Certainly, the job has its challenges, she said, and there are a lotof changes. For example, she is now working for her 11th super-intendent.

However, for Roe, the job hasnt lost its luster and she doesntsee herself stepping down anytime soon.

If I didnt feel good, itd be different. But I wake up in themorning and I am ready to work, Roe said. I am still enjoyingit, no matter how chaotic it gets.

Charlie Denison may be reached at reporter@lewistownnews.

com or (406) 535-3401.

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Roe smiles as she takes a phone call during the first week ofschool. Roe has worked for Denton Schools for 36 years.


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first came to Montana as a 12-year-oldwhen he and his family visited Yellow-stone National Park when the devastating7.5 magnitude Hebgen Lake Earthquakehit in the middle of the night in 1959.Chenault describes that experience as ter-rifying with the images of the aftermathstill etched in his mind.

His Montana experiences would greatlyimprove. He married a Billings girl,

Becky, and with their three sons, beganspending summers in Nye in 1979. Thecouple moved to Nye, located 37 miles

southwest of Columbus, permanently in2009.

Although a techie by profession,photography had long been an interest ofthe affable Chenault. In particular, sportsphotography became a finely honed skillwhen his sons became involved in sports.

I still get a lot of enjoyment out ofsports photography, Chenault said.

Marlo Pronovost may be reached [email protected] or

(406) 322-5212.

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Photo by Bud ChenaulAbove: Bud Chenault captured thisstunning image of a sow grizzly and avery small club this summer as the paircrossed a river in Yellowstone NationaPark and shook themselves dry.

Photo by Bud Chenault

Above:Chenault is known around Stillwater County for getting high-quality sports

shots, such as this one of a Columbus High School high jumper.

Above:Chenault hard at work on thesidelines of an Absarokee High Schoolfootball game.Photo by Jennifer Schendel

Left:Chenault captured this bald eagleflying barely above the Stillwater Riverearly one morning in Nye.Photo by Bud Chenault


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Ridingthe Pullman rails

Pullman Rail Jorevives the iconiof American railwith its carefullyrestored rail car

Photo courtesy of P

Rail Journeys/MCT

By Kathy Witt

KathyWitt.com/MCT

Your berth has been turned down, your shoes shined, yourghtcap delivered by the porter. Nothing left to do but drift offsleep to the rocking of the train on the tracks.It isnt the late 19th/early 20th century during the Golden Age

of Rail Travel, but it is Pullman, the company founded in 1862by a man who was inspired to hit the drawing board after sittingup all night on a train.

George Pullman pioneered luxury rail travel by creating thevery first first-class sleeping car, and then he combined this railexperience (which also included onboard libraries and cardtables) with peerless customer service.

Travel back in time in styleIn late fall 2012, Chicago-based Pullman Rail Journeys resurrect-

ed the experience, putting vintage rail cars including a Pullman-built 1917 round end sleeper-observation car that was originally acoach and all faithfully restored to the original blueprints backon the rails. The company rolled out overnight service between Chi-cago and New Orleans via the Illinois Central line. In October, ser-vice will be expanded to include excursions between New York andChicago on the eastbound Lakeshore and westbound Cardinal lines.

The first thing passengers notice when boarding these gleamingbeauties is the Art Deco design that was endemic to the Pullmanaesthetic. Restoring the cars was a painstaking process to achievethe historical accuracy of the original Pullman style. Diligence todetail can be seen in the companys re-creation of textiles, bedding,plates, utensils and even company uniforms.

Linens are white, as in the old days. A North Carolina mill has

replicated the trademark mattress ticking that Pullman use1890s until the end of its operation, as well as the blanketsing this period. Towels have been authentically re-createdespecially for Pullman Rail Journeys and bearing the signaman blue stripe.

Bedrooms have either a picture window or a large singland are equipped with a porter call button and a shoe lockhallmark of the original Pullman service, the shoe shine habeen returned.) They also have a private toilet in an annexthe bedroom, along with a sink all the comforts of hom

For passengers tucking in for the night in a Pullman sleeback in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the experience woubeen nothing short of luxury. Today, a Pullman Rail Journfirst-class and feels like a time capsule adventure to the glof train travel but one with complimentary Wifi and ceaccessibility.

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By Andrew TurckMontana Best Times

HARDIN With a light rain fallingoutside of Harvestime Evangelistic Centerthe evening of Wednesday, Sept. 10,Savannah Cairns, a pastor at the church,stood by the pulpit to speak on the subjectof prosperity.

Punctuating her talk with the occasionalPraise the Lord or Hallelujah, Cairns,

who speaks there a couple of times a week,told the 10 people who entered the large,white building where Wanita Humphreyserves as the full-time pastor that povertybegan with the fall of Adam and Eve inGenesis.

Cairns said the need to be impoverished la John the Baptist a biblical figure whosurvived on locusts and wild honey diedwith the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Cairns said Catholics and followers ofEastern religions some of whom takevows of poverty are incorrect in thinking

that lack of money equates to holiness. Shesaid without the necessary finances, shewould be hindered from helping people onthe nearby Crow Reservation.

Prosperity in material goods is aboutkeeping our priorities right, she said. Godloves you regardless he just loves itmost when you prosper.

Common groundCairns, 70, has been guest speaking for

churches across the county and Crow Res-ervation since arriving in January 2006. She

worked as a part-time minister since 1975and started, as she terms it, spreading thegospel full-time in 1995. On Tuesdays andWednesdays, she speaks at Harvestime; onthe weekends, she speaks at services in theCrow Reservation.

Cairns grew up around horses as a childand, while living in Seattle with her hus-band, she raised Arabian and AmericanSaddlebred horses as part of a breedingoperation. At the time, a life of ministrywasnt foremost in her mind.

Jesus had a calling in my life; it wasnt

something I had ever planned to do, shesaid. I fought it for awhile originally,

my first exposure was Catholic, I went toCatholic school for a few years. I first heardthe gospel in a Baptist church, got bornagain and filled with the Spirit in an Assem-bly of God church, and really started learn-ing how the kingdom operated throughKenneth Copelands ministry in the mid70s.

A shared life of horsemanship, she said,allowed her to find common ground withpeople on the Crow Reservation, who maybe seen riding horses during parades orevents such as Crow Fair, sometimes while

talking on cell phones. The Crow culture isoften referred to as a horse culture.

Its not a matter of me becoming Indianor them becoming white, she said. Its ofall of us understanding the kingdom cul-ture.

Working with the CrowAlong with speaking at different church-

es on the reservation, Cairns said she isoften called to visit people in the hospital

and help with emergency situations. Shesaid the most frustrating aspect of her workis seeing social problems both in and out-side the reservation, including meth use andbroken homes.

A lot of my work starts after 10 at night,when people get into chaotic situations,Cairns said. (It could be) a family fightingsomeone thinking about suicide or one ofthe women kicked their husband out in sub-zero weather.

According to Cairns, her sermons areoften focused on the daily affairs of life and

also include subjects such as family affairs,repentance and grace. She said the subjectshe preaches on changes depending on thecalling of the Holy Spirit, who Christiansbelieve is one with God in the Holy Trinityand serves as a source of inspiration andguidance.

The Holy Spirit, she said, might feel likea strong impression or an inner, quiet voiceAccording to Cairns, the Spirit also oncespoke to her in a regular voice to tell herthat her husband, previously a Navy pilot,would recover from his drinking habit.

I was so ignorant of the Word and so

dense, it had to be in the natural to get myattention, she said. God knew I neededsomething to hang onto to stay as long as ittakes; otherwise Id have said ... Im out ofhere.

Meeting physicaland spiritual needs

Carol Good Luck, of Pryor, who worksfor the Crow Tribe, was influential inCairns moving to Big Horn County. WhenCairns visited the Northern Cheyenne Res-

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Followingthe SpiritPastor Savannah Cairns works to bring the gospel to Big Horn County

MT Best Times photos by Andrew Turck

Pastor Savannah Cairns speaks atHarvestime Evangelistic Center inHardin on the subject of prosperityduring a School of the Spirit serviceSept. 10. Citing biblical passages, Cairnssaid prosperity tended to be lookeddown upon in many religions, despite itbeing a gift available from God.

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ervation in Busby with a friend to donatewinter clothes while still living in Seattle Good Luck, a parishioner at Harvestime,brought her to the Crow Reservation andintroduced her to the areas pastors.

We started coming back, once a year forfive years. Wed come and minister andbring clothes, Cairns said. Then the HolySpirit said one morning to move out thereand teach.

Good Luck said attending Harvestime

services during the weekdays have servedas a source of comfort to her. She saidgoing to healing services on Tuesdays andSpirit studies on Wednesdays have helpedin the journey with her son, who, followinga car crash, is currently in a nursing home.

As Good Luck chatted at Harvestimesentrance after the service, her grandchildrensat in chairs nearby, one playing a connect-the-dots-style computer game and the otherdrinking from a water bottle. On occasion,they got up and searched the area for cookies.

Good Luck, while also answering ques-tions from her grandchildren, said sheenjoyed listening to testimonies from otherpeople in the church, and watching videosor reading materials given to her and otherparishioners by Cairns.

I know that these people are sincere,theyre for real, Good Luck said. I comehere just to get away from everything for anhour or two, just to sit down, listen and getfed.

Coming back to HarvestimeCairns has been helping Harvestime pas-

tor Wanita Humphrey run the parish sinceOctober 2013. Previous to that, Cairnshelped off and on before her husbandsdeath in 2011 from complications related toAlzheimers disease, after which she trav-eled on the road for a year.

Just before her 2013 return, according toCairns, the Holy Spirit had told her to starta Bible study in Humphreys church.

Cairns was initially hesitant to moveback into Humphreys turf.

I thought, Well, Im not going to go tellher I need to come to her church and start aBible study. Uh-uh, Cairns said. It wasabout a half an hour later there was a knockon the door and it was her. She said, I justhad to come and ask you: I think you needto do Bible study at the church again.

With both the Holy Spirits and Hum-phreys approval, Cairns began work atHarvestime.

Life in the SpiritHumphrey, whose husband was half

Crow, said she has been ministering in thearea since August 1972, looking to establisha more inclusive place in a city that oncehad 14 churches and 14 bars, but not onechurch where the Native people were wel-come.

She said Cairns was helping to continuethis tradition of inclusiveness.

For a long time, we didnt have anybodyplaying any music at all, we just kind ofstruggled along, Humphrey said. Thatdidnt bother Savannah that we were justkind of going along. Some people wouldnt

have been willing to help us, but Savannahwas.

I think we kind of encourage each oth-er, Cairns said.

I think so, Humphrey agreed.Cairns and Humphrey said one shouldnt

try to find ones calling in life in theflesh, but follow the Spirits guidance.Otherwise, they said, life is far more diffi-cult.

Humphrey, for example, said she had

meant to be a registered nurse, but followedher calling and became a minister. Aftertrying to encourage her oldest son to alsowork as a minister, she realized that wasnthis calling, and he was better suited as asports reporter and editor in Arkansas, shesaid.

Cairns, for her part, said life without theSpirit would be relatively boring.

I had no idea that being a real Christian,and having the Holy Spirit directing youand directing your life, is one of the mostexciting things you can live, Cairns said.I would have never in my wildest dreamsthought I would end up ministering on anIndian reservation. I had some things aboutmy life all planned out: It was going to bethis, this and this. Well, I can tell you itwasnt like any of that.

If plans go as expected, Cairns hopes toeventually establish a new fellowship inLodge Grass on the Crow Reservation.

Andrew Turck may be reached at news@

bighorncountynews.com or (406) 665-

1008.

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Harvestime parishioners study their Bibles and take notes as Cairns speaks during the service. From the left are

Maureen Schultz, Marie Mische, Rhiney Mische and Harvestime Pastor Wanita Humphrey.


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By Erica Curless

The Spokesman-Review(Spokane, Wash.)/MCT

Marge Holston moved to Spokane Valleyfrom Southern California and somehow lefta lot of her activity behind. Thats when shedecided to join a gym, hire a trainer andstart working out.

I knew I needed to get motivated rightaway, Holston said between repetitions ona weight machine pinpointing shouldermuscles. At 79, I can do everything I needto do. Im proud of it, man.

She jumped up and headed to the nextmachine, never missing a stride as she talk-ed about living alone for 30 years after herhusband died, mowing the lawn and herlove for shoveling snow.

Although Holston is fit and active, shewas knocked down in February by the shin-gles virus. The nerve pain was so fierce itkept her from the gym. She lost 15 poundsof muscle and now her regular routine isdifficult.

Oooh, its almost like starting over,Holston said, her blue eyes squinted in con-centration and discomfort as she lifted the

last set.Yet if Holston hadnt been strong and

active when the shingles hit, she likelywouldnt be recovering so well, said trainerStacy Benoscek, who specializes in helpingthe aging stay active, fit and healthy.

Holston credits Benoscek for her success.This is why Ive been coming to her all

these years, Holston said.And she enjoys the fact that her personal

trainer is also a pageant queen who recentlywon the title of National Classy and PetiteMrs. Queen in the Todays American Wom-

an Pageant in Greenville, S.C.To translate, that means Benoscek, who

turns 50 this year as the youngest of thebaby boom generation, won her age group39-49 for married women under 5 feet 4inches. Benoscek, who has won smallertitles at the state level, represented the stateof Washington among 38 competitors.

Pageant spokeswoman Karly Rose saidBenoscek stood out because of her poise,class and inward and outward beauty eventhough she severely injured her knee daysbefore the pageant.

You would have never known the

incredible pain she was in while wearingher high heels and walking across the stagewithout even a limp, Rose wrote in anemail interview. Her character andstrength inspired us all.

Thats exactly why Benoscek said sheparticipates in pageants, to inspire people tohave a fitness plan for aging and longevity not just so they can wear a swimsuit orlook good at the class reunion. Aginggracefully is all about strength and balance,she said, adding that people need to start intheir 50s if not sooner.

Wake up. You are going to live a longtime. Take care of yourself, Benoscek saidalmost like a battle cry to her fellow babyboomers who are expected to live into their90s. She wants everyone to start exercisingtoday to avoid common and preventable aging problems such as humped posture,tripping, falls and muscle atrophy.

Falls are the leading cause of injury _including broken hips and traumatic braininjuries and death in older Americans,according to the U.S. Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention. Experts also say

that people who train and stay strong usual-

ly heal faster after a fall and have lesschance of serious injury if they do fall.

A title and a crown opens the door, shesaid. You do what you have to do to getpeople to hear you.

Ever the self-promoter, Benoscek winkedas she admitted she likes getting dressed upand rockin a bikini at age 49.

But then she got serious and talked aboutbeing raised in the state foster care system,weighing 230 pounds, having epilepsy anda teenage son with autism. Pageant judgesoften ask her why she mentions her tumul-

tuous history.This isnt the Real Housewives ofOrange County? she said. We all havestruggles. There is no perfection.

Benoscek chooses to work with seniorsbecause she said life has given her compas-sion. With television shows like The Big-gest Loser, she said there is a current trendin belittling and degrading fitness clients.She sees no use for that, especially withpeople who are aging and have healthissues

Personal trainer keepsaging clients healthy

Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-Review/MCT

Personal trainer Stacy Benoseck watches her son Mavrick try a pull-up at Oz Fitness in Spokane Valley, Wash., this past summer. Benoseck, 50, specializes in training older people to keep them healthy, but also helped her son, who is autistic, participate in a pageant to raise awareness of autism disorders.

See Personal trainer,Page 18


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Dining is a highlight, and meals are presented rather than simplyserved and accompanied by liberal pours of wine, beer and cock-tails. Tables are cloaked in white linens. Courses are unhurried.Dinner begins with the old-school relish tray celery sticks,olives stuffed with pimento, spiced watermelon cubes a tastydelight that needed to be returned to the culinary landscape.

One doesnt simply pass the time while aboard but enjoys timepassing in a steady unwinding of scenery. Its a heartland view ofAmerica you dont get from the highway rural and farminglandscapes lush in greenery, old railroad and industrial towns allbut forgotten, fields with grazing horses, tiny church-steeplecommunities, and raw urbanscapes.

You can keep watch through the window in your compartmentor in the airy lounge where the windows offer vistas from bothsides of the car. A mesmerizing view is offered compliments ofthe rear of this car: receding tracks vanishing around the bend.Its relaxing and peaceful and you can enjoy it while getting toknow fellow time travelers over free-flowing drinks.

Special packageNew Orleans is home to the National World War II Museum

and world-class exhibits exploring the history and impact ofWWII and the Greatest Generation. The Greatest Generation-Discover New Orleans package, good through March 25, 2015,departs from Chicago and is priced from $569 per person. Includ-ed are overnight accommodations aboard Pullman Rail Journeys;

three nights accommodations at the New Orleans Hotel Montele-one; museum admission; and a $100 dining certificate at a pre-mier New Orleans restaurant.

More informationPullman Rail Journeys depart Chicagos Union Station every

Thursday at 8 p.m. CT and arrive into New Orleans Union Sta-tion the following day at 3:30 p.m. CT, a 20-hour excursion thattravels 934 miles. Northbound departures from New Orleans areat 1:45 p.m. CT Sundays with arrival into Chicago the following

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Photos courtesy Pullman Rail Journeys/MCT

Above: The lounge car is a relaxing spot to watch the scenery and meet new friends.Below:The Pullman Porter is at the serviceof the guest, day or night.


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day at 9 a.m. CT. There is a VIP check-in area for Pullman pas-sengers, with snacks and refreshments provided.

For more information about Pullman Rail Journey excursionsor packages, visit www.TravelPullman.com or call 888-978-5563.

Adventure guide to dont-miss-momentsRelax in a dining car booth and enjoy a dinner that begins with

the classic relish tray and progresses through a salad dressed withPullman vinaigrette, an entree along the order of roast beef ten-derloin, pan seared filet of salmon or spinach stuffed ravioli with

tomato cream sauce and concludes with frozen chocolate moussewith raspberries or fresh strawberry parfait with balsamic,whipped cream and cookie crumb topping. All served on naperydraped tables, of course, and accompanied with quite a freehand by wine or spirits.

Wake after a restful night in time to photograph the sunrise andthen watch the morning unfold from one community to anotherwith a mimosa or Bloody Mary in hand.

Close your eyes and listen to songs pulled from the classicAmerican songbook on departures featuring a variety of artists

from the Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicagos premierinstitution dedicated to the preservation of folk music. Music isscheduled twice-monthly and takes place in the lounge car.

Travel between the dining car and your sleeper room, anadventure in itself. Sometimes the train glides so smoothly alongyoull feel like youre on a riverboat on the calmest of waters;other times, watch out! Its rollicking from side to side so ener-getically youll need both hands free for grabbing and balancing.

Gear to take alongLuggage space on a train, as you might imagine, is at a premi-

um. Most sleeper rooms can handle two Pullman size cases(24- to 26-inch suitcases) and at least one carry-on or cosmetic

case and back in the day, all ladies boarding the train wouldhave had their cosmetic case firmly in hand.

EDITORS NOTE: Author, travel and lifestyle writer, and trav-

el goods expert Kathy Witt feels you should never get to the end

of your bucket list; theres just too much to see and do in the

world. She can be reached at [email protected] or Kathy-

Witt.com.

Photo courtesy Pullman Rail Journeys/MCT

To be as historically accurate as possible, each classic car hasundergone a painstakingly detailed restoration and upholdsthe Pullman tradition of style, ambience and craftsmanship.

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and gout, and immune system disorders such as rheumatoidarthritis.

Benoscek and her husband, Ken, are both certified personaltrainers who pay a fee to Oz Fitness in the Spokane Valley so theycan work with their clients there. The clients have to join Oz. Ben-oscek said that way they can work out alone in a safe environmentwith familiar equipment.

Holston is confident doing leg workouts solo but needs Ben-osceks help and guidance for her upper body. Benoscek said itscrucial to help keep clients bodies in alignment while using theweight machines.

My job is to look at every single detail, she said while helpinghold Holstons shoulders in alignment while lifting. You can real-

ly hurt yourself if you dont know what youre doing.One of the main things Benoscek focuses on is posture, which

involves strengthening and stretching the chest, back and shouldermuscles. This, she said, will help eliminate the sure sign of aging the stooped-over hump. Stretching and increasing range ofmotion in all the joints is also crucial as is strengthening core mus-cles and working on balance.

To prevent tripping, Benoscek said people have to stretch theircalves and practice raising their toes.

The things we do here is to make your life out there easier, shesaid. If you have no core structure to support you, everything ishard from brushing your teeth and vacuuming to putting on yourshoes.

Personal trainer,from Page 16


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Gallatin County- American Cancer Society-Road to

Recovery: Drivers needed for patientsreceiving treatments from their home tothe hospital.

- American Red Cross Blood Drive:Two volunteer opportunities available: anambassador needed to welcome, greet,thank and provide overview for blooddonors; and phone team volunteers need-ed to remind, recruit or thank blooddonors. Excellent customer service skillsneeded, training will be provided, flexibleschedule.- Befrienders: Befriend a senior; visit on

a regular weekly basis.- Belgrade Senior Center: Meals on

Wheels needs regular and substitute driv-ers, before noon, Monday-Friday, todeliver meals to seniors.- Big Brothers Big Sisters: Be a positive

role model for only a few hours eachweek.- Bozeman and Belgrade Sacks Thrift

Stores: Need volunteers 2-3 hour shifts onany day, Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-6p.m.- Bozeman Deaconess Hospital: Volun-

teers needed for the information desks inthe Atrium and the Perk, 8 a.m.-noon,noon-4 p.m.- Bozeman Senior Center Foot Clinic:

Retired or nearly retired nurses areurgently needed, 2 days a month, either 4-or 8-hour shifts.Community Caf: Volunteer needed, 2-3

hours at the beginning and end of themonth, to enter computer data into Excelspreadsheets.- Galavan: Volunteer drivers needed

Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CDLrequired and Galavan will assist you inobtaining one.- Gallatin Rest Home: Volunteers wanted

for visiting the residents, sharing yourknowledge of a craft, playing cards orreading to a resident.

- Gallatin Valley Food Bank: Volunteers

needed to deliver commodities to seniorsin their homes once a month. Deliveries inBelgrade are especially needed.- Habitat for Humanity Restore: Bel-

grade store needs volunteers for generalhelp, sorting donations and assisting cus-tomers.- Heart of The Valley: Compassionate

volunteers especially needed to love, playwith and cuddle cats.- Help Center: Computer literate volun-

teer interested in entering data into asocial services database. Also volunteers

needed to make phone calls to differentagencies/programs to make sure databaseis up to date and make safety calls tohome bound seniors.- Jessie Wilber Gallery at The Emerson:

Volunteers needed on Wednesdays, Thurs-

days, and Fridays to greet people at themain desk, answer questions and keeptrack the number of visitors.- Museum of the Rockies: Variety of

opportunities available such as helping inthe gift shop and more.- RSVP Handcrafters: Volunteers to

quilt, knit, crochet and embroider hats forchemo patients, baby blankets and otherhandmade goods once a week (can workfrom home).- Three Forks Food Bank: Volunteer

needed on Mondays and/or Thursdays tohelp with administrative duties, including

answer phones and questions, some paperand computer work. They will train.- Your unique skills and interests are

needed, without making a long-term com-mitment, in a variety of ongoing, special,one-time events.Contact: Debi Casagranda, RSVP Pro-

gram Coordinator, 807 N. Tracy, Boze-man, MT 59715; phone (406) 587-5444;fax (406) 582-8499; email: [email protected].

Park County- The Danforth Gallery: Volunteer help

needed with greeting persons.- Fix-It-Brigade: Needs volunteers of all

skill levels for 2 hour tasks to help seniorsand veterans with small home repairs,such as mending a fence, cleaning up ayard, and weatherization.- Loaves and Fishes and/or Food Pantry:

Many volunteer opportunities available.- RSVP Handcrafters: Volunteers to knit

and crochet caps and scarves for eachchild at Head Start, also as gifts for chil-dren of prenatal class couples.- Shane Center: Flexible schedules for

friendly volunteers to greet and show peo-

ple around the center.- Stafford Animal Shelter: Volunteers

needed to play with the animals and walkthe dogs.- Yellowstone Gateway Museum: Volun-

teers needed for a variety of exciting proj-ects this fall.- Various other agencies are in need of

your unique skills and help in a variety ofongoing and one-time special events,including with mailings.Contact: Deb Downs, Program Coordi-

nator, 206 So. Main St., Livingston, MT

59047; phone (406)222-2281; email: [email protected].

Fergus & Judith Basin counties- Community Cupboard (Food Bank):

Needs volunteers to help any week morn-ings as well as with deliveries.- Council on Aging: Needs volunteers to

assist at the Senior (Grub Steaks) and oth-er various programs.- Library and Art Center: Volunteer help

always appreciated.- ROWL (Recycle Our Waste Lewis-

town): Recruiting volunteers for the 3rdSaturday of the month to help with greet-ing, traffic directing, sorting, baling andloading recyclables working to keep plas-tic wastes from our landfills.- Treasure Depot: Needs volunteers at

their thrift stores.- Always have various needs for yourskills and volunteer services in our com-munity.Contact: RSVP Volunteer Coordinator,

404 W. Broadway, Wells Fargo Bankbuilding, (upstairs), Lewistown, MT59457; phone (406) 535-0077; email: [email protected].

Musselshell, Golden Valley &Petroleum counties- America Reads: Tutor students in the

important skill of reading. Other tutoring

is intertwined with this program.- Food Bank: Distribute food commodi-

ties to seniors and others in the communi-ty; help unload the truck as needed.- Meals on Wheels Program: Deliver

meals to the housebound in the communi-ty, just one day a week, an hour and ahalf, meal provided.- Museum: Volunteers are needed to

greet visitors and guides to show peoplearound.

- Nursing Home: Piano players andsingers needed on Fridays to entertain res-idents, also assistant needed in activities

for residents to enrich supported lifestyle.- School Lunch Program: Help serve and

supervise children in the lunch room,meal provided.- Senior Bus: Volunteers to pickup folks

whom are unable to drive themselves.- Senior Center: Volunteers are needed

to provide meals, clean up in the diningroom and/or keep records; meal provided.- RSVP offers maximum flexibility and

choice to its volunteers as it matches thepersonal interests and skills of older

See RSVP,Page 21

Below is a list of volunteer openings available through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) incommunities across southern Montana. To learn more about RSVP, call (800) 424-8867 or TTY (800) 833-3722;or log on to www. seniorcorps.org.

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The general rie hunting season for antelope opens two weeksbefore the rie season for deer and elk. That means the meatfrom prairie goats will be the rst big game meat most hunterswill enjoy. A very unscientic survey of acquaintances who huntindicated that most hunters would rather eat antelope meat thanmeat from deer and elk. Your Best Times recipe contributoragrees with the majority of hunters. Antelope meat has a avor thats more delicate than meatfrom deer or elk. A prudent chef is careful not to overpowerthe delicate avor. An antelope is the smallest big game animala Montana hunter may pursue, with the possible exception ofa mountain lion. Consequently, an antelope provides the least

amount of meat of any of the big game animals. A cook cantafford to have kitchen failures with antelope meat when thesupply is relatively small. The back straps of all big game animals offer some of thenest eating. Especially with antelope its important to instructyour game processor to make buttery chops out of the backstraps. That will double the amount of meat in each chop, whichwill result in a serving thats of decent size. A tasty way to serve antelope buttery chops is to saute them

in olive oil and then put butter and bluecheese on them, cover the pan and cookthem for about 45 seconds until most ofthe cheese and butter have melted overthe tops of the chops.

But theres an even better way to enjoyantelope. Debbie Endres, who ownsa wine and cheese shop in Livingstoncalled the Gourmet Cellar, recommendsa combination of rendered duck fat andcreamy blue cheese. The duck fat addsa hint of a unique avor to the meat.Creamy blue cheese is far superior to

the blue cheese crumbles that you maynd in the dairy aisle of supermarkets and its reasonably priced. One part of an antelope that doesnt have a delicate avor isthe heart. Some people prefer not to eat the internal organs ofanimals domestic or otherwise. But if youre willing to try it,the heart of an antelope makes fabulous sandwiches. However you serve antelope, be sure to serve cantaloupe at thesame time. You can impress your guests with your clevernesswhen you announce what is being served.

On The MenuWith Jim Durfey

October 2014 20

Antelope Tenderloin

Medallions with GarlicAntelope medallions cut about 1/2 inch thick

(four per serving)

Creole seasoning

1 small garlic clove, minced (1 clove for two servings)

Olive oil

Place medium-sized saute pan over medium heat. Add

olive oil when heated thoroughly. Sprinkle both sides of

medallions lightly with Creole seasoning. Add medallions

to pan. Cook about two minutes on each side. With one

minute of cooking time left, add garlic to pan. Serve while

still very warm.

Antelope Butterfly Chops with

Duck Fat and Blue Cheese1 butterfly chop per serving, cut about 3/4 inch thick

(teenagers and young men will eat two)

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp. duck fat per chop, softened

Equal amount of creamy cheese, softened

Olive oil

Heat large saute pan over medium heat. Add olive oil when

pan is heated. Sprinkle both sides of chops with salt and

pepper. Place chops in pan. Cook for three minutes. Turn.

Mash duck fat and cheese together. When one minute of

cooking time is left, smear duck fat and cheese mixture

over chops. Cover pan. Cook until duck fat and cheese start

to run down sides of chops. Serve warm.

Antelope Heart Sandwiches

1 antelope heart, trimmed to remove gristleand valves at top of heart

Water

Remove as much blood as possible from heart by rinsing in

water. Put heart in small saucepan. Add water to cover.

Bring to boil. Simmer 15 minutes. Check for doneness.

Cool before slicing. Serve with bread, cheese and Dijon

mustard. You may honestly tell dinner guests that you put

your heart into this meal.

Enjoy cantaloupe with your antelope


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Thursday, October 2

Columbus Farmers Markets, 4-6:30p.m., ColumbusAnnual Glacier Jazz Stampede,through

October 5, Thurs. 8-11:30 p.m., Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Eagles Club,Kalispell

Friday, October 3

Bozeman Straw Bale Maze, weekendsthrough October 31, Bozeman

Bridger Raptor Festival, throughOctober 5, Saddle Peak and Jim BridgerLodges in Bridger Bowl Ski Area,Bozeman

Glendive Farmers Market, 10-11 a.m.,JC West Park, Glendive Tamarack Festival and Brewfest,through October 5, Seeley Lake

Townsend Old Fashion Fall Fest,through October 5, Fri. and Sat. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., HeritagePark, Townsend

Saturday, October 4

Stillwater River Run & Fun Walk,Absarokee Lewistown Farmers Market, Lewistown Miles City Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-

noon, Saturdays through October 25,Riverside Park, Miles City

Friday, October 10

Lewistown Gun Show, through October12, Fri. 3-7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lewistown

Saturday, October 11

Raw Deal Run CommunityFundraiser, Big Timber

Charlie Russell Chew-Choo, departs at4 p.m., Lewistown


15th Annual Cow Patty Links HauntedHollow, 7 to 10 p.m., Belle Prairie Road,Glendive

18th Annual St. Agnes Council ofCatholic Women Crafts, Bazaar andBake Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. AgnesCatholic Church, 1 North Word St., RedLodge

Scarecrows in the Garden Festival,Main Street, Stanford

Friday, October 24

Ghost Walks, through October 25,Bannack

Little Bear School House MuseumAntique Show, through October 26,Bozeman

3rd Annual Brewfest, DillonAll Hallows Eve Living History Programthrough October 25, Virginia City


Boo at the Zoo, Billings Taste of Haven, Emerson CulturalCenter, Bozeman

31st Annual Autumn Art and CraftShow, Civic Center, Helena

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October 2014 Calendar

RSVP,from Page 19

Americans with opportunities to serve their communities. Youchoose how and where to serve. Volunteering is an opportunity to

learn new skills, make friends and connect with your community.Contact: Volunteer coordinator Amanda Turley, South Central

MT RSVP, 315 1/2 Main St., Ste. #1, Roundup, MT 59072; phone(406) 323-1403; fax (406) 323-4403; email: [email protected]; Facebook: South Central MT RSVP.

Custer & Rosebud counties- Clinic Ambassador: Need volunteer to greet patients and visi-

tors, providing directions and more.- Custer County Food Bank: Volunteers needed for food distri-

bution Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.- Custer County Network Against Domestic Violence: Crisis line

volunteer needed.- Forsyth Senior Center: Volunteer musicians needed to provide

entertainment.- Historic Miles City Academy: Volunteers needed to assist in

thrift store and maintenance.- Holy Rosary Health Care: Volunteer receptionists needed at the

front desk.- Kircher School: Volunteer to deliver lunches from Miles City

to school, 2-3 times per week, lunch provided and mileage paid.- St. Vincent DePaul: Volunteers to assist in several different

capacities.- WaterWorks Art Museum: Volunteer receptionists needed, 2

hour shifts Tuesdays-Sundays.If you are interested in these or other volunteer opportunities

please contact: Betty Vail, RSVP Director; 210 Winchester Ave.

#225, MT 59301; phone (406) 234-0505; email: rsvp05@midriv-

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Dawson County- Local Farm to Table Store: Seeking volunteers to help clean

and sort beans, can be done at home and beans will be deliveredto you there. Also someone to help in and during store hours, 11a.m.-6 p.m.- If you have a need for or a special interest or desire to volun-

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Q. So your dream has come true:Youre an NFL coach with a tie game inthe first quarter, fourth down and threeyards to go on your own 30-yard line.Your team is sputtering. So do you puntor go for it?

A. Contrary to conventional wisdom, gofor it. In analyzing NFL play-by-play datafrom the 1998-2000 seasons, mathematicaleconomist David Romer looked at thousandsof plays as well as data on punts, kickoffsand field goals. He then used a techniquecalled dynamic programming to reach thestunning conclusion: Actual play in the NFLis way too conservative, with teams puntingor going for a field goal far more than theyshould. (Journal of Political Economy).

Corroborating Romers analysis werestatistician Benjamin Baumer andeconomist Andrew Zimbalist, who in theirbook The Sabermetrics Revolution wrote:The risk-averse coaches seem to prefermaking the call that is anticipated byfootball convention rather than the call thatmaximizes expected point value. Thepotential praise for being aggressive and

right apparently is more than offsetpsychically by the scorn that would raindown on the coach if the aggressive play didnot pan out.

Q. Is it true that we humans use only10 percent of our brain?

A.Not at all. Time for some criticalthinking. The odds are not 90% that a bulletto your brain would land in an area youdont use, says David G. Myers inPsychology in Everyday Life. Surgicallylesioned animals and brain-damaged humansshow that association areas interpret,integrate, and act on sensory information andlink it with stored memories a veryimportant part of thinking.

Q. Do you have street smarts enoughto say why stop signs have eight sides?Where are the nine-siders? Are theresigns with an infinite number of sides?

A. You have to think back to Americanroads in the early 20th century when therewere no lane lines or stop signs. Driversdidnt even need a license, according toMental Floss magazine. Then in 1915 inDetroit, the first stop signs were introduced,

white and small and square, nothing liketodays red octagons.

Then in 1923, Mississippis highwaydepartment suggested having sign shapesdenote the kind of hazard ahead, the simplelogic being the more sides, the greater thedanger. For you math whizzes, oddlyenough circular signs can be regarded ashaving an infinite number of sides. Thusthese designated the riskiest hazards, likerailroad crossings.

Octagons indicated the second mostperilous situations, like intersections.

Diamonds signaled less-risky stretches(caution!) and rectangles were strictlyinformational (bicycle crossing ahead).

We still use these parameters today,though no one knows why the nonagondrew the short stick.

Q. Just in case you doubt that thehistory of the roller coaster is more thana little loopy, ask yourself who inventedthis classic ride and how long can youstay on one?

A. When Russian daredevils got boredsledding down hills in the 1600s, they

decided to ramp things up by buildingflying mountains elaborate five-storyice ramps with drops as steep as 50degrees, say Noah Davis and Lucas Reillyin Mental Floss magazine. They sleddedon hollowed-out blocks of ice, but in 1804the French added a track and wheels, thoughthe wheels had a tendency to fly off. By the1840s, centrifugal railways featured the firstloop-de-loops, flipping riders around aperfect circle that created G-forces threetimes stronger than most modern coasters.

As to the length of a ride, RichardRodriguez in 2007 spent 17 straight days

and nights on a roller coaster in Blackpool,England eating, drinking and sleepingthere with only a five-minute break everyhour to clean up and use the bathroom. Fiveyears later, Rodriguez upped his riding timeto 112 consecutive days, though he did takethe night off when the park closed.

Q. What happens when hornwormcaterpillars eat wild tobacco plants?

A. If the plants contain nicotine, thecaterpillars get such noxious smokersbreath that predators go reeling backward

and flee, says Susan Milius in ScienceNews magazine. As chemical ecologist IanBaldwin characterized it, I think itsactually the first example of using badbreath as a defense .... Though manycreatures are themselves poisoned by thenicotine, the plump striped tobaccohornworm caterpillar can repurpose thepoison to generate toxic halitosis for itsown protection.

When attacking wolf spiders touch thecaterpillars, the night-prowlers jump away,even though they readily eat other

hornworms that feed on plants lackingnicotine. In Utah, for example, with itsnicotine-free coyote tobacco, researchersattributed the disappearance of largenumbers of hornworms to these predatorywolf spiders.

Says Baldwin, This tobacco defensetakes its toll, however. The nicotine makesthe hornworms sluggish and stunts theirgrowth a bit.

Q. When a launched firecrackerexplodes in front of Southern JiangsuVictory Monument at Mount Maoshan inJiangsu, China, six bugle-like notes canbe distinctively heard, amazing anddelighting visitors. Some locals haveattributed this mystery of the Maoshanbugle to ... a legendary youngtrumpeter who was sacrificed 70 yearsago in a battle nearby, and whose heroicspirit is awakened by the sound ofgunfire produced by the firecrackers.What is the more scientific explanation?

A. The monument is fronted by a hugestone staircase (317 stairs total) in six flightsor subsections. According to analysis by XuChen and colleagues, as reported in the

American Journal of Physics, the eeriesounds are simply echoes from the stairs,with constructive and destructiveinterference yielding crisp bugle-like toots,one for each subsection. (The GuinnessBook of World Records recognizes thestructure as giving out the most notesstimulated by a pulse sound.) As Chenexplains, similar acoustic phenomenainvolving flights of stairs or seat rowsinclude the Hellenistic amphitheater ofEpisaurus and the El Castillo pyramid of theMaya ruins in Mexico.

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Q. Which part of the Earth has the fast-est diurnal spin, and why might it beimportant to know?

A. As the Earth turns, points along theequator travel a full 25,000-mile circumfer-ence in 24 hours, for a spin speed of about1,000 miles per hour. Points at either of thepoles move a negligible distance per 24hours, making for a negligible speed.

Since Earth spins fastest at the equator,countries like Russia, Israel and Ukrainehave sought to work with Brazil to gainaccess to its prime launch pad at the Alcanta-ra Launch Center, measuring a few degreessouth, as reported by Hal Hodson et al. inNew Scientist magazine. The added spinspeed provides an extra boost to launch vehi-

cles, reducing the thrust needed to escapeinto space. Says Josue Cardoso dos Santosat Sao Paulo State University, Brazil isdeveloping a homegrown orbital launchvehicle and, with the help of the RussianFederal Space Agency, is designing a familyof next-generation rockets, dubbed SouthernCross.

Q. In long ago days, who wore the pants

in the group, putting them on one leg at atime just as we do today?A. Early Asians and Europeans wore

gowns, robes, tunics, togas, loincloths andindividual leggings, but an excavated tombin China showed the oldest known trousersoriginated 3,000 years ago and were proba-bly worn by horse riders, says Bruce Bower

in Science News magazine. As reportedby a team led by Ulrike Beck and MaykeWagner of the German Archaeological Institute, With straight-fitting legs and a widecrotch, the wool trousers resembled modernriding pants. Evidence suggests thanomadic herders invented pants for bodilyprotection and freedom of movement forhorseback journeys, as well as for mountedwarfare.

The two pants-wearing men entombed aYanghai were roughly 40 years old and wereprobably warriors as well as herders, theinvestigators said. One was buried with adecorated leather bridle, a wooden horse bitand a battle-ax; the other had a whip, a deco-rated horse tail and a bow.

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