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Join the Summer 2008 R.E.A.D. Program on June 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and read to Sonny! Kids in grades K-6 can come to the basement at the Red Lodge Carnegie Library and read to a Smooth Collie named Sonny. There are four 20-minute sessions available each day, so sign up soon!
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"WonderFaire" to Celebrate Children and Community
On Saturday, June 21, the School of the Beartooths will be putting on a family-oriented, Renaissance-themed event that will feature lively entertainment, artisan demonstrations, Renaissance-era games, livestock, and a Historical Marketplace. Organizers of the "WonderFaire" encourage you to don your favorite Renaissance garb, although jeans, shorts and t-shirts will be welcome, too.
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Bailey Wolf Compensation Trust Reimburses Ranchers for Livestock Killed by Wolves
by Gary Robson
When plans evolved to reintroduce wolves to the Yellowstone ecosystem, wolf conservationists had a tough question to answer: What happens when those wolves kill someone's livestock?
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Book Review: Images of America: Red Lodge
by Gary Robson
For such a small town, there has been a lot written about Red Lodge. Is there room for yet another Red Lodge book? John Clayton, with a lot of help from the Carbon County Historical Society (CCHS), has demonstrated that there is.
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Carbon County Youth Are Invited to Attend Teen Summit June 17-20
by Jean Atherly
Carbon County youth ages 13-18 are invited to attend a free four-day Teen Summit in Missoula from June 17-20. Join hundreds of Montana youth and help fight big tobacco companies! Sponsored by Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP), this summit will help teens work together to plan, organize and implement different activities for reACT on a statewide level. reACT is a nationwide youth organization created to react Against Corporate Tobacco.
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DSVS Volunteer Orientation/Training Scheduled for June
Individuals interested in volunteer advocate opportunities with Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Carbon County (DSVS) are invited to contact DSVS right away and take part in June's training program.
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June 18 is Field Day at Bridger Plant Materials
On Wednesday, June 18, visitors will have an opportunity to visit and tour the Bridger Plant Materials Center. The Center--located at 98 South River Road, about 21/2 miles southeast of Bridger--is celebrating its 49th anniversary with a tour from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. followed by a free barbecue lunch.
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New Gourmet Food & Wine Shop to Open in Red Lodge This Fall
That little house by Pride Park in downtown Red Lodge certainly has an interesting history. In 1910, it was a saloon and "boarding house for girls" (read: bordello). After that, it became Dr. Adams' office, and later became a private home. Most recently, it was The Bikery, where you could get baked goods and bicycles.
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News on the Restaraunt Scene
by Gary Robson
The Red Lodge Pizza Company got a spiffy new Picard LP-200 series pizza oven in April (see the photo at right). It has four times the capacity of their old one, and still uses less natural gas. I got a look at the interior of the oven, which has a conveyor made from--are you ready for this?--11/4-inch-thick slabs of polished granite. The inside of that oven looks better than my kitchen counters (at least until Rubin at More Creations gets finished with them).
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Solar Flair Action!
This year's "Solar Flair" event at the Caf? Regis, (June 1st, 4-8 p.m.) will be the biggest and best ever! If you're interested in being green, this is the place to go in Carbon County.
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Take the G-Dawg Challenge!
It must be summertime in Red Lodge, because G-Dawg is back! Every summer, Gary Kisthard sets up his ?G-Dawg?s? hot dog and sandwich cart in front of Pride Park, just off Broadway in downtown Red Lodge.
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The Big Bad Wolf: Man's Hatred and Fear
by Gary Ferguson
It's been nearly 100 years since 22-year-old graduate biology student Aldo Leopold shot and killed one of the last wolves in New Mexico. He later recounted the event with regret, describing having watched in the animal's eyes the "dying of that fierce green fire." Decades later, as one of the most influential conservation biologists of his day, Leopold would be among the first to articulate the importance of predators in healthy ecosystems, calling in 1944 for the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
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The Red Lodge Resort Tax
by Gary Robson
Montana does not have a sales tax, but as anyone who shops in Red Lodge knows, certain towns do have a local tax known as a "resort tax." The 1985 law authorizing the resort tax is very specific about what towns qualify: among other things, the town must have a population under 5,500 and the residents must vote to approve the tax.
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The Worth of a Tank of Fuel (student essay)
by Jeff Mohl
Our society is utterly dependent on oil and gasoline. Virtually everything in American culture, from the cars we drive to the products we use every day, is made using energy from some form of oil, either directly or indirectly. Is it wise to base a society primarily on a non-renewable resource? No, but it is currently the most economic and simple solution to the shortcomings of the human body. The price of gas is constantly on the rise, and there are many contributing factors. Rarity of the resource, demand for gasoline, government needs, marketing costs, even refinery workers' unions all have an effect on the dent left in your wallet when you fill up your tank.
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by Randy Tracy
I just read another article written by Clark Smith, who takes a contrary pride in being labeled the "Antichrist" of wine making. This was posted on his excellent "Wine Crimes" blog (winecrimes.com) and he was taking exception to a famous wine writer's pontificating. Among other matters, Clark addresses the oddball double-standard in wine retailing, where a wine produced without artificially added sulfites is considered "suspect" and yet the reliable, clean strains of yeast that nearly all commercial producers use are considered "newfangled." Particularly, the latest techniques of sophisticated filtering are heresy. If these methods reliably produce viscerally powerful wines with complexity, distinctive regional characteristics and a decent price, what exactly is the complaint?
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by John Overton
A great song from a great musical (Oklahoma). I was planning on doing more with this title, but Shirley made me promise that I wouldn't go there.
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by Jay West
When I was a child, this recipe was a comfort food that my family called "peanut butter soup." I thought it was one of those recipes my mother clipped out of a magazine in the 1950s. However, the recipe has been in the family for a long time. My mother got it from great-Aunt Katherine. Aunt Katherine said she got the recipe from her mother, who called it "creamed ground-nut soup" and made it with roasted or boiled peanuts. She is supposed to have received the recipe from her family and so on.
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by Jeanne Thomas
This month our town hosts the Red Lodge Music Festival. This is something that never ceases to amaze me. The quality of the performances is world-class and the all-professional faculty is comprised of celebrated musicians and teachers from all over the country. This professional summer music camp is open to all students who have completed the 7th grade. They will be able to study and perform with professionals, and everyone in Red Lodge will have the opportunity to watch and hear mature professional musicians and inspired--and aspiring--young ones performing both classical and contemporary repertoires.
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by Gene Rodman
A couple of months ago I stopped in Gary's bookstore and he asked me to do an article on photographing animals. He was having a particularly hard time getting his cat to co-operate for one of his ad shots. Now there is something to be said about shooting trained animals that can sit when asked, look attentive when needed, and just be cute on cue.
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Stop and Think:
Wolves: Why Delisting is Necessary
by Gary Robson
There's not much middle ground when it comes to wolves, but there are plenty of extreme views. Far to one side are the wolf-lovers who seem to feel that wolves are more important than people. Far to the other side are the wolf-haters (represented by the "Wolves: Government Sponsored Terrorists" bumper sticker I saw in Roscoe last night) who seem to want the species eradicated by any means possible.
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Green Scene:
Red Lodge Endorses Climate Protection Agreement
by Clare Witcomb
Recently the Red Lodge City Council endorsed the U. S. Conference Of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. Scientific evidence and consensus continue to strengthen the idea that climate disruption is an urgent threat to the environmental and economic health of our communities. Many cities--in this country and abroad--already have strong local policies and programs in place to reduce global warming pollution, but more action is needed at local, state and federal levels to meet the challenge.
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About Town:
Ethanol: To Buy or Not To Buy?
by Corey Thompson
The south Cenex gas station in Red Lodge is now offering ethanol as a choice for consumers. In the current economic climate, where price of gas has reached unprecedented heights, why not opt for ethanol, which can be, but is not always, the cheaper gas choice? Likewise, why not opt for ethanol, which Joel Lindgren of Red Lodge's Cenex, is hoping will not only reduce gasoline emisions, but also help to reduce our dependence on foreign oil?
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