A Few Tips for Hot Dogs in the Summer
by Nancy Smith
It's looking like we may have a hot summer this year, and your dog can get overheated just like you can. Sometimes your instincts aren't the best way to decide what the dog needs.
I never give dogs ice water to drink if they are overheated. A cold wet towel in the groin or on the belly is best. Even soaking with tepid water will cause the dog's temperature to return to its normal of around 101 degrees. Once a dog overheats once, it often is predisposed to do so.
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A Quick Guide to Rodeo Events
Since the Red Lodge Home of Champions Rodeo is a PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) sanctioned event, there are seven core events. Cowboys in the Big Sky Circuit--or those hoping for a shot at the finals--can compete here, and their winnings count toward season and career totals.
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Beartooth Rally 2009
The Beartooth Rally isn't just one event. It's a gathering of Harley riders from all over the country (although it's only promoted in the Western U.S.), with activities spread out over three days.
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Business Alliance Encourages Shopping Only at Independent Stores July 1-7
The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) is working with cities and towns all over the country to strengthen their local economies and sense of community by declaring the first week in July "Independents Week."
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Celebrate the National Day of the American Cowboy on July 25
In 2004, American Cowboy magazine launched a campaign to create a special day to honor one of the most enduring icons of America: the cowboy.
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Does it Matter What We Call Our Dogs?
by Kristen Crabtree
I would like to respond to the "Dog Guardian" article from last month about how we refer to ourselves and our dogs. My husband, Bill Crabtree, and I run a horse operation, raising quarter horses, giving riding lessons, and boarding and training horses. We both love all animals.
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Home of Champions Parade Pictures
by Gary Robson
The big parade on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of July during the Home of Champions Rodeo is one of the highlights of our year in Red Lodge. Here are some pictures of the 2009 event.
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How Not to Wake Up
by Gary Robson
So my friend Mike is over at the house one evening, and we get talking about music. It's not enough, of course, just to talk when one of you is being introduced to something new, so when Mike said he was unfamiliar with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, we had to play some.
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Raven Rescue
The Nature Center had a chance last month to make its ravens proud. Some wild ravens built a nest up high on a ledge on the old cannery building in Red Lodge. It was a good site for a nest. High up, good visibility, safe, private, quiet.
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Red Lodge Resort Tax Update
by Gary Robson
I accepted an appointment to the Red Lodge Resort Tax Review Committee because I felt the City's tax law needed two things: clarity and consistency. It has been obvious to me since I purchased Red Lodge Books in 2001 that few people in town really understand the resort tax, and that it isn't being applied consistently.
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Service & Non-Profit UPDATE: Elks
Our new bar manager, Doug Bailey, formerly managed the Bierstube on Red Lodge Mountain. He has already changed up the selection at the bar, and he's bringing in a new cadre of bartenders to support him, including Callie Kenyon, Jason Magida, and Mary Fitzgerald.
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Service & Non-Profit UPDATE: Fireworks
The Red Lodge Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate in helping provide the spectacular Fourth of July Fireworks Display that the Red Lodge community, Home of Champions Rodeo-goers and vacationing visitors have come to know and love!
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Service & Non-Profit UPDATE: Nature Center
Nature Center Receives Conservation Bookshelf
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What Should be Taxable in Town?
These two lists are from the changes being proposed by the Red Lodge Resort Tax Review Committee. They have not been reviewed or approved by the City at this time. Most of what you see on these lists does exist in current law, but there are some significant changes
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by Gary Robson
We all know the joys of pairing the right beer with our food. It's just as satisfying (and tasty) to put the right beer in your food.
The first rule for successful cooking with beer is simple: Don't use any beer in your cooking that you wouldn't be willing to drink. It's tempting, when looking at a recipe, to just dump a can of Bud, Coors, or Miller in the pot. But the whole purpose of cooking with beer is to infuse your food with the flavors from the beer, and frankly, there's not much flavor to impart from a beer like Bud.
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by Randy Tracy
When the movie Sideways took the wine world by storm, the immediate result was that Pinot Noir wines became overpriced by about double. Perfectly nice Pinot Noir is out there if you don't mind paying for it, but bargains are hard to find. My low-cost favorites are still the Castle Rock and the Turning Leaf Sonoma Reserve. Kings Ridge Pinot Noir usually comes in under $20 and is quite nice. But the quality you can find in a $15 Cabernet Sauvignon usually hides inside a $30 bottle when it comes to Pinot Noir. All thanks to a movie.
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by John Overton
The month of July is almost completely consumed by the fourth day of the month. This is "Independence Day," the day we celebrate our independence from England. Duh! Who doesn't know this?
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by Jeff Ewelt
As I was singing a joyful summer song the other day, I quickly became depressed when I saw my tot's nose flowing with a lovely green goo. Hoping that it was just a sneeze gone awry, I wiped the mess away, only to see more come falling out. Ugh, another pesky cold. Right in the middle of summer. What a bummer. So as I sat with him at night, assuring him that he can still breathe through his mouth, my mind started wandering. I started thinking about the possibility that perhaps one day, we will find some magic potion that will help us get rid of that pesky cold. But in the meantime, I became fascinated with the idea that there are currently so many animals that help humans, so I decided to share my favorites. As a fan of the odd, I have chosen the least-known animal helpers, and--of course--the most disgusting.
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by Jeanne Thomas
Her presence is simple, harmonious, and comfortable. To be with Mary Ringer is to feel the light of beauty. The contours of her house, the views from her windows, her studio, her deck on the creek, and of course her many passionate works of art, reflect the love she has for life in all its myriad manifestations. So many people told me what a wonderful person she was, that I saw just how many lives she has touched with her self and her art.
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by Gene Rodman
In a couple of days, the evening skies will light up with fireworks. It's not very often we are able to get a good photograph of the kids swirling sparklers around, or the grand finale of the fireworks show on the East bench on the 4th of July.
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Tat Chat:
Tattoos: Where to Begin
by Jody De Carlo
Working for a decade in the tattoo and body piercing industry, I have learned a great deal about skin and art--which has prompted me to document and write, for there is much to consider and a lot that gets overlooked. While people are much more knowledgeable about tattoos and piercings than they were just five years ago, I still meet many people who don't know where to begin when it comes to shopping for a tattoo or piercing. Deciding what to get and where to put it is only part of the challenge, yet it is often the only thing many people consider. I can always spot someone whose only tattoo research has been watching Miami Ink. Television shows are just not "reality."
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Green Scene:
The History of Red Lodge's Pride Park and the All Nations Garden Club
by Clare Witcomb
The idea of writing a history of the All Nations Garden Club in Red Lodge has been percolating in the back of my mind for several months, and just when I'm the busiest at the Beartooth Nature Center, I decided to take the bull by the horns and just do it. I've asked several long-time members to give me as much information as they are able to remember, to give me a thumbnail sketch of how the All Nations Garden Club came into being.
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About Town:
Red Lodgers and Their Tattoos
by Corey Thompson
Now that it's finally summer, the polar Tec and long underwear have been packed away, replaced with t-shirts and shorts. This means lots more skin showing, and now we can see some amazing body art. Tattooing used to be for Popeye and Marines, but now it seems like everyone--and their mothers! --have tattoos.
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by Ryan Sankey
Tans may come, and tans may go, but skin damage is here forever! As the summer heats up and we all uncurl from our months of indoor hibernation, it is easy to bask defenseless in the glory of warm sunbeams, but even 30 minutes a day of unprotected sun exposure can add up to regrets ten years down the road. When you really overindulge and end up with a sunburn you get to pay twice: first with that ridiculous shade of red that is not becoming to you, and again when you realize the lines in the mirror were not there when you were at the beach in college.
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Off the Reel:
If we stay the course, we are dead! We are all dead!
by Doug Robson
Terminator Salvation is the fourth movie in the Terminator franchise. I didn't have much hope for this after the third, but it had Christian Bale as John Connor, so how bad could it be?
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