SEPTEMBER 2015 • FREE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE | A SONG AND A STAGE | LEAVING HOME The Lewis & Clark Journal | Published Monthly by Main Street Office, Inc. | 203 Main Street, Three Forks, MT 59752 | 406.285.4556 | LewisAndClarkJournal.com PAGE 2 | THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNAL Index News Room business meeting on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 7:00 News Briefs .....................2 p.m. in the United Methodist Church Annex. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served. All are welcome to Ride of Your Life ...........3 attend. Leaving Home ................4 GUN RAFFLE DRAWING EACH DAY Archivist’s Logbook ......5 THIS MONTH MANHATTAN’S LINEN PINECONE TO Fall Sports Preview .......6 CONTINUE MARKET Health Tip .......................7 The Trooper David DeLaittre Memorial Park Raffle finishes with a bang this month. By its end, one ticket will have been Manhattan Farmer’s Market wraps up on September 9th, but Orange You Glad? .........8 drawn each of 35 days and a total of 30 firearms, three gun Deb Burrington with the Linen Pinecone has announced that A Song and a Stage .......9 safes and two boxes of .22 ammunition will have been awarded she will continue to house a Market from September 16 until to lucky ticket holders. Montessori ....................10 the middle of next June. “We would have fresh produce, crafts Kitchen Traditions ......12 and fresh baked items for sale from 4-6:30 each Wednesday The annual raffle, now in its fourth year, raises funds to Calendar .........................13 evening,” she says. Current artists with TLP may come set support the Trooper David DeLaittre Memorial Park. The up a card table free each week. Those who are not a part Sidewalk Talk ...............14 park was constructed in memory of Trooper DeLaittre who of TLP will be charged $10 per week for a card table spot. Full-Fledged Feud .......15 was shot and killed in the line of duty in December of 2010. Reservations should be placed in advance and tables are not The park also pays tribute to other Montana law enforcement provided. Give Deb a call at 539-0099. “There should be room officers who have given their life while performing their duty for around 10 vendors,” she says and adds, “My artists are also to serve and protect. getting their classes scheduled right now so please check out The Linen Pinecone facebook page for all the details.” So far, four draw dates have been held (June 1st, July 1st, July 4th and August 1st). There will be a drawing each day in September plus one additional day—December 1st. Tickets CHAMBER TO HOST WORKSHOP sales will continue up until the final draw date.They are $20 FOR ONLINE BUSINESS GROWTH each or $100 for six. A number of outlets have tickets for sale throughout the area. For more information, contact Denny Three Forks Chamber of Commerce is helping small DeLaittre at 581-4384. businesses grow their presence online with a Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map workshop. The workshop will be hosted on THE LEWIS & CLARK JOURNAL September 12th at Three Forks High School. ISSUE 9, VOLUME 12 38TH JOHN COLTER RUN Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map is part of Google’s Get Your Published by Main Street Office, Inc. This classic race re-enacting John Colter’s infamous escape Business Online program and aims to bring community PO Box 298 | 203 Main Street from Blackfoot Indians will once again take place at Missouri Three Forks, MT 59752 members, business owners, and civic leaders together to help 406.285.4556 Headwaters State Park on Saturday, September 19th. Due to a small businesses succeed on the web. Fax: 406.285.4724 railroad crossing at mile 1.5 of the course and for the safety of LewisAndClarkJournal.com runners, a railroad official will determine the official race start “4 out of 5 consumers use search engines to find local time based on the current train schedule. The official start Editors information nearby, yet only 37% of businesses have claimed Christina Kamps time will be announced 10 minutes before the start cannon their listing on a search engine,” says Soo Young Kim, Head Trisha Jones fires, estimated between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Registration fees are of Small Business Engagement at Google. “Small businesses [email protected] $40 and will be limited to 300. Registrations may be completed are the engine of local economies and when they flourish, at racemontana.com. They will not be taken the day of the race. For advertising contact: their communities do Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map is a Christina Kamps - 406.285.4556 HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOLDS program designed to empower communities to support their Striving to bring you current news, we local businesses and encourage them to get on the map. Local are greatly humbled by any mistakes ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL / BAKE businesses keep our communities strong; when we help them published and welcome your feedback. SALE succeed on the web, they make our communities even stronger. Our goal is to provide the community with a quality publication. Mistakes will The workshop is a Google presentation hosted by the Three be corrected and may be viewed on our The Three Fork’s Historical Society will host its annual Forks Chamber of Commerce. Visit www.gybo.com to learn website. ice cream social on Thursday, September 10th starting at more about the program and get involved.. 5:00 p.m. in Milwaukee Park. Enjoy an evening of delicious Unless otherwise noted, all content in this publication homemade ice cream, hot dogs, chips and soft drinks. Please HOMECOMING WEEK © Lewis & Clark Journal, bring your own lawn chair and enjoy the Society’s hospitality. All Rights Reserved. Homecoming week in Three Forks starts September 14th During the social, winners will be drawn and announced for Cover Photo: and ends with the football game vs. Columbus on Friday, 2014 Tour de Cure riders line up at the the Historical Society’s Mega Raffle (see ad on page 3). September 18th at 7 pm. TF High Almuni are admitted free. starting line at Missouri Headwaters State Activities will be held throughout the week at the school to Park before heading out on to the course. Also, the Historical Society will conduct the September © Weatherford Photography celebrate. SEPTEMBER 2015 LewisAndClarkJournal.com THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNAL | PAGE 3 right now I’m only at two--one in the morning, one Ride of Your Life at night,” she explains. Foth says that currently she’s in what they call the “Honeymoon Phase.” This is where the pancreas is still functioning somewhat and Story by Christina Kamps the blood sugar levels are easier to control. She keeps a close check on her glucose levels, testing her blood On the 12th of this month the Three Forks area plays sugar eight times a day--before and after meals and host to the annual Tour de Cure Montana. The event before and after working out. is coordinated by the American Diabetes Association and raises funds to help their mission - to prevent and While looking for more information on Diabetes, cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people Combs learned about the Tour de Cure Montana affected by diabetes. fundraiser held right here in Three Forks. According to Kirsten Weatherford, Montana Manager for the According to statistics, over 29 million children and American Diabetes Association, this will be the adults in the United States have either Type 1 or seventh consecutive year for the event to be held at Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 affects an estimated 5-10% this location. of those with the disease in the US and is a result of the body’s failure to produce insulin because It is just one of 91 events held throughout the the immune system has attacked and destroyed the country as a means for funding research to end cells that make the hormone. Type 2 is the most Diabetes. While primarily a cycling event, the common form of diabetes and is often triggered by Montana Tour has several options for participants; a environmental factors such as obesity. With Type 2 100 mile loop, a 50 mile ride, 25 mile ride, a 12 mile Diabetes, the body does not use insulin properly and ride or a 5k walk/run. “I’m not much of a cyclist, the pancreas creates more to make up for it. Over so I’ll be running,” explains Combs. Each adult time, the pancreas is not able to keep up, causing a participant is expected to raise a minimum of $200 buildup of glucose in the body. in pledges. Combs set a personal fundraising goal for $300 and as of publication time had raised over Photos courtesy Kortney Combs This summer, while training with her mom for the Kortney Combs and her daughter Brooke participated in the $600. Participants who have Diabetes are recognized grueling Spartan Race this summer. During training, Brooke Spartan Race, seventeen year old Brooke Foth kept was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. as ‘Red Riders’ and while Foth would physically be having symptoms such as excessive thirst, frequent up to it, she’ll have to cheer her mom on from the urination and dizziness. Initially both Foth and her sidelines. She explains, “I’d love to do it, but we have a the ADA office. A couple of months later,I said, ‘hey, mom, Kortney Combs, thought it was the side effect volleyball game that day in Manhattan and I want to I just went to a walk for the March of Dimes, what is of her intense physical training.