Red Lodge Airport Flower Bombed! Wind, Rain and Giant Shrimp Are No Match for Lee Moran and Charlie Brandine!
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Flour Power
The well-attended First Annual Wings & Wheels Fly/Cruise-In ended its food, fun and education filled morning with a Flour Bombing competition. As there wasn’t a written program, the word spread among the crowd that something called a “Flower Bombing” would signal the end of the festivities. Speculations ranged from flowers being tossed from planes onto the crowd to possibly something more hippie inspired. Slower to spread was the word that Flour Bombing is a competition where planes fly over an area and try to hit a target on the ground, in this case a beautiful shiny red truck, with a dropped bag of flour. Wings & Wheels with its grand finale is sure to become a local celebration of the end of summer for many years to come.
The Wings and Wheels event showcased a variety of aircraft as well as an impressive collection of cars with informational booths manned by Rocky Mountain College, Red Lodge Flying Club, Genuine Aircraft Hardware Co. and others. This event was made possible thanks to the hard work of the Friends of the Red Lodge Airport (FRED). All donations benefited FRED.
If you missed Wings & Wheels this year, mark your calendar for next. It’s a great time to mark the end the summer, meet up with friends and see what’s happening at the Red Lodge Airport - a Carbon County recreational and critical emergency resource. For further information visit redlodgeairport.com or email redlodgeairport@gmail.com.
Giant Shrimp Take Over the Edgar Bar As Bands Take Over the Stage and Stormy Weather Threatens All
Spoiler: It’s Carbon County, the good times won!
The last Edgar Bar Shrimpfest of the year happened Sunday, September 3. The food consisted of Edgar Bar’s famous giant fried shrimp, steak cooked to order, corn on the cob and french fries. The party was already going strong at 3:15 though it wasn’t scheduled to start until 3:30. A storm front blew in hard for several minutes at approximately 3:25 threatening an unwelcome aerial relocation of the cooking shelter just as service was finding its groove. The able and good natured staff protected the food and supplies while customers held the shelter frame down until the wind gusts subsided, although the deluge continued. Competing with the downpour and the constant stream of heaping plates and colorful drinks (a watermelon, vodka, lime and agave concoction was particularly delicious), Lee Moran and Charlie Brandine easily took center stage, literally and figuratively, by capturing the crowd’s attention with their first few musical phrases. Soon after there was joyful dancing in the raindrops. Crow Country was up next, but my party left early to make room for others. If Charlie and Lee were any indication of the show to come, a great time was had by all!
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September 9, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - The annual Joliet Lions Club Car Show and Craft Fair fundraiser with food vendors. Car Show is open to all makes and models with a $20 entry, registration is day of event between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. Call Casey at 406-794-4125 with questions regarding the Car Show. For questions regarding the Craft Fair or to reserve booth space, call Flo at 406-426-8576. There will also be a silent auction, call Flo or Casey if you would like to donate an item.
The Joliet Lions Club serves Joliet and surrounding communities. This fundraiser is their largest of the year. The proceeds will help provide scholarships for high school seniors pursuing further education, as well as fund their Christmas for Kids program ensuring families who are struggling are able to have Christmas gifts for the kids in their family. The Joliet Lions Club also helps support other community organizations such as hosting the school’s academic award night, providing free lunch at the Volunteer Fireman’s Bingo event and free breakfast for the Project Footprints walk.
Join the Forum for Provocative Issues on Monday, September 11, at 6:00 p.m. at the Red Lodge Senior and Community Center (13th St and Word Ave) when JoAnn Eder, retired astronomer and Red Lodge resident, discusses what we’ve learned, and will continue to learn, from the discoveries from telescopes launched into space. Water, tea, and coffee will be available. Feel free to bring other beverages. It is recommended that attendees read the New York Times piece, The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting to Unravel, September 2, 2023 (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/opinion/cosmology-crisis-webb-telescope.html). For dinner reservations or notices of future forums, email rlmtforum@gmail.com.
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