Publisher's Notebook
The Notebook been involved in some way with Taste of Home Cooking Schools for 33 years. Tuesday night’s show/cooking school was another sell-out success, thanks to the Daily Press advertising team “ Tim Frates, general manager/ marketing director, who emceed and shopped for the groceries; advertising staffers Dennis Anderson, Susan Andersen, Jo Christensen; graphic artist Mary Dietrich who headed main stage crew of Barb Bourke, Tami McCay, Corinne McCay, Lauren McCay. The “behind the curtain crew” Mallory Haulman, Mae Haulman, Amber Frates. During the day, Nathaniel McCay helped TOH culinary expert Kit Hoover set up the show.
When I say 33 years ago--
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Back then, I announced from the stage of the Lander High School gym to a packed house that some lucky person had won a microwave oven. (That was a big prize in 1976.) Tuesday night, Holly Hardin won a new dishwasher from Tri-County Appliance. Back then, too, before Taste of Home Cooking Schools had all the multi-media doodads like multiple screens, it was a “home economist” running the show with interruptions by the emcee. Talk about circle of life stuff: then, I’m wearing a 1970s-ish denim suit and handing out microwaves and now, Bill’s granddaughters are helping us.
Randy Gerke has a new book, his first, ‘Outdoor Survival Guide.’ He’ll be autographing copies at Hastings from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. (So after the game, drop by. Might be a good stocking stuffer.) He and Kay Gerke have been doing wilderness programs around Montrose for 31 years. Kay is the book’s illustrator. To know more about the book, go to the Web site: www.theoutdoorsurvivalguide.com.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday) for The Smothers Brothers Show Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.) at the Montrose Pavilion. (Feb. 2, at the Avalon Theatre in Grand Junction.) It’s being produced by Sandstone Concerts along with the Montrose Daily Press. Tickets available at the Montrose Pavilion, Cimarron Books in Ridgway, or by calling: 243-TIXS. Good show, this.
From the I-Know-This-Sounds-Like-An-Ad, file--.
The Notebook loves a good plate of Thai. The new Thai restaurant, Asii, located in “midtown” Montrose, serves up some tasty Thai, fersure. Recommended.
Controlled burn alert! Put another birthday candle on the cake tomorrow for insurance whiz and full-time golfer, Greg Bollig.
Good local football Saturday hereabouts, in the state playoffs:
• Montrose (9-1) hosts Standley/Westminster (8-2) at 1 p.m. at the Montrose Community Stadium. The Daily Press’ Stream Team will provide a live Web site stream of the game. Details: www.montrosepress.com.
• Defending 2A state champ Olathe, now with a 24-game winning streak, the longest in Colorado, hosts Salida (5-5), also at 1 p.m. at Wilson Stadium.
• Delta, first time in the playoffs since 1999, will be at Denver D’Evelyn.
We’ve got seven people from the Daily Press covering these games, live on the Web and in print Sunday.
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