November 1 2008
Well gang, there’s good news this week. We held our 8^th annual benefit last Saturday to help kids who wish things were better.
Nobody seems to be able to handle mathematics very well around here, unless it has to do with cooking recipes or reloading ammo muzzle velocity and stuff like that. But with the last minute money coming in, and the last minute bills being found, it turns out that hurricane "Ike", the recession and all like that, didn’t stop our people from equaling last year’s donation of $15,000.
It kind of makes you proud to be associated with the Montrose Beer and Gun Club.
As usual there were a few people that got a little carried away with the proceedings. As a matter of fact, there was one individual that was so self-medicated, that he was... Carried away.
In as much as he was running for political office, in this political season, his name will not be mentioned here.
But, c’mon, you can figure it out.
Another small problem involved a missing dog that somehow got off his leash, and was never found.
The puppy, who was a "chow", was suspected of being the main ingredient in a wild game entry that was listed simply as "CHOW".
However, an oriental gentleman who was one of the food judges in the cooking competition claimed that the dish submitted as "chow", tasted a lot more like BORDER COLLIE. So, the bereaved owner of the "chow" was forced to bow to the expert and continue searching the crowd.
At any rate, it was exceedingly droll, and the "CHOW" entry didn’t win, in spite of the fact that one fella that tasted it saying that it was really something to woof about.
In closing, it was great to be a part of the scene, and the benefit committee thanks all of you folks who showed up and enjoyed this year’s event. Making it the success that it was.

Till next week
Helga Biermeister
Secretary