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Greetings 405 listener!
The 405 airs over KMMR Radio Station. At 5 Minutes past 4 PM. Normally each M-F week day of the year. Here on the website we'll get it posted for you within a few hours, normally.
Your neighbor and website maintainer,
D.J. Rasmussen
I wanna again welcome you to the 04:05 coffee break. Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottled water, beverage of your choice. Let's see what's happening in Springley. $6.03 a bushel, 550 pounds steer calf, three ninety two on the top end, a butcher hog in Omaha at 64¢ a pound, and a 100 pound fat lamb in Billings. I'll fetch $2.27 a pound.
OK Solberg:But guys, there's more, much more. Okay. Okay. I'm still basking in the goodness of the weekend. Yes, siree Bob.
OK Solberg:The 50th class reunion of the graduates from 1975 from good old MHS. Oh, guys. We had a wonderful opportunity to have 41 members of the still living 67 members from the class. That's a good turnout. And side note, 11 deceased, may they rest in peace.
OK Solberg:And we had two teachers that had been in Malta High School back in 1975, Mr Doug Sabo and Mr Terry Vanderpan. What a treat to have those two gentlemen come back for the celebration. Mr Sabo and his wife came all the way from the state of Maine, and Mr Vanderpan came all the way from Arizona. One traveled over 2,300 miles and the other over 1,200 miles just to be with us in Malta, Montana. Coach Sabo and coach Vanderpan both enjoyed the celebration greatly.
OK Solberg:Now I didn't personally have Mr Vanderpan for a teacher, but Mr Sabo was my driver's ed instructor. See, if we took driver's ed, we could get our driver's license earlier, and all of us wanted a driver's license earlier. I trained with Ross Olson, my classmate. May Ross rest in peace. So the day it was our turn to make our big drive after we did all the other preliminaries, the day it was to make our big drive and complete the course, we will we were able to drive all the way out to Harb.
OK Solberg:Yes, sir. Out where I lived. Ross drove from town out past Salisbury's mailbox just before you get to Kindle's. And on that S curve on the S curve, it was my turn to drive. And as I climbed into the driver's seat, I turned to Mr Sable and showed him my brand new eight track tape.
OK Solberg:It was eight track tape, Three Dog Night, and the best song on the album or the one I like best was black and white. I asked Mr Sable if it was okay to pop the tape into the eight track player. He said, sure. Sure. And we rock and rolled all the way out to Harb.
OK Solberg:Now Mr Vanderpan had a classic story that lives in the annals of Malta High School like a beacon. He taught Title I, and then semester he taught a science class for the seniors. Trouble was, there wasn't another science room in the high school that was open, so he borrowed Mrs. Bruckner's junior high science room. He was a year teacher and he wanted the students to have some hands on experience, so he got permission to ferment some fruits in class and learn the science behind fermentation.
OK Solberg:He was careful. He had each of the students get assigned permission slip from home. He was careful. Thing was, one student didn't think her parents would allow her to participate, so she forged her parents' signature. When it's time to take the fermented bottles of bananas and apples, well, she left the bottle in the closet that missus Bruckner used to hang her coat.
OK Solberg:When missus Mary Ellen Bruckner came into the closet, closet, hung up her coat, she sees this bottle of something hiding in the shadows. As she picked it up, the pressure of the movement made the bottle blow the cork, and here missus Bruckner was covered from head to toe with this stinking liquid and chunks of apple, banana, and raisins. Now guys, if you remember where missus Bruckner's class was located in relationship to the principal's office, Mr Dean Robertson, You know the two rooms are separated by a very large distance. She has to come out of her classroom, walk across the study hall, remember dripping fruit and stinking to high heaven the whole way, down the two flights of stairs, turn right and walk down the long hall by miss Higgins' class, then turn left at Mr Jensen's English class, continue walking down an even longer hall past the Vo Ag shop and Mr Ryan's room, turn left at missus Shoemaker's room, and walk again down the hall past the auditorium, and finally into the principal's office. Rumor has it, she was calling out loudly, I quit.
OK Solberg:I quit unless they fire Mr Vanderpan. Oh, it is a funny story. Funny except for missus Bruckner. Terry Vanderpan thought he was gonna lose his job. He really did.
OK Solberg:But things simmered down, and that did not happen. After Terry told me that story for the time when I visited with him last year, a few days later, was down at Stretches here, right in Malta, Montana, getting lunch when Judy Flat came inside. She's still walking to her table when I said, hey, Judy. Mr Sable and Mr Vanderpan are coming next year for the 50th reunion. Judy hadn't even reached her table yet.
OK Solberg:When she heard the name Vanderpan, she too started recounting that classic story. Oh, yes. It lives on. It certainly brought a lot of smiles to many faces, and, well, missus Bruckner even got over it, and her and Terry were pretty close friends. Oh, it was a great weekend.
OK Solberg:I'll close with my signature bible verse, Deuteronomy thirty two seven, remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father and he will show you, your elders and they will tell you. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.