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THE MONTANA STANDARD, BUTTE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2013

Rancher, homemaker a ‘farmer at heart’Glenna Stucky, 76, likes to get outside to do chores, check on cows

BY PAT HANSENfor The Montana Standard

The morning is a cool 20 degrees with alight snow sifting down as Glenna Stuckyjoins her daughter, Earline Goettle, to fill

buckets with feed pellets for the herd of heifers.It is only 8:30 a.m. but already Glenna has

prepared breakfast for her husband and twoemployees, washed the dishes, tidied thekitchen and mixed up a batch of dough to makeinto loaves of bread when she returns.

A bevy of border collies eagerly jump on the

pickup flatbed as the women drive up the roadto the heifer pasture, but some jump off justoutside of the farm yard and gleefully racethrough the snow.

An early riser, Glenna, 76, says she likes toget outside to do chores, check the cows and toget exercise. Calving starts in February, and asthe season progresses she often has some calvesto feed on nurse cows.

Ranching is a lifestyle rather than a typicaljob. For as long as they can, Glenna and Earl, 78,expect to continue working alongside theirdaughter and son-in-law, Earline and Mick

Goettle, daughter Sharon Edsall, son anddaughter-in-law Cal and Renee Stucky, andgrandson Travis and Trish Goettle, with 3-year-old great grandson Michael who is always happyto tag along with his daddy.

Clerical skills learned in high school are stillhelpful as Glenna keeps the ranch books. Whenthe children were young and the family lived atGallatin Gateway, she worked at various jobsincluding several years at the state extensionoffice on the campus of Montana StateUniversity. In 1967 they moved to a ranch on

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Glenna Stuckyputs buckets of pellets on a pickuptruck to feed theheifers on herranch north of Avon

PHOTO BY PAT HANSEN

FOR THE MONTANA STANDARD

PAT HANSEN PHOTOS / THE MONTANA STANDARD

AFTER FEEDING THE HEIFERS PELLETS, rancher Glenna Stucky and her daughter, Earline Goettle, check the Angus heifers that are getting ready tocalve in February on their ranch north of Avon.

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Cherry Creek and then moved to theformer Keiley ranch north of Avon in1976.

Glenna enjoys her role as a home-maker and rancher. She sews, knits,cooks every day for a crew, is a gracioushostess for many visitors, is active incommunity events and for the past 20plus years has served as president of theAvon Get Together Club. Until the ClarkFork Cattlewomen disbanded she was anactive member of that organization, butcontinues to be a member of theNational Cattlewomen’s Association.

The 4-H license plate on her carexpresses what a big part of Glenna’s life4-H has been. As a leader for 35 yearsshe taught and encouraged her childrenand many others with their projects.

As winter begins a slow slide towardspring, Glenna says, “I’m a farmer atheart and can hardly wait for gardeningin the spring and taking care of theyard.”

From the time she was a child shehelped with haying. She loves the smellof hay and driving her power buckraketo push loads of hay to the stack. Duringthe summer, the Stucky family puts upstacks of native grass hay for their cattleusing a beaverslide, and Glenna cooksfor the entire crew during that time.Occasionally someone else takes over inthe kitchen for an afternoon so she cango drive her buckrake for a little while.

“I’m so thankful to the good Lord forgiving me the ability to do what I can,”Glenna said. “We are so blessed, and it is

a godsend to have the kids and grand-son, Travis, working on the ranch.”

The Stuckys’ other daughter, Jill and

husband, Bill McIntosh, live with theirfamily just a few miles away on theMcIntosh family ranch.

PAT HANSEN / THE MONTANA STANDARD

GLENNA STUCKY pours a final cup of coffee for Earl before they both go out to do ranch chores and feeding of cattle.

BY KAREN GARLOCHThe Charlotte Observer (MCT)

Last year at this time, influenza season was so mild,we barely noticed.

But this year, flu season arrived about a month earlyand quickly built to the worst level in a decade.

Nationally, the number of states reporting high lev-els of patients with flu-like illness decreased last week.But it’s too soon to say if the worst has passed.

As always, anyone experiencing flu-like symptomsshould stay away from hospitals, nursing homes andother venues where they could infect others.

While we’re in the thick of it, here are some thingsto remember:

IT’S NOT TOO LATE You can still get a flu shot. It takes about two weeks

after the vaccination to build up enough antibodies toeffectively fight off the flu, but flu season often doesn’t

peak until late January or February.“Last year everyone got their flu shots, but then the

flu season was very mild,” said Dr. Lisa Burke, a physi-cian at Carolinas Medical Center’s Arboretum UrgentCare. “People have gotten lackadaisical about their flushots this year.”

Federal health officials recommend flu vaccine foreveryone 6 months of age and older. It is especiallyimportant for people who are at high risk of serious flucomplications, including young children, pregnantwomen, people with chronic health conditions (such asasthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease), and people65 years and older.

VACCINE STILL AVAILABLE Despite some reports, there is no shortage of the flu

vaccine this year.“Some of our locations may experience intermit-

tent, temporary shortages of flu vaccine, but we stillhave vaccine in stock and we resupply our pharmaciesand clinics as quickly as possible,” said MikeDeAngelis, a national spokesman for CVS.

SHOT OR SPRAY? Choose from the common injectable vaccine and the

nasal spray vaccine called FluMist.Contrary to popular myth, health officials say the

injectable vaccine cannot cause flu. That’s because it’smade from a killed virus. “It can make you a little achy,but it cannot give you the flu,” Burke said.

FluMist, on the other hand, is made with a smallamount of live attenuated virus, which does not cause

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY PAT HANSENfor The Montana Standard

“People tend to forget that the word ‘history’contains the word ‘story.’”

— Ken Burns

Ruth Little grew up in the Big Hole Valley and has loved Montana history sinceshe was a youngster listening to the stories her father and grandfather told.Storytelling is in her genes, and Ruth, 69, regales listeners about characters of

the past with ease. She tells how her great-grandfather, Soren Nelson, walked intothe Big Hole Valley as a teenager with a nickel in his pocket, but upon turning 18 heimmediately filed on a homestead near Jackson. Later he married Lena Hirschywhose family came from Switzerland and ran a dairy in the area.

With a wealth of historical stories in her mind, Ruth entered Western MontanaCollege in Dillon with the idea of becoming a history teacher. She has fond memories of how her history teacher, Dale Tash, told about the vigilantes and othercharacters, bringing history to life.

However, professors told Ruth that coaches taught history. Not being a coach, sheopted instead to earn a degree in elementary education. For 24 years, until herretirement in 1994, Ruth shared her love of learning, teaching second grade studentsin Darby.

After retirement, Ruth and her husband, Gilbert, moved to a ranch on SheepCreek near Dell where they were managers for 13 years.

One day Ruth and her sister, Mary, went to see the Jackson cemetery located upthe hill from where they grew up. While taking photos of the headstones Ruthcouldn’t help but think about the stories behind the 34 headstones and 76 burials.She began doing research about the people buried there and found their stories fascinating. The research led her to the Beaverhead County Museum, where ulti-mately she served on the board, and the Beaver Head Hunters Genealogical Society.

Ruth’s quest to document the past through cemetery stories led her to theRobinson Family Cemetery near Red Lodge, and today she is documenting peopleburied in the Hillcrest Cemetery at Deer Lodge.

When Ruth finds an interesting person, she goes to ffiinnddaaggrraavvee..ccoomm andAAnncceessttrryy..ccoomm,, then follows up by researching old newspapers. She has put informa-tion for the Jackson and Robinson cemeteries on findagrave.com for public use.

Ruth enjoys sharing stories from the past and during last year’s Academy ofLiving History, she and fellow retired teacher and historian, Bob Thomas of DeerLodge, conducted tours of the cemetery and historic buildings in town. They arecurrently collaborating on a story about some of the forgotten pioneers that settledhere.

Ruth says her favorite place in Deer Lodge is the library where she enjoys perusingthe volumes of old newspapers to learn about people and activities of the past.

Her 90-year-old father, Jay Nelson, wrote two biographical books about his life inthe Big Hole. One day he met former Grant-Kohrs Ranch superintendent LauraRotegard who wanted copies. It was this transaction that led Ruth to become a

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IS THE VACCINE ALWAYS EFFECTIVE? Some people who have been vaccinated still get the

flu. But when that happens, doctors say symptoms areusually less severe and their duration is usually shorter.

“Probably about 10 percent of the people I’m seeing(with flu symptoms) have had the vaccine,” Burke said.But “their symptoms have not been as bad.”

This year’s vaccine offers a “moderate” level of protection at 62 percent, according to the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention.

“That means if you got vaccinated you were about60 percent less likely to get influenza.,” CDC DirectorThomas Frieden said last week. “Influenza vaccine isfar from perfect, but it’s still by far the best tool wehave to prevent the flu.”

PREVENTION WORKS Wash your hands often with soap and hot water or

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“Stay home (if you’re sick). You can even stay awayfrom your other family members at home to try todecrease their risk of getting flu.”

Flu symptoms include fever, headaches, body aches,cough or sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, chills,fatigue, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.

TREATMENT OPTIONS Prescription antiviral drugs, such as Tamiflu, can

reduce the severity and duration. But they work only ifthey are taken within two days of getting sick.(Remember: Antibiotics fight bacteria, not viruses.)

Most other treatments are for symptom relief, suchas ibuprofen or acetaminophen to reduce fever andbody aches. Cough syrups or menthol lozenges canrelieve coughs and sore throat. If mucus drainage is aproblem, try gargling with salt water or nasal irrigationwith a neti pot.

Natural or herbal remedies are used by some torelieve symptoms or boost immunity. They includeEchinacea, astragalus, elderberry extract, yin chiao,probiotics and vitamin D. Even chicken soup or hot teacan relieve symptoms.

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and 49,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospital-izations each year. Complications are most commonamong very young children and people over 50, as wellas people with chronic health conditions and pregnantwomen.

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IS BUG WORSE THIS YEAR? Most flu cases have been influenza Type A H3N2,

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Ruth is the only year-round volunteer at the Ranch.“I especially enjoy meeting and visiting with the people who visit, and sharing

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY PAT HANSENfor The Montana Standard

Cecil Neckels, 79, of Deer Lodge has enjoyed almost everything he’s done inlife, based on the principles of love for God and family, patriotism and serviceto others.

High on his list of priorities is service with the VFW/American Legion HonorGuard, participating in funeral services honoring veterans. He was a member of theveterans committee that worked diligently for three years to raise money and develop the new Veterans’ Plot at Hillcrest Cemetery dedicated in 2011.

One of Cecil’s favorite activities is volunteering with fellow Pioneer Tractor Clubmembers at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site giving wagon rides aroundthe ranch during events. They also enjoy using their tractors to help others andencourage folks who want a field plowed to give them a call.

Cecil is handy in the shop and has restored two Farmall H tractors — a 1944 and1949 he owns.

“Many like to restore John Deeres, but my dad sold Farmalls in Sidney in the1940s, so that’s why I chose them,” he explained.

Cecil grew up on a ranch in North Dakota, and after graduating from the Sidneyhigh school he enlisted in the Air Force in 1952 serving four years as a parachute rigger and repairman.

After his discharge, Cecil attended Crown College and College of Medical

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He and his wife, Eva, married in 1961.For a time they leased a ranch near Circle,but later Cecil went to work on largeranches in Montana, Texas and Californiawhere he spent countless hours in the saddle or flying his 1946 J3 Cub. When illhealth forced retirement, Cecil and Evasettled on a small farm in Idaho.

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When his health improved, he was gladto be back in the saddle riding for neighbors and driving semis hauling cattle. From 2002-2008 he was a seasonalwildland firefighter with a crew, headed byRoger Lewis, stationed in Idaho fightingfires and assisting after national emergencies.

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Cecil became active in the Powell County Senior Center where he served on theboard of directors and for five years and delivered Meals-on-Wheels lunches toshut-ins.

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Cecil concluded, “You only get to live once, so you’d better do what you enjoy.”

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“They said pickleball and I said, ‘Excuse me, pickleball?”‘ Coplansaid. “But then I tried it and I absolutely loved it.”

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A hybrid of tennis, badminton and table tennis, pickleball is played on a court aquarter the size of a tennis court, with hard rackets and a variety of whiffle ball.

The smaller area and slower pace are perfect for seniors who want to stay active —much easier on the joints and lungs than tennis. It’s an easy sport to pick up fornovices, and fun enough that kids and their grandparents can play on the samecourt.

Pickleball also can be challenging, requiring quick reactions as players traderapid-fire shots at the net.

For those who have discovered the game, the familiar sound of the ball off theracket becomes intoxicating.

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slightly lower than in tennis.■ Players swing rackets that look like

a beefed-up version of a beach paddle-ball paddle and hit a whiffle ball that’sslightly harder than the play-in-the-streets variety.

■ The serve is underhanded and goesdiagonally like in tennis, but the ballmust bounce once on each side beforeplayers are allowed to hit a volley (out ofthe air).

■ Inside “The Kitchen,” a 7-foot zoneon both sides of the net, volleying is notallowed; players have to let the ballbounce once if they’re in that area.

■ Teams only score when they’reserving, and each player gets a turnbefore the other side gets a shot.

There are a few more rules, but themain thing is that pickleball is a blast.

“It’s really easy to learn, it’s a lot offun and it’s a very social game becauseyou’re in a small area with a lot of inter-action,” said Bill Booth, president of theUSA Pickleball Association.

OK, so what’s with the name?

That’s up for debate, sort of.The sport was hatched in 1965, in the

backyard of Joel Pritchard, aCongressman for the state ofWashington. Bored after a round of golf,Pritchard and a friend lowered the bad-minton net on the property of hisBainbridge Island home and cut twopaddles out of plywood. After tryingseveral balls that didn’t work, theystarted hitting a neighbor’s whiffle ballback and forth. They came up with rulesand the sport was born.

Joan Pritchard, Joel’s wife, said shetold the guys that the game remindedher of the pickle boat in crew whereoarsmen were chosen from the leftoversof other boats.

Over the years, however, a story cir-culated that the game was named afterthe family’s dog, Pickles, who wouldchase after the ball. According to JoanPritchard, Pickles the canine came yearsafter pickle the game, but the ball-chas-ing-dog legend grew over the years,blurring the truth.

“We kind of go with named-after-the-dog because it’s cute and a legend,but take your pick — it doesn’t reallymatter,” Booth said. “It’s like, how did squash get its name? That’s a

vegetable too.”Pickleball spread to Pritchard’s

Bainbridge Island neighbors, who start-ed building their own courts, and gradu-ally across the United States andCanada. About a decade ago, it startedto gain steam in senior communities,with courts popping up all over.

The USAPA estimates now there are100,000 to 150,000 pickleball players inthe United States, and pickleball associ-ations have started up in places likeIndia and China. Arizona and Florida,with their huge retirement populations,have become hotbeds for the sport,including an estimated 10,000 playershitting the courts in The Villages nearOrlando.

Kids, too, have started, uh, pickling itup. Schools around the country havestarted adding pickleball to physicaleducation programs and a few leaguesfor younger players have started up.

In retirement communities, pickleballis often the first thing the grandkids askabout.

“I talk to my grandson on Skype andthe first thing he says is: ‘I want to playpickleball, Pop,”‘ Darrow said. “He justloves it.”

Best time to take medsPopping your daily pills at the right

time can help you maximize their benefitsand avoid potentially dangerous interac-tions.

WHEN YOU WAKE: Medications for thy-roid (Synthroid) and osteoporosis (Boniva,Fosamax). Take these about half an hourbefore breakfast, and wait 2 hours beforetaking supplements, which make thesedrugs less effective.

WITH LUNCH: Calcium and magnesium.Break up calcium intake into doses of 500mg or less, because that’s all your body canuse at once. If your first dose is at lunch,you can take your next (if needed) at dinner. It’s good to take vitamin D at thesame time, since it aids absorption of theminerals.

BEFORE BED: Aspirin for heart health;also statins. People with prehypertensionwho took aspirin at bedtime had lowerblood pressure readings than those whotook it in the morning, found a 2009 studyat the University of Vigo in Spain. Becauseyou produce most of your cholesterol atnight, you should also take cholesterol-lowering simvastatin (Zocor) at bedtime.

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