Mountain Views News          Saturday, April 16, 2016

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, April 16, 2016 


Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side 

by Deanne Davis

“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel 
business. It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will 
travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds 
for the opportunity to rain on a tent.”

Dave Barry

It rained most of the day last Friday, but we, my 
camping buddy, John, and I went by the Huck Finn 
Fishing Derby Friday night and were astonished to 
see scores of tents filled with families set up to camp 
overnight, ready to catch tons of fish on Saturday. 
I say astonished because we, back in our younger 
days when we had a tent, a Coleman stove, sleeping 
bags, no money and children also camped in the rain 
once in a while. Notably at a beautiful campground 
somewhere around St. George, Utah, when we had 
left the house party from hell in Sandpoint, Idaho. It 
poured all day as our trusty Pontiac station wagon 
made its way down the highway with small Crissy 
and brother, John, asleep in the back seat, our luggage 
strapped to the top of the car. As the mosquitoes 
in Idaho are about the size of our Pasadena Parrots 
and lethal in their accuracy, none of us got much 
sleep the night before and were tired, cold and 
hungry. The campground my camping companion, 
John, found was beautiful, it quit raining as soon 
as we got the tent up. The sun came out and we 
spread all our clothes out 
on the grass...yes, grass...in a 
campground...as everything 
in those suitcases was soaked. 
But we didn’t care, we were 
out of Idaho! There was a little 
store at the bottom of the hill 
and we bought bread made by 
actual human hands, all sorts 
of cold cuts and had the best 
sandwiches ever at our picnic 
table. Warm for the first time 
in days.

 Tents are probably 
more waterproof now than 
ours was and it looked like a 
fun and friendly place to be out 
there at the Huck Finn Derby 
camping area. Wandered 
back over Saturday morning 
to see what was happening. 
It was raining. That did not 
slow down or deter any of the hardy folks who were 
out there fishing. As we had left home in a non-
rain moment and it was now most definitely a rain 
moment, we did not linger, but seeing everybody 
out there enjoying the moment, we were delighted 
to see that the Pioneer Spirit lives on and a little rain 
doesn’t stop dedicated fisherpeople.

 Once again this year there were probably 600 
pounds or so of rainbow trout available for our 
young fisherfolk to catch and if you or your family 
caught some and stuck them in the freezer for later, 
you might try this recipe:

2 trout, cleaned and head removed

. cup dry white wine (and now that you’ve opened 
that bottle, you might as well have a glass, too.)

2 Tb butter, melted

1 TB lemon juice

2 Tb chopped fresh parsley

Salt & pepper to taste

1. Preheat your grill for medium-high heat.

2. On a flat surface, lay out two sheets of aluminum 
foil about 18” long so they overlap to make one long 
wide sheet. Rinse your trout and pat dry. Lay them 
in the center of the foil about 2 inches apart. 
Sprinkle with the white wine, melted butter 
and lemon juice. Season with parsley, salt and 
pepper. Fold the foil up loosely around the fish 
and crimp the seams to seal.

3. Place the packet on the grill and cook for 15 to 
20 minutes or until fish is cooked through.

4. Delicious with a little garlic bread, some salad 
and maybe a little more of that white wine. 

We’ve got our tickets for “The Glass Menagerie” 
at our own Sierra Madre Playhouse. Do you have 
yours? What a treat it has been to see all the little 
kids lined up outside the playhouse on field trips 
to see “Charlotte’s Web.” It’s not just for kids, 
ya know, you can go, too! Our Artistic Director, 
Christian Lebano is doing a spectacular job 
bringing exciting plays and musicals to town. 
Support the Playhouse! Buy Tickets!

 We’re sure everybody voted last Tuesday...
well, I hope they did. After all, if you don’t vote, 
you can’t complain! 

 Hope to see you at the Library today for their 
annual Open House from 10:00-noon. I’ll be 
there signing “Tablespoon of Love, Tablespoon 
of Laughter.”

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Blog: www.authordeanne.com

 “Tablespoon of Love, Tablespoon of Laughter” 
is available there…


Loren Lomboy - Trophy in Hand Courtesy City of Sierra Madre; 
And with rain comes fun in the mud! Photo by Judy Webb-Martin

From the City of Sierra Madre

Ages 3-6

1st Place: Kale'a Buchan 

2nd Place: Griffin Buchan

3rd Place: Mathew Monline

Ages 7-9 

1st Place: Travis Burkhart

2nd Place: Zach Daniel

3rd Place: Bailey Keith 

Ages 10-12

1st Place: Loren Lomboy

2nd Place: Trevor Anton

3rd Place: Andrew Fasching

Ages 13-15

1st Place: Amanda Jones

2nd Place: Onnie Williams 

3rd Place: Alison Krueger

Largest Fish: Kalea 
Buchanan

Smallest Fish: Kaine 
Navarro

If you are a winner and did 
not receive your trophy on 
Saturday, please stop by 
the front desk at City Hall 
between 7:30am - 5:30pm 
(Monday - Thursday) to 
pick it up.

Special Thanks From The 
City of Sierra Madre

This year’s event was made 
possible through support 
and donations from our 
2016 Huck Finn sponsors 
including: Sierra Madre 
Volunteer Firefighters Association, 
Sierra Madre 
Community Foundation, 
Sierra Madre Kiwanis, Sierra 
Madre Rotary, Sierra 
Madre Women’s Club, 
Sierra Madre Civic Club, 
VFW Post 3208, Buccaneer 
Lounge, Osti Tree Service, 
Issei Foundation, Johnny’s 
Sport Shop, Okuma and 
Berkeley.

WINNERS OF THE 2016 HUCK FINN 
FISHING DERBY


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