Hometown Helena Thursday, September 21st: Miss Montana, Career Training Institute
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Hometown Helena this Thursday, September 21st: Miss Montana, Career Training Institute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 19, 2023 Greetings Everyone, According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Autumnal Equinox this year will be on Saturday, September 23 at 12:50 am mountain standard time. So, we’ll be a little ahead of the sun and the earth this Thursday morning at Hometown Helena. I’ve always thought that we Montanans are a little more attuned to the changing of the seasons and the rhythms of the solar system than our more urban counterparts. Farmers and ranchers are very busy this time of year. But even for city folks it’s a busy time of year: time to put away the hoses, take care of the gardens, find the snow shovels, winterize the pickup, or whatever needs it, and generally get ready to hunker down for the short days and long nights that are surely coming. Not to go all ’scientific’ on you this morning, but here’s a brief description of the autumnal equinox from the Farmer’s Almanac. What Is The Fall Equinox? In mid-September each year, we greet the fall season with the arrival of the fall equinox (otherwise known as the autumnal equinox). This is the moment when the Sun crosses the Equator, and those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere will begin to see more darkness than daylight. Regardless of whether it has been chilly for weeks or there are still balmy summer-like temperatures, this is the start of astronomical fall. This is different from “meteorological fall,” which began on September 1st. At this point, the Earth’s tilt is moving away from its maximum lean toward the Sun. Its rays are aiming directly at the equator. The autumnal (fall) equinox marks the turning point when darkness begins to win out over daylight. Essentially, our hours of daylight—the period of time each day between sunrise and sunset—have been growing slightly shorter each day since the summer solstice in June, which is the longest day of the year (at least in terms of daylight). Then, for the next three months, our hours of daylight will continue to grow shorter. At the autumnal equinox, day and night are approximately equal in length. The name equinox comes from the Latin word aequus, meaning equal, and nox, meaning night. An equinox occurs twice a year (autumnal and vernal, or fall and spring). Fun fact: Ancient astronomical texts suggest that the Sun aligned with the zodiac constellation Libra during the fall equinox. The “scales” represented a balance of day and night. Your Hometown Helena planning team sat down last week and took the first cut at getting speakers ands topics arranged for the coming fall and winter. We’re contacting the folks we want to invite and confirming with each of them. More to come on all that. We like to get things line up well in advance, but we also want to stay flexible and be able to respond to things that come up in the community. With that in mind, we invited Jasyn Harrington, Director of the Career Training Institute (CTI) to join us this week to talk about what’s happening at that agency. Senator Mary Ann Dunwell alerted us last week that the state of Montana is looking to contract with a single, statewide entity for ‘career training’ type services. What that will mean to CTI is what we hope to hear more about this week. Hope you can join us this week to hear from Ms. Harrington. And, our special guest this week will be Ms. Faith Johnson, recently crowned Miss Montana 2023. Faith is the daughter of Nord Johnson, longtime owner of Firetower Coffee House on the 400 block of Last Chance Gulch. She's excited to be coming on Thursday. She'll talk a little about the Miss MT-Miss America contest process and how she became involved. Faith is what we call a 'Grandstreet Kid,’ having appeared in many performances over the years at the Grandstreet Theater. Faith has great poise and stage presence. She is also gifted vocally and will sing a song for us this week. She will be a great role model for young women (and men) as she tours the state this coming year talking to students in schools from Ekalaka to Yaak. So, we’re looking forward to seeing you this Thursday, either in person on the 6th floor of the Montana Club, or via the miracle of zoom, thanks to Aja Rail and the good folks at Pinion Global, Inc. Jim Smith 406-949-1002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A painted rock - the work of local artist Eddie “God Bless” Rockman - sits on the counter of Fire Tower Coffee House. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hometown Helena - Thursday, September 21st, 7 a.m. @ The Montana Club & Live via ZOOM hosted by Pinion:
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The Hometown Helena Team is Jim Smith, Rick Hays, Kelly Cresswell, Emily McVey, Emily Frazier, Ali Mandell, Tom McGree, Peter Strauss, Haley McKnight and Matt Elsaesser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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