the Mountain Echo - Season One: April - Garden and Gun Special Edition - Jim Thompson - "The Healthiest Addiction of My Life": Training Dogs and Birds, Massive Montana and Oh Canada!

Season One: April - Garden and Gun Special Edition - Jim Thompson - "The Healthiest Addiction of My Life": Training Dogs and Birds, Massive Montana and Oh Canada!

04/01/22 • 26 min

Hootie, Georgie Boy, Natty Dread, and Tamoka-Smokin'- Whistlin'- Dixie are just some of Sir Jim's dogs....Major outdoorsman and gentleman-neighbor, Jim Thompson joins us for a very informative episode about everything from raising children on Lookout to hunting and camping in Canada. With terms like bobs, coops, Johnny houses and NASTRA, Jim's love of all creatures great and small is truly evident as he reflects and shares about his family, friends and his passions. From teaching school on Signal Mtn to bird hunting on Sand Mtn. with "Hollywood", this southern gentleman has raised a large family with his amazing wife Margaret. Also hear the history of the famous field of daffodils known well on Lookout Mtn.
Listen in and enjoy some truly inside and advanced information on hunting and sporting dogs and birds and the way folks compete with these today. Please enjoy this tME "Garden and Gun" special edition featuring the one and only - Sir Jim Thompson.

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Season One: March - Meet Brandon Adams - The Keeper of the Commons

Join us in this episode as we meet and hear from a valuable member of the Scott Shell Team - Brandon Adams. Brandon is one of our great town employees who works day in and day out doing his part, to help make living on Lookout lovable. His main areas are the athletic fields and the Commons area in general. Litter is his nemesis along with people who play on soaking wet fields. Meet the guardian of our turf, the protector of our fields - the " grass whisperer".
Brandon, we appreciate you! Keep up the great work!
And for these reasons, we think we should all be cheering him on!

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undefined - Season One: April - Jeanne Crawford shares "Mountain Memories" of a Lookout Love Enduring - featuring sabre-tooth tigers, cave rescues, Babe Ruth, The Manhattan Project and LMS

Season One: April - Jeanne Crawford shares "Mountain Memories" of a Lookout Love Enduring - featuring sabre-tooth tigers, cave rescues, Babe Ruth, The Manhattan Project and LMS

I think she's 29 and holding! Join us in this history laden episode for a great sit-down at a place many of us zoom by daily - the Mountain Memories shop on Scenic Hwy. Third generation operator Jeanne Crawford shares a very personal and heart-felt message of a love that has endured for generations here on Lookout. With fascinating stories of her family adventures, she takes the listener on a smooth journey full of love and laughs despite hard times and scary situations. Jeanne does a super job of weaving together a nice combination of the history of her family, Lookout Mtn and America. Sit back and enjoy a relaxing voice from a wonderful, former LMS teacher as she teaches us about the single most important thing in life. Well done fair lady, well done indeed.