Agriculture

Thursday's Thanksgiving lunch will be "on the house" for Valier's senior citizens. Actually, the turkey ISN'T on the house...rather it's be at the Panther Cafe. Thursday's Thanksgiving lunch is all thanks to the Panther, & L & L Automotive. You'll...

The Meat Canning Workshop's on the way to CJI, & pre-registration deadline's TOMORROW, the 22nd. The workshop will take place in the CJI School FACS room next Tuesday, the 29th, with pressure canning principles & real hands-on experience along with recommended research , recipes & safe food handling. Space IS l...

The Sober Life Hi-Line Group will be helping out at our Sagebrush Food Pantry with turkey baskets NEXT Monday (11/21) afternoon. Group members should report to the pantry by 3:30, next Monday afternoon. Plan on dressing warm & meeting at the back door of the pantry to help out our area families in need for this Thanksgiving season. Wh...

The Sunburst Science students' spaghetti dinner that got postponed earlier on this month is set for THIS Wednesday night. All the spaghetti will be on the platters beginning at 5:30,  with the service auction following the dinner around 6:15, to raise money for the students' trip to Costa Rica! Don...

It must be that luscious Lutefisk wafting through the Big Sky winter air...Bethel Lutheran Church, over in Joplin, will be serving up the lutefisk, meatballs, & lefse tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon from noon to 3. Don't worry about a thing, there'll be a salad bar & Scandinavian cookies too. Adults...

Our good neighbors at the Valier Methodist Church, will be hosting their annual Fall Luncheon. It's set for this Saturday, from 11, to 1:30, & Veterans can eat FREE. Besides the FIVE different soups, the Valier Lutheran Women will be joining in with their bake sale & raffle. Come o...

Chester's United Methodist Church will have their Election Day Extravaganza Rummage Sale all day tomorrow (Tuesday) from 9, until 6. There'll be a soup, bread & pie luncheon from 11, until 1:30, & don't worry about a thing...you can call in your orders for take-out at 759 5481. Why no...

The Sunburst Senior Center has CANCELLED flu shots as well as lunch for today Tuesday) at the center. Over in Sunburst, the Sunburst Science students have postponed their spaghetti dinner scheduled for this evening until Wednesday night the 16th...

The Chester Chamber of Commerce will be hosting Karaoke Night this Saturday night. Karaoke will kick off at 9:30, & the Halloween hootin', hollerin' singin' FUN will run all the way until 2 o'clock in the morning! It goes without saying, but I'm the Puff Man, & I'll say it anyway..."Cost...

I'll have Beatrice Katsaros's heart warming book, "Our Little Cook Stove: Beatrice Remembers," up for grabs tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 7:30, on Puff Man Sports Trivia. Our young people will surely delight in Beatrice's lovingly beautiful presentation  wonderfully illustrated by Carol Shenk, as Beatrice writes in her later years of the comfort a little girl finds in daily routines wit

The Annual Meeting of Members of Marias River Electric Cooperative is coming up NEXT Friday night, the 28th, over at the Shelby High School. Don't worry about a thing...our local 4-H clubs will be serving up the buffet dinner, &  there'll be plenty of activity with various educational booths set up at the high school. High sc...

Blackfeet Fire Management has issued a Red Flag Warning in effect NOW through midnight tonight, Thursday. This "warning" pertains to gusty winds & low humidity, & there's NO burning for permits, open campfires, & chainsaw cutting. Ceremonial...