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Our Shelby girls & boys travel over to Columbia Falls, Saturday afternoon, & the Shelby Booster Club meets tonight (Tues.) This evening's booster meeting's at 7, down at the Alibi. BTW, this Saturday's matchup with the Shelby Coyotes & the Columbia Falls Wildcats will be broadcast on KSEN, Saturday afternoon beginning at 3:45.  GO COYOTE...

Back in '61, the U.S. Forest Service over in Missoula, dropped 20 of their most elite smokejumpers near a wildfire burning in the Idaho wilderness. Next Tuesday, night, the 7th, the documentary, "Higgins Ridge," will be presented down at Conrad's beautiful Orpheum Theatre...

I'm giving away the real party game of secrets, "Judge Your Friends,"  tomorrow morning (Sat) at 7:30, on Puff Man Sports Trivia! If you're 18, or older, you could be the winner of this hilarious, & sometimes wacky, party game from University Games. It's al...

Earlier this week, I blogged on the Marias Fair Board looking for local input on changing our 4 County Marias Fair week to the end of June. The fair board meets monthly on the 1st Wednesday, of the month over at the ambulance barn. They'll be taking comments at their next meeting, next Wednesday, the 1st, beginning at 6:30...

Tonight (Tuesday) is the final night for auditions for the Pondera Players production of "The Pajama Game: The Musical." If you can sing, dance or act, why not try out tonight. Don't worry about a thing if you're on the shy side, they'll find a spot for you...

Story Hour's tomorrow, Wednesday morning down at the Valier Library. Miss Linda, will be your host, & the story reading fun will begin at 9:30. The "Teddy Bear Parade," is already scheduled at the library for Wednesday, April 19th. I'll be blogging more on the Teddy Bears & the "Parade," as we get closer to April 19th. In the...

This year's 4-Country Marias Fair's on the way this summer, & the fair board will like your opinion on changing the date in 2024.. If our fair's held the "usual" week in July, it would conflict with the Havre Fair, & we could well end up NOT having a carnival! With t...

Due to an injury, the Power JV basketball games have been cancelled this weekend. Because of the cancellation, varsity play will see Simms will play at Power, at 6, tonight (Fri) with Power playing at Valier, tomorrow (Sat) afternoon at 4. I'll be keeping you updated & posted on my Puff Man Blog....

Our Montana trails were splendid indeed for Kenneth D. Swan. Swan spent his career with the U.S. Forest Service from 1911, to 1947, became a talented photographer renowned for his images of forestry work & wild, wide-open landscapes, & it all comes together with a wonderfully, rich, insightful record of a real forester's life in Region 1-Montana, northern Idaho, & western South Dakota,

Independence Bank's offering scholarships for incoming 1st year students planning on attending Montana State University-Northern. To be eligible, students MUST graduate from high school in Hill, Blaine, Phillips, Valley, Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Liberty, Choteau, Pondera, or Toole counties...

It reminds me of my old Fishing Hole days...Saturday's ice fishing derby down on Lake Francis, saw a record number of anglers for this kid-friendly event. In fact, they turned out in droves with some 477 registered participants UP from 137 in '22...

The Pondera Players will be holding auditions for "The Pajama Game; The Musical," next Monday, & Tuesday evening, 1/23, ^& 1/24. Pajama Game auditions will be held both nights at 7, in the Conrad High School Auditorium. They need singers, dancers, actors & backstage help, too. Don't worry abo...