Politics

Those custom cutter guys, Tall Todd & his crew, are bogged down in Byers, Colorado, just east of Denver. Todd reports that the rains are delaying the harvest, but it's just showers that are enough to keep the boys out of the fields. The wheat is running in the 60 bushel range, which is much better than the 25-26 bushel crops in Kansas. Th...

We'll be visiting the Big House again tonight (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. We're reading Ellen Baumbler's BOOMER..."Dark Spaces: Montana's Historic Penitentiary at Deer Lodge" & it's a fascinating read for our Tuesday Evening Montana History at the Heritage. Ba...

"Tall" Todd reports that he is FINALLY getting to harvest some winter wheat in the Leoti, Kansas area. The boys had to move some 40 miles west of Leoti & 10 miles south, within 2 miles of the Colorado State Line to find dry wheat. The ground down there is marginal farm ground & with this year's lack of moisture, they were cutting some 9 bushel stuff in the poorest spots, but ther

It's Ellen Baumler's beautiful presentation about one of Montana's most hideous secrets. Some walked out, & some died within the brick & stone walls; "Dark Spaces: Montana's Historic Penitentiary at Deer Lodge" from the University of New Mexico Press tells the story of the prisoners who did time at the foreboding Deer Lodge prison. We're ...

If you missed meeting with the service officer for the Veterans Affairs Division yesterday (Wednesda) here in Shelby or over in Cut Bank, you'll have one more opportunity this month. The officer will be in Browning this morning (Thursday) at 9 o'clock SHARP at the New Eagle Shield Center...

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council General election was held yesterday and, according to these (unofficial) results, the sole incumbent still in the running was defeated. Here are the results: Position Number 2: Harry Barnes 2029  Glenda Gilham 893 Position Number 3:  Joe McKay 1632  Paul McEvers 1284 Position Number 4: Nels St...

I received word on "Tall" Todd, the custom harvester fellow, this morning & the "Boys" have moved on to Leoti, Kansas. Todd says the crops are not quite ready as there are green spots in them. Either that, or Todd's seeing spots in front of his eyes! Se...

We're going back to Deer Lodge tonight (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center during our Tuesday evening Montana History. We're almost half way through Montana Historical Society Interpretive Historian's Ellen Baumler's collaborative documentary "Dark Spaces" & while it may not yet be a "Million Seller"...i...

Tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 7:30 on Puffman Sports Trivia, I'll be giving away the SECOND EDITION of Dr. George D. Zgourides, M.D., PSY.D's book, "DON'T LET THEM PSYCH YOU OUT(!): Psychological Self-Defense for Dealing with Difficult People...

The next Advisory Board Meeting for the Center 4 Mental Health is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, here in Shelby at the Griddle. Meeting time is High Noon SHARP & if you can't make Thursday's meeting, you can give your proxy vote to one of the other board members. It...

"Tall" Todd, the custom harvester fellow who comes up to our Golden Triangle every harvest season, along with his crew, is on his way WEST to Texas. They're moving to the northern most part of the panhandle of Texas, which is a town call Perryton, "The Wheat Heart of the Nation...

Good news! If you missed our Montana Veterans Affairs Rep in Shelby & Cut Bank today (Wednesday), you'll have another chance to touch base with the Rep tomorrow (Thursday) over in Browning. The Montana Veterans Affairs Rep will be "On Duty" tomorrow morning in Browning at the New Eagle Shield Center from 9 to 11 o'clock. Sh...