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Just in time for National Agriculture Day on Thursday, March 14th, the Great Falls Tribune reports on the Zenith Colony, 20 miles north of Cut Bank, Cow # 953 had TRIPLETS! Arnie Wurz is the COW BOSS up there, & he's described ol' 5.5 year old ol' 953 as a "sweetheart." I...

With National Agriculture Day coming up on Thursday, March 14th, & the theme for this year's National Agriculture Day being "Agriculture: Food for Life," I'd like to give a "SHOUT OUT" to our average Montana dairy cow. Did you know these gentle, docile animals need to be milked 2 to 3 times a day for 305 days straight! It...

Best make that 15 BILLION bottles of beer because National Agriculture Day is Thursday, March 14th. According to the Montana Grain Growers Association, our Montana farmers grow enough barley to brew over 15 BILLION bottles of the amber brew...

Lenten season's here, & the 2019 Conrad Ecumenical Lenten Luncheon's today (Thursday) down in Conrad. The platters will be on from noon until 1 at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Don't worry about a thing... if you'd like to come early, there'll be soup & bread served at 11:45 this morning. I subm...

MAN! While our "people population" of Montana is just over a million, there's some 2.5 MILLION cattle in the Treasure State. In fact, our friends & neighbors down in Beaverhead County have the #5 beef producing county in the whole United States! I ...

I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday) to read & share MORE Montana History. We'll be "soldiering" on with our current tome, "Stump Town to Ski Town; The Story of Whitefish, Montana." We'll commence tonight on chapter 7, From WWI Through WWII: Growing Pains," & we'll learn how the good citizens of the Flathead Valley answered

Our Great Falls High School Class of 1964 will be having a "Reunion" meeting THIS coming Monday night, January 14th. There's HIGH IMPORTANCE attached to Monday's meeting for sure...it'll be an IMPORTANT work session in order to put together the the FIRST Reunion mailing...

Tomorrow (Saturday) is going to the most a PERFECT day here in our Golden Triangle! Mrs. Santa's Christmas Cookie Sale will be held tomorrow morning over at St. Williams Catholic Hall here in Shelby. In all the past years, Mrs. Santa has had not only had the BEST Christmas cookies around, but also the BIGGEST variety...

The Conrad High School art class will be flying off to Rome AND Paris this coming summer! They're holding a fundraiser tomorrow (Friday) night to raise money for their "European Adventure. The FUN kicks off at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon/evening down at the Pondera Golf Club in Conrad, & tickets are only $25 each. Ev...

This book is the "story-behind-the-story" of Whitefish, Montana, & it's the book we're currently reading & enjoying up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. "Stump Town to Ski: the Story of Whitefish, Montana, is from the Stumptown Historical Society over in Whitefish. The Na...

I'm not as old as these guys! You think it's hard growing up NOW? Wait until you read "T. Rex Generations" by Ted Rechlin. You'll be stepping back 66 MILLION YEARS into the late cretaceous during the reign of the king of dinosaurs. "T. Rex Generations" is a coming-of-age story like no other, & it's one beautiful presentation from Rextooth Studios in Bozeman featuring Mr. Re

I just wanted to get your attention because my longtime friend & one of the country's SAFEST (I think) cabdrivers, Peter Franklin, will be joining me this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show. The official "Driver of the Yellow Mobile Conveyance Lounge" (his cab) will have some Yenta Yack from the back of his hack. I'...