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Our friend, "Tall" Todd, the custom cutter fellow who works up here in the Golden Triangle every harvest season, has moved on to Oklahoma & is already harvesting! Todd claims that 67% of Oklahoma will NOT be harvested this year. Todd & his crew are working on "Lonesome" Larry Goyer's farm & what they have harvested is running around 18 bushels, compared with 12 to 1

We'll be reading the final pages of Dale Sheldon's "Who Lost" tonight (Tuesday) during Montana History this evening up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. What to read next? I'm looking at one of 3 neat books: (1) "The Good Times Are All Gone Now; Life, Death, and Rebirth In An Idaho Mining Town" by Julie Whitesel Weston, (2) "Dark Spaces; Montana's Historic Peni

"Tall" Todd, the custom harvest guy reports from Texas that they are fighting wet grain, low bushels, & test weights from 56.8 to 59.8 lbs. The harvest has been slow due to recent rain from 1.5 to 2 inches. Yields are from 12 to 15 bushels & the elevators are testing for protein...not p...

Longtime Conrad resident, contest winner, & world famous author, Dale "Who Lost" Sheldon. will be doing a presentation AND program this evening (Friday) at 6 o'clock SHARP up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. We've all been enjoying Dale's 1st book, "Who Lost" (the autobiography of a blind man with great vision) during Montana History Tuesday evenings at the Her

This is the title of an exceptional military thriller hardback that is up for grabs this afternoon (Monday) at 4:30 on Puffman Musical Trivia! Just released THIS month (May 2014!) from William Morrow (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers), bestselling authors James Rollins & Grant Blackwood explore the bond between soldier & military working dog in the launch of a thrilling new series. Pu

I haven't heard of anything this exciting since I used to read "Gasoline Alley" in the funny papers when I was a kid...the RAFFLE for the 200 gallon fuel card donated by Ben Taylor Inc is coming up this Sunday, Mother's Day. The proceeds from this weekend's 200 gallon fuel card will help Paul, Chance, & Luke get even closer to their goal of representing north central Montana at the C

It sounds like my last trip to the dentist! It's no though, it's all in Flint Whitlock's 3rd book in the Buchenwalk Concentration Camp series & I'll be speaking with Flint this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show. Colorado author & military historian Flint Whitlock was my guest earlier on back when his 1st Buchenwald book, "The Beasts of Buchenwald" was published, &

It's one of the coolest books that I've read in a long time. I had a chance to travel over the weekend & enough time on planes & in airports to read Alexandra Aldrich's "The Astor Orphan" cover to cover & my only regret is that her book ends way too soon! What a sto...

I should change my middle name from "Sports" to "Montana History." I'll be talking with Ellen Baumler from the Montana Historical Society this afternoon (Tuesday) on the Puffman Show (she's at Storytellers this weekend in Cut Bank) & tonight, I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby READING more Montana History. We...

Tomorrow, Sunday, Easter Sunday, the Chester United Methodist Church will have their Sunrise Easter Service at 7 o'clock to be followed by an Easter Breakfast at 9:30  with Easter Worship at 10:30. The Chester Assembly Of God Church will be holding their SON-Rise Service at 7:30 & an Easter Celebration at 9:30. Ou...

The First Baptist Church down in Valier will be holding their Good Friday Soup Social THIS Friday evening. The First Baptist Church will also have a "special" showing of the Billy Graham film, "The Cross" at their Friday Soup Social. This special Good Friday event begins at 6 o'clock SHARP Friday night at the church...

THIS week's Shelby Lenten Luncheon will be at the First Baptist Church tomorrow (Thursday) at noon. This Sunday, the 13th, Christians worldwide will observe Palm Sunday which means that Easter is only two weeks away. See you tomorrow at the First Baptist Church for the Shelby Lenten Luncheon...