Anne James

4-H members in sewing and quilting projects are invited to take part in a Quilting workshop on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at the Pondera Center, 317 Virginia St. in Conrad.

Pondera Co. Agent Wendy Wedum will lead the workshop. You can work on your own project, or an optional workshop project. You'll practice

This image from the National Weather Service shows the areas expected to see significant snowfall this weekend.

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Since the beginning of the year, the Montana Department of Transportation reports 51 people have been killed in auto accidents, and 34 of them might have lived had they been wearing a seat belt.

If you don't wear a seat belt because "it's a hassle" to buckle up, watch this VIDEO from the MDOT. Remembe

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I thought every "reality" show that could be done has been done.

I was wrong.

Hollywood is looking for expectant couples willing to share their jouney to parenthood with the world. Here are the details:

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There's a new crown in town, and it belongs to "Mrs. Holiday"!

Taste of Home is conducting a nation-wide search for an Ambassador of the Holidays. Here are the details:

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Seven community colleges in Montana, including the MSU Great Falls College of Technology, will soon have new names, in an attempt to promote higher education in Montana. The following is an abridged version of a press release from the Board of Regents:

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There's more to baseball than statistics. Sometimes the biggest story of the game is not even what happened on the field. Caleb Lloyd was just another fan in the bleachers until the 4th inning of last night's Reds-Braves game, and today he's t

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With Memorial Day weekend coming up, the Montana Highway Patrol will be stepping up enforcement of seatbelt  use. The press release I received this morning included a very sobering statistic:

Preliminary numbers show 77 percent of those who died in crashes on Montana roads this yea

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Buckle Up - With the Memorial Day weekend coming up, the Montana Department of Transportation reminds us all to buckle up before heading out on the road...even if you're not heading out of town.

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The Japanese summer inbound exchange is for Montana families who have kids within two years of age as the delegate they host. The delegates are ages 12-16 and are affiliated with two Japanese youth organizations, Labo and LEX. Accompanied by chaperones, they come t

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The City of Shelby and Toole County Extension Office are pleased to bring Bruce Forde of Forde Nursery to Shelby for a free landscape design; tree selection, care & maintenance workshop on Wednesday, June 6th. Bruce has been involved in the nursery business since high school, opening Forde Nursery in Great Falls in 198

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Congratulations to the following Special Olympians from Toole County who won medals in events at the Montana State Games in Billings:

For Softball Throw:

Gold medals went to: Gavin Gristy, Madisyn Lords, Lauryn Brown, Major Harris, AJ McKamey Silver went to William McDougall Bronze went to Hans Eklund Jessica Tomsheck placed 6th

For Bocce Doubles:

Gold medals went to the teams of:

Gavin Gristy and Madisyn Lords

Hans Eklund and Major Harris

Lauryn Brown and Cole Brown

Jessica Tomsheck and Satyn Tomsheck

William McDougall and Krystal McDougall, AJ McKamey and Logan Lybeck

For Bocce Team:

Gold Medals went to the teams of:

1-Madisyn Lords, Gavin Gristy, William McDougall and Lauryn Brown

2- Satyn Tomsheck, Jessica Tomsheck, Hans Eklund and Krystal McDougall

Silver Medal went to the team of:

AJ McKamey, Major Harris, Logan Lybeck and Cole Brown

Our thanks to Laura Jo McKamey for passing these results on to us. We'd appreciate hearing from local teams as well. Email your team's results to me at annejames@townsquaremedia.com, or to garygoodan@townsquaremedia.com .

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