Imagine my surprise last week when I read an article from the Associated Press concerning my friend Bill Yenne (his last name rhymes with penny). Bill's a Montana native and makes his home in San Francisco these days. He's the son of a former Glacier National Park guide and trails supervisor. Yenne's been a guest on the Puffman Show as he's a world famous author and historian. I've also had the pleasure of enjoying lunch with Bill down at the Grid
That's the impression I get from talking with the Gabby Cabby, New York City cab driver and longtime pal of mine, Peter Franklin. The Gabman will be joining me this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:35 right after Puffman Musical Trivia. The driver of the big yellow taxi has a true tale about four people arrested for eating doughnuts in a playground. I also found out that it's against the law for New York City residents to remove, kill, or damage a street or park tree. Two New Yorkers got nabbed for chopping down a ginkgo tree with an axe! They were apparently trying to steal a bike.
It's a great night to read and the book's "A Great Day To Fight Fire" and I'll be reading more of Mark Matthews' page turner tonight at 6 at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I read Montana history every Tuesday evening and I feel that the residents up at the Heritage who come to my reading group, are enjoying this story about the famous Mann Gulch 1949 blaze as much as I am
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Flag Day and our local Boy Scout Troop 1555 is holding an official American Flag retirement ceremony at 6:30 TOMORROW EVENING at the Lake Sheldon Campground. Your old flags may be dropped off at the county attorney's office, 153 Main Street in Shelby or you can call Ben or Tanner Raph for pick up
My Montana History reading Tuesday evenings at the Marias Heritage Center is going well and last evening (Tuesday), we reached about the half way point in the book we're currently reading on the Mann Gulch Fire (near Helena) back in 1949
Have you heard of Bob Weiland, who lost both legs in 1969 in Vietnam to a land mine while trying to save a fellow soldier? In 1986, Bob "WALKED" 2,000 miles from California to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D
Miss Montana USA 2011, Brittany Wiser will be joining me this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:35 on the Puffman Show. Many of us have read about seen and Ms Wiser on television and in the newspapers and I am really looking forward to speaking with her this afternoon and finding out some of the events Ms Wiser will be involved in during her year as Miss Montana USA 2011.
Probably here in the Golden Triangle, we pay rapt attention to agriculture because it is our lifeline, and really. our country's lifeline. Agriculture is what the Golden Triangle is all about. Brady area farmer Gary Gollehon reports that Kansas and Oklahoma recently received anywhere from an inch or two of rain.
So many books have focused on the legends and gossip surrounding the late Jacqueline Kennedy and now Barbara A. Perry, a former judicial fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court, has written a beautiful presentation, "Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier", which is the first book to focus on Kennedy's White House years
I'll be going back up to the Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening to read Montana History to the "regulars". We'll commence chapter 7 tonight in our book detailing the Mann Gulch Fire of 1949
It's National Train Day tomorrow and what a great day to salute and appreciate this country's train service and especially our Empire Builder right here on the Hi Line. I feel that we are more than blessed to live in a community that's located right on the main line of Amtrak
Tomorrow, Saturday, is Bladder Cancer Awareness Day across the country. Being diagnosed with bladder cancer myself and then having a recurrence has certainly raised my awareness of this disease. I've worked with several organizations in the past few years and one those organizations is BCAN