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The Perfect Gift For Dear Old Dad

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:47:39 +0000

Being the Executive Producer of KSEN's "Old Fishing Hole" program, I have a suggestion for the PERFECT gift for Dad AND Grandpa; FREE fishing over this Father's Day weekend. Jeff Hagener...he's the director of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks down in Helena, & Jeff says, "You can fish without a license THIS Saturday & Sunday"! This is a great way to get outdoors in our Big Sky this weekend with friends & family & it provides everyone in Montana with the opportunity to get "hooked" on fishing. I agree with Jeff

Ah, The Amber Brew

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:13:58 +0000

A “Micro Brew”, that is! There’s going to be “Micro Brew” tasting going on this evening (Wednesday) down at the Conrad Summer Market Festival. AND Micro Brew tasting is not all! There’s going to be live entertainment on TAP along with kids activities. & dig this: the CASA/Gal “Strut Your Stuff Anything Goes” cook off [...]

It's A Wacky Wednesday

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:44:36 +0000

Jump back Jack, things are out of whack over in Chester on Wednesdays. The Liberty Village Arts Center will be hosting “Wacky Wednesdays”,for the next 3 Wednesdays starting tomorrow the 12th, & then again next Wednesday, the 19th & June 26th. Under the skilled direction of Megan Henke, kids will have an opportunity to learn [...]

Hi-Line At The Heritage

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:49:24 +0000

I’ll be back up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening, Tuesday, at 6 o’clock sharp to read more “Montana History.” These days, we’re enjoying the book, “The Hi-Line; Profiles Of A Montana Land” by Daniel N. Vichorek. That’s the book that features chapters on both Cut Bank AND Shelby with our [...]

Bonderud's My New Hero

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:57:40 +0000

I’ll be starting a new book this evening (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. For tonight, I’ve chosen a book that my friend, Marie Ostrem, recently passed along to me. The book is “The Hi-Line: Profiles Of A Montana Land” authored by Daniel N. Vichorek. Whenever I select a book for [...]

Build It They Will Come

Jerry Puffer — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:49:35 +0000

The Sunburst Community is NOW accepting donations in order so that a walking trail can be built in Sunburst. This would be a real asset for the community\y & our friends & neighbors up north. The Sunburst Community only has until next Monday, June 10th, to raise some $2000 in order to qualify for a $9000 grant. At las

Doing The Locomotion

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 29 May 2013 17:26:42 +0000

The Locomotion…besides being the name of a tune that I play on the Puffman Show by Little Eva, that’s what AMTRAK is doing these days. Earlier this month, AMTRAK unveiled the 1st of 70 NEW locomotives at a plant out in California. These 70 “Iron Horses” mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will [...]

We Can Work It Out

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 28 May 2013 17:15:59 +0000

It’s one of my favorite Beatles tunes! Tomorrow night, Wednesday, there’s going to be a Community Work Night going on at the Main Street Park down in Valier. “Work Together”, that’s what the Canned Heat sang abou,t & EVERYONE is being invited to the Community Work Night tomorrow night at the Main Street Park in [...]

Meeting A New Author

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:27:01 +0000

It’s Tuesday(!) & that means it’s “Montana History” Reading tonight up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I’ll be there at 6 sharp to finish up reading our Glacier Park book, “Glacier From the Inside Out” & I’m bummed that this great collection of stories from former Glacier Park employees is coming to [...]

We ARE Montana

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 27 May 2013 16:06:17 +0000

As we celebrate Memorial Day today (Monday) here in the Big Sky, we should also recall that it was yesterday (Sunday), May 26th that marked the date back in 1964 when President Abraham Lincoln designated Montana a “Territory” as this area became known as “Montana Territory”. Our original state prison (the old prison) at Deer [...]

Not Hardy In Hardin

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:10 +0000

There’s a report this morning from “Talkative” Todd-The-Custom -Cutter-Guy. Todd his crew arrived in Texas on Sunday afternoon & on the way down, they took a look-see at the crops in Hardin & said that they look “tough”. He says the WORST crops were in western Kansas, starting from the southern edge of Nebraska & [...]

A Nice Thing

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:03 +0000

I’ll be up at the Marias Heritage Center this evening (Tuesday) at 6 o’clock, reading more “Montana History” & continuing with our current read, “Glacier From the Inside Out: Best stories from The Inside Trial” edited by Ray Djuff & Chris Morrison, a truly delightful presentation. “Montana History” reading at the Heritage Center is certainly [...]

It's Like The Ricky Nelson Tune

Jerry Puffer — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:03 +0000

It’s a regular “Garden Party”! I’m blogging about the annual Chester Garden Club Plant Sale scheduled for this Monday. The Annual Chester Garden Club Plant Sale will be held at Our Saviors’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall from 10 in the morning until 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon. It’s going to be a lot of fun [...]

I'm Buying A New Vehicle

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:59:06 +0000

My friend, Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, tells me for that for the 1st time in the history of humankind, each & every person on the face of this Earth can own their very own FULL SIZE actual New York City Taxi Cab! I'm going to get all the details when I have the Gab Man on my program this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:45. I

I Have My Chef's Hat On

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:18 +0000

I’m giving away the FIRST book in Anthony Bourdain’s line of books this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:30 on “Puffman Musical Trivia”! It’s a beautiful coffee table presentation put together by Texas Monthly’s Barbecue Editor, Daniel Vaughn, with really neat photographs by Nicholas McWhirter. The book is “The Prophets of Smoked Meat”. “Publishers Weekly blasts that [...]

Tuesday Night At The Heritage

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:41:01 +0000

I'll be back up at the Marias Heritage Center this evening, Tuesday, reading more "Montana History" & I can't wait to get back into our current book, "Glacier From the Inside Out". We should be finishing up this great adventure in the next couple of weeks & I'm already hoping that it never ends! The stories in this tome from The Glacier Park Foundation are ALL 1st person accounts covering a century of park history as told by those who know glorious Glacier the best, the Insiders. They t

Winter Is A Winner

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:28:14 +0000

I’m happy to pass along on my Puffman Blog that Shelby’s own Al Winter has been chosen “The 2013 Shelby Senior Center Citizen Of The Year”! We’re all invited to come CELEBRATE with Al this Wednesday at noon at the Shelby Senior Center. If you ask me, Al’s been on the “winning track” for quite [...]

Welcome Aboard Marc Magliari

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:56 +0000

The Media Relations Manager for AMTRAK Government Affairs & Corporate Communications, Marc Magliari, is joining me this afternoon (Friday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show. Just like I’m a “Real Radio Man”, my friend Marc, is a “Real Railroad Man”. Marc is no stranger to Shelby (he’s been through here on AMTRAK numerous times!) & [...]

Riding The Rails

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:33:36 +0000

THIS Saturday, May 11th, will mark the 5th annual National Train Day, a date chosen to mark the anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike out in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad in the United States. The “Golden Spike”…that would be a good name for a bar(!), but that’s [...]

Call Me A Cab

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:47:06 +0000

Better yet, I’ll call a cabdriver! I’ll be putting through a call to Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, this afternoon (Thursday) on the Puffman Show. I’ll try to get a hold of Pete around a quarter to 5 OUR time. That way, it will be the dinner hour on the east coast & the Gab [...]