Montana History

Tonight (Thurs) is opening night as the Pondera Players bring the popular fairytale, The Princess & the Pea," to life with their production of, "Once Upon a Mattress: The Musial!" Curtain times at the Conrad High School Auditorium, are tonight through Saturday night, at 7, with a 2 o'clock matinee on Sunday, at 2. Do...

CJI Community Early Childhood Screening, (birth to 5 yrs) is set for tomorrow (Thurs,) at CJI Elementary. Tomorrow's screening's FREE & sponsored by Bear Paw Cooperative. Screening's by appointment ONLY & runs from 9 to 1. Screening pertains to areas of motor, concepts, language, vision & hearing. Please con...

MSU Extension Healthy Aging, will be presenting a Caregiver Respite Retreat, tomorrow (Thurs) at the Best Western Plus Great Northern Inn, on 1st Street, in Havre. Thursday's retreat will run from 10 to 3, & it's FREE! Registration's required with each caregiver receiving a $100 Visa gift card to help cover costs of caregiving in their absence or for their own self-care. To...

It's booster club night tonight (Tues) in Shelby, & our Shelby Booster Club, has their meeting set for this evening down at the Alibi. All Shelby Boosters should report to the Alibi, at 7 o'clock SHARP. Save a slice for me, & Go Shelby Coyotes!...

Shelby's Annual Clean Up's underway. You can call the city shop this week to get your landfill items on the list. Don't worry about a thing, our city crew will come around NEXT week to pick up. Please remember the appliances WITH Freon cannot be picked up...

Walk N' Wheel's back & it walks/wheels off tomorrow (Wed) morning. Walkers will leave our old middle school at 7:35, tomorrow morning to join others at the north end of the viaduct, & continue on to school. Don't worry about a thing, but if your kids are riding bikes, they MUST wear a helmet! Adults...

Golden Triangle families & children of all ages are invited to come over to Apgar, this Saturday, to take part in Glacier National Park's Junior Ranger Days, during National Park Week. The first celebration's this Saturday, from 10 to 2, at the Apgar Visitor Center. Do...

St. Michael's Spring Rummage & Bake Sale, is set to go this Saturday, in Conrad. All the bargains & tasty baked goods will be available from 9 to 1, in the church basement, at 120 South Maryland. You'll want to use the north entrance on Saturday. Spring...

Every 68 seconds, someone somewhere is sexually assaulted. Every 9 minutes, the victim is a child! This month, April, is marking the 23rd Annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual assault's a serious crime motivated by the offender's need to control, dominate, humiliate & harm. It...

Lena Tronson, from the Smile Shop, & the Toole County Medical Auxiliary, will be finishing up the cleaning at the Cedar Closet, tomorrow (Sat) morning, & they're looking for some volunteers to come down & lend a hand. They'll be cleaning, polishing & cleaning some more, between 9 & 1 tomorrow (Sat) morning. Volunteers needed....

Tomorrow, Saturday morning, on Puff Man Sports Trivia, I'll have the book, "Montana Grit; Ten Unsung Heroes Who Dared to Make a Difference," written by Montana freelance writer & former regional, education & arts reporter for the Independent Record, in Helena. Marga ...

The 4th workshop of the Homesteader Series, pertaining to no-till gardening & hydroponics, is scheduled for Tuesday night, the 16th, here in Shelby. The presentation's at St. Luke's Lutheran, Tuesday evening from 6 to 8. Don't worry about a thing, there's NO fee for the workshop. NO...