Outdoors

They were the women who built our rails!  They could break me in TWO! You can meet them in Chris Enss's book, "Iron Women-The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad." I'll have the book up for grabs tomorrow, Saturday morning, at 7:30 on Puffman Sports Trivia. Thi...

The Conrad Cowboys will be hosting the Cut Bank Wolves tonight (Friday,) & we'll be broadcasting the ACTION on K 96 FM beginning at a quarter to 7. Come this Monday evening, the Conrad Booster Club will be meeting at the CHS Commons beginning at 7. AL...

Every year our Montana red Cross collects more than 40 THOUSAND UNITS of lifesaving blood at some 2,000 blood drives. We have TWO of those drives on next week's calendar. On Tuesday afternoon, the 26th, the Red Cross will be set up in the Sunburst Methodist Church from 12:30 to 5:30...

The Pondera Heath Department will be conducting "drive up" flu shot clinics next Monday, & Tuesday, the 25th, & 26th. On Monday, the 25th. the morning clinic will be held down at the Valier Senior Center from 9 to 1, with an afternoon clinic at Buffalo Joes in Dupuy…

Our Prairie Oasis Shelter here in Shelby, is "hunting up" some volunteers. If you'd like to volunteer over at the shelter, please text or call the shelter for a volunteer form at 450 1671. If you ask me, this would be a more than fulfilling FUN opportunity, most of us already …

It'll be out at the Marias Golf Course tonight! The Marias Livestock Association will be hosting their annual membership meeting this evening (Monday) at 6, at the golf course. Tonight's "special" guest speaker this evening will be Vicki Olson...

There'll be a CPR & First Aid Class THIS Saturday morning, the 23rd, down at the Choteau EMS station. The $25, Saturday class will be conducted from 9 until 1 o'clock. For more information, & to get preregistered, please call 590 3748. This c...

Fall Cleanup Week gets underway here in Shelby, THIS Monday, the 18th!. I'll be blogging, along with keeping you updated on the Puffman Show all week long during Shelby cleanup. Don't worry about a thing...if you're unable to take any items to the landfill, you can call the Shelby Cit…

Our Tri County Cornhole League will get underway on Monday, November 1st. In case you're not familiar with this riotous game, it's simply a lawn game in which players toss beanbags toward a slanted platform with the goal of passing the beanbag through the danged hole in the center of the p…

You can help support "Farm in the Dell" THIS Saturday night in Choteau. Farm in the Dell is a home & working farm for folks with intellectual disabilities. Saturday evening's fun will be at the Stage Stop Inn down in Choteau. Registration for the 5:30 event is $30, &am…

There's a tailgate for the Valier Panthers coming up THIS Friday! The tailgate will "kick off" at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, & it's going to be a win-win for all. Your free will donations  will help support the Valier athletic program. BTW, Fr...

The Livestock Board will be having a meeting down in Conrad THIS Thursday (10/14) afternoon. Thursday afternoon's meeting at the Moose Club will get underway at 12:30, & focus on making the grant application more "rancher friendly." It makes good sense, as we enjoy liv…