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I saw two pheasant roosters fighting for territory close to 191N yesterday. I forgot how bright and flashy they are in the spring! Lots of Easter celebrating going on in the Loring community! Becca and Robert Engum from Great Falls enjoyed their stay with Dave and Cindy Clark. The Johannesen's had a crew and double celebration with Iver's birthday! David, Brandie and Rocco Stordahl drove up from Billings in a strong side wind on Friday. They stopped in Malta to see Tom in the hospital before...
Happy Easter, Everyone! Jesus died to take away our sin! Carol Lumsden hosted a Bible study on Wednesday! Connie Wasson, Cindy Clark, Whitney Blunt and yours truly gathered to study and have a business meeting. We all loved the new cupboards and countertop /Backsplash! I made a trip to Bozeman where the Montana Dinosaur Trail facilities meet at their spring meeting hosted by Museum of the Rockies. The drive was awesome, calm, sunny, no problems! We toured the displays, enjoyed lunch and then got...
Here we are starting the second week of April! We have had super warm temps this week, even the lows were above freezing! We just have a small snirty snow pile left. Snirty is a word I learned from Ivan Doig. It means dirt blown on a snow bank. A falcon was chasing a smaller bird and stopped to rest in our pine trees. He had a barred tail and the back was polka dotted. It was bigger than a kestrel and not as colorful. And I thought the snowy owl was gone to the northern climes already, but I saw...
The Western Meadowlarks have returned! I heard one on Saturday! Last year it seems like I whined about them not being here, but this year they are right on time! We also had a red admiral butterfly hatch out and fly around the yard! I'm not saying we won't have more snow, just that it shouldn't stay very long! Sympathy from the Loring Community to Sherrie Ottinger on the death of her mom, Doris Holman. Sherrie lived in the Loring area for a few years and they still have property here. The...
Happy first day of spring! I can see signs already! The snow has melted enough to fill the barrow pits along the highway! We are getting a little build up in our yard before it starts running! The birds are getting more active! In fact Sally Austin called to report that the geese have come in. It is the latest they have ever come north! The high school prom was held on Saturday! I love to see the beautiful dresses the girls dawn and the guys dressed up in their suits! It always looks so fun,...
Same old news...It's cold! I spotted a great horned owl sitting on my fence post today! I'm sure it was looking for tasty tidbits, maybe a sharp tail, a cat, or a gopher! The Clark kids celebrated a birthday with Parker from Whitewater. We are so thankful for our neighbors who watch out for us. TJ Wasson saw that we might have difficulty getting out of our lane and plowed us out on Thursday! Lots of basketball tournaments being held in different towns these days! So exciting for the little...
I'm not sure what happened to the Loring News Notes from last week, except they may have gotten frozen in the air! Anyway, I can't find them! It was a little warmer this past week, got a bit of dripping from the roof, but not much! And now it has snowed enough to blow into harder drifts! The daylight is noticeably longer, though and that lifts my heart! Rodney Stordahl and I drove to Billings to visit with family. The roads were actually really good for this unpredictable time of year. My dad al...
As most everyone knows, the temperatures have been brutal around northern Phillips County! The highs have not gone above zero for a week! It has been a few years since we've had sub-zero temps for a whole week, and I think it's going to last most of next week also! We did receive some snow and now with the wind, it is being rearranged in new configurations! Tom Stordahl and I traveled to Glasgow on Wednesday for a doctor visit! It seems that all the experimental shots in his back don't come...
Winter is here! Most of the end of January was very nice, temperatures in the 40's or so, not too windy except one day, but February showed up and let us have it! Sunday the high was not above zero! And about 6-inches of snow fell. I shouldn't say that...I have no idea how much snow fell. It is white around here with some big piles and some clear spots. I know several of you readers are interested in the birds I see. This week one of the snowy owls was killed nearby. I talked to Logan Messerly...
Strange weather for January! Rain for a good part of the day with temps in the 40's. Then the wind started blowing and goodness sakes! If it wasn't tied down, look for it in Whitewater or North Dakota! I stopped to visit with Mary Brown Peigneux on Thursday. It's always interesting to visit with friends who I don't see very often. The people who work at the courthouse really have my admiration for the things they do! Thursday I went to the dental hygienist, museum, and then met with the JRF...
The Loring Woman’s Club is sponsoring a CPR/AED class at the Loring Church lower level on Feb. 12, with pot luck supper at 5:30 followed by class from 6 until 9. Loring has an AED but few people have been trained in its use. This class is open to everyone. The cost is $50, payable to Phillips County Ambulance. Colt Kornfield plays hockey for the Shaunavon Badgers. Sunday Brenda Kornfield traveled to Shaunavon to watch him play. They won! The snow started coming down on Thursday. It looked like t...
The sky has been clear for most of the week. The half moon very visible in the evening in the west and the morning star or Venus twinkling brightly in the eastern sky! The high temps have been in the 40's and 50's, just right for sitting on the deck for this retired teacher and her husband! Tom Stordahl and I went to Glasgow on Monday to see an ortho doctor. It's amazing how many specialists are out there! I visited with Gene Compton of Boulder, Mont., on Friday, in the Albertsons parking lot....
Greetings in the new year. I'm sure that 2019 will bring wonderful things to you! Right now with the government shut down I'm nervous about the future. But we Americans will pull through. The wind really blew this whole week! We were lucky though because in some places in Montana it was higher than 102 mph! I say 40 mph gusts are hard enough! One saving thing, the temps were warm even the lows were in the twenties! That's amazing for this time of year! The Loring Community extends sympathy to...
Darn! I missed the deadline of noon on Friday! Well, I’m getting ready for next week which will also be an early deadline! The winter solstice has been and now the days have about two minutes more sunlight than the day before! And the full moon has been awesome! Reene Wasson reported that she had spotted two bald eagles in the area this last week! I am always on the lookout to see birds! We just have a few sharptails coming into our yard. Remember the Christmas tree that Clark’s took into Deb...
What a wonderful surprise for Debbie and Leroy Dyrdahl! In the past Debbie loved to decorate for Christmas but now her health won’t allow it. So Cindy and Dave. Clark saw a perfect tree for them and went in to put it up. If you get a chance stop by to say hi and admire the tree with its red ball and Linus' blanket! Definitely the reason to celebrate! The Loring Woman’s Club had so much fellowship putting the trays together for some of our friends in the area. Then Carol Lumsden took most of them...
3-5. The last month of the year came in with a coating of white! We at Loring got about 4-6 inches and are very appreciative of the moisture! The snow gives the landscape a certain refreshing look! The temperature isn't that cold to make it uncomfortable! This week has been crazy with earthquakes in Alaska and tornadoes in the Midwest, Oklahoma, Kansas, etc! The death of George HW Bush, our 41st president also, happened this week. Sympathy to his family and fans! We also learned of the death...
I hope all my readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The time is now to celebrate Advent and prepare for Christmas. Becca and Robert Engum of Great Falls were guests of Cindy and Dave Clark for Thanksgiving Day. By the way, Becca is on the Great Falls News every so often talking about the growth of the city and how to best accommodate the area! She makes me smile! The Johannesen family gathered at the Loring Hall for their celebration on Thursday! The Lumsden girls and families were home for the...
I am a happy reporter just back from Arizona, where it was not all that warm but there was no snow as we have up here near the Canadian border! I mostly just got incredibly spoiled the whole time! But talk about a small world, the person I sat next to on the way down was the same person I sat with on the way back! Then, believe it or not, a guy sat next to the window and he was from Hays! Come to find out we had some friends in common! He was involved in a rodeo! And as I was waiting for the...
Greetings from sunny Arizona! I flew down from Billings to visit my brother and his wife, Scott and Roxanne Cowan. I'll just be here for a few days! It was a tad bit chilly when I landed, about 50 degrees, with a breeze. Felt just fine to me! Tom and I traveled to Billings on Tuesday for an appointment. We saw Debbie and Gregg Richau and Brandie Stordahl. All the others were busy with working and school. Gotta do what ya gotta do! Heather and Beau Simonson made the trip to Billings to see the...
Polly Solberg returned home after visiting her brother and other relatives in Great Falls. Matt Cole and sons of Billings visited Wink and Terri Cole over the weekend. Steve Cole stopped at his parents to visit one day this week. We did not have very many kids Trick or Treating this year but all the ones that came were in costume which was nice. It stayed nice, so they could be out. On Thursday night it rained and turned colder with some snow also and continued with moisture falling off and on...
I told you last week that we got a new house in Loring and now I need to say that one of our empty trailer homes has been repurposed by a family in Whitewater! How nice to have another family put it to use! I enjoyed meeting Sebastian and Connie Blake on Saturday. So many old friends who I don't get to see much anymore were there too? Connie was a student of mine and Sebastian is her husband from South Carolina. They live in Tennessee now! Layne Engel who works for Century Construction was home...
Greetings on this fine fall Sunday! The whole week the highs were in the upper 60's while the lows were around the freezing mark. And the extra bonus, not much wind! The robins are still hanging around, yea! The funeral for Earl Wasson was on Saturday. It is a familiar lament that we don't see that many friends except at funerals and weddings. I am happy that we can get together and renew old acquaintances even as we say goodbye to a neighbor. Donna Dyrdahl and Gwen Henderson were some who drove...
I realized, even more, this week about how fickle our Montana weather is! If you don't like it wait a day or so and it'll change. The Loring community extends sympathy to the Wasson family on the death of Earl. Earl lived on the North Bench farm for many years! His kids and grandkids are carrying on his legacy. The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum board members met on Sunday. Loring Lutheran Church will not have services on Sunday the 21st but will hold services on the 28th. Everyone is invited to...
The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum has closed for the season. Two thousand three hundred seventy guests toured the museum this summer. Of those 163 were military families who came in under Blue Star. Two hundred forty two were on the Montana Dinosaur Trail and One hundred forty three stopped because they saw signage about the museum. Of the people who enjoyed our facility, 16 countries were represented, including Solomon Island. Seven Canadian Provinces were represented and all the states...
Fall has arrived! I'm kind of sad but I know that spring will soon arrive. For now, I'm enjoying the birds migrating, the coloration changes in the leaves, and the crisp temperatures! Now, this next story just goes to show how small our world is! I was visiting with Lori Taylor at the Phillips County Museum on Friday when I overheard a person say something about living in Loring. So I asked their names and when the lady said Doris Reimen I said, you were my mom's best friend in high school!...
