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Oh my, it’s Leap Year! Hopefully all the single fellas know about the tradition that a young lady can ask the guy to marry her on Leap Year. Last week I noted that my sister’s grandson went to school at Trinity Lutheran in Billings. I got reminded that one of our own Loringites got her first education at the Trinity Lutheran. When it first opened Debbie Dyrdahl was in the first grade and continued on until eighth grade when she was a cheerleader for the basketball team. She said it was a few...
Congratulations to the North Country Lady Mavericks on their championship season! Now on to Divisional play at Wolf Point! Good luck! Congratulations to the Malta M-ettes on their championship season, too! Now on to Divisionals at Malta! The Mustangs took second so they will be in the tourney also! Good luck to both teams! The North Country Mavericks finished their season in fourth. They had a great season working together! Debbie Richau and grandson Ayden of Billings, traveled to watch the...
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you got to spend it with a loved one! Dixie Stordahl visited Sienna Richau on Thursday after her doctor’s appointment. She also visited with Debbie Richau, Brentton Stordahl, Abby Corpran, and Dave Stordahl's family! Jonnae and Jim Slade and Kellan spent a couple of days with Pete and Carol Lumsden and then spent some time at Bud and Beth Slades! Those four day weekends are super for that! Jeannie Schroder delivered Saige and Zoey for a few days with their dad, R...
Greetings and salutations from northern Phillips County! Most of us are still here after that wind on Saturday and Sunday! The few who weren't tethered down are probably in Valley County! On Saturday, Dixie Stordahl was in Malta, visiting her mom, getting her Bountiful Basket and swimming at the Buffalo with Anjelica Four Star! Windy, but warm temperatures melted the remaining snow! Brenda Kornfeld reported seeing a gopher at the Murdock Ranch on Sunday! So maybe it is spring after all! Loring...
Loring Lutheran Church will hold the annual meeting on Sunday, February 7, after worship. Carol Lumsden, Jay and Whitney Blunt, Amus, and Everett, Judy and Dan Simanson, Brenda Kornfeld and Bill Murdock and Dixie Stordahl all took in the ball game at Saco on Saturday. A 4H club gave the residents at the HLRC some fun on Sunday! Everyone decorated cookies and visited. Thank you, Addy and Elly Anderson and Eva Yeadon for spending the extra minutes with Barbara Cowan! She loved it! Dixie Stordahl...
Last week two sweethearts celebrated 70 years of wedded bliss! Earl and Marie Wasson celebrated at the HLRC with family. Those in attendance included Linda Hoover of Havre, Alan and Connie Wasson, TJ Wasson, Marla Sisco, George and Bonita Ashby, Mary and Harvey Smith and Aggie Erickson! That is quite an achievement! Congratulations! Dixie Stordahl, Lu Besel, and Pastor Bob traveled together to watch the game in Dodson! It was a great time! Carmen Norville and girls of Whitehall were here over...
For about a month until February 20, five planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, will be visible in the sky at the same time just before sunup. Take a moment to look up as you go out to do chores. Jeanie Green and Dixie Stordahl went on an adventure to Billings to sell Jeanie's wool and visit friends and relatives. Carol Remington (Brown), Janet Brown and Lorrie Niles met us for dinner. Jeannie Schroeder, Saige and Zoey met Dixie at the hotel for some swim time. We all had a great...
The fog has been really thick this week! Pretty frost on all the trees! Bryton Clark started pre school this week! I hope she has a wonderful experience to start off her love of learning! I got a note from Lorna O'Rourke Knudsen who grew up at Lovejoy. She lives in Southern California now and was rejoicing about the recent rain that they got. She remembers the snow and cold temps that we get in Northern Montana! I told her it hadn't been too bad yet this year! Congratulations to the Lumsdens on...
Hello, again, and happy new year! I have been to Billings twice this last week! Once I went for fun, and then I went to be with my granddaughter who was in the hospital with pneumonia and rsv. She is much better and at home now. Paula and Mick Morrison, Jason and Cherisha Morrison and Kage, traveled to Wyoming to spend Christmas with Tawnya and Jake Coleman and Chase! Sympathy is extended to Kay Hould and all the Houlds on the death of Donnie. He will be remembered as a fun loving guy! Becca and...
Merry Christmas from the people at Loring to all you readers! May your new year be prosperous! Don't forget to check out the full moon on Christmas Eve! Loring Lutheran Church will be celebrating Jesus birth at 5:00 on Christmas Eve. Everyone welcome. The Loring Woman's Club made up baskets of goodies for some of our neighbors and friends on Friday at Dixie Stordahls house.Then the fun part, delivering them and chatting for a few minutes. Carol Lumsden was in Malta watching her granddaughters...
What a beautiful December we have had so far! A little snow, a little fog, lots of sun, and a full day of really hard wind! I suppose the below zero temperatures will hit one of these days! Whitney and Jay Blunt had a great time at the NFR in Vegas this past week. Amus and Everett stayed with Grandma and Papa Lumsden. They all went to Billings this weekend to visit Granny Ruth who is recovering and doing well! The Whitewater Independent Baptist Church after school kids club sang Christmas songs...
I hope all my readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! I know that I did! Jeannie Schroeder, Saige and Zoey Stordahl drove up from Billings to spend a few days with Grandma and Grandpa Stordahl and Rodney Stordahl. Dixie Stordahl and Connie Wasson attended a baby shower for Jonnae and Jim Slade’s soon-to-be-born baby. It was fun catching up with friends from Malta that I don’t get to visit with often. Carmen and Matt Norville and girls from Whitehall and Jonnae and Jim Slade of Bil...
Pete and Carol Lumsden hosted their granddaughters, Ellie and Aubrie Norville, this week while their parents were in California for class.They all attended the Lutheran dinner in Malta on Thursday and visited Ruth and John Flansaas. Dixie Stordahl attended the junior high basketball games with Turner Tornadoes on Thursday. Kia Wasson and Beau Simonson are the kids that played from the Loring area. Dixie Stordahl visited her mom on Sunday, and was surprised to see the Cross Country 4-H Club in pl...
This week weather wise was a typical Montana autumn week. Snow, rain, wind, calm, clear, and cloudy as the saying goes, "If you don't like the weather, wait around a few minutes!" Debbie Richau and Ayden of Billings traveled up to visit Barbara Cowan on Friday and Saturday. They took in part of the basketball games in Whitewater. On Friday Chance Love and Anjelica Fourstar joined Debbie, Ayden, Rodney and Dixie for dinner. Loring Lutheran ladies will have bible study on Wednesday at Paula...
Only two months left of 2015! Unbelievable! Pete and Carol Lumsden, Whitney and Jay Blunt and sons attended a family reunion at Absarokee for Bob and Kathleen Lumsdens 50 anniversary over the weekend. Most of the Pete's siblings were in attendance. The town of Loring was pretty quiet for Halloween this year. Not even one outhouse tipped over! No toilet paper in the trees, not even one single trick or treater! Our young goblins are busy elsewhere! And the other tricks haven't happened for nearly...
If you are up before sunrise about 6 a.m. or so the planets, Venus and Jupiter are really close together and Mars is just a bit lower in the sky. It is striking to see. So look east. Also if the horizon is cloud free, Mercury is visible. Roxy Rae Lewis, daughter of Leah and Ryan Lewis of Boulder, was baptized into the Loring Lutheran Church on Sunday. Welcome to Christ’s family Roxy! Elise Compton was her God parent. The whole congregation was invited over to the Compton home for coffee and s...
Many of the people in this area traveled to Billings this past weekend. MEA was being held there along with the State Board. Kourtney Simonson played her first game as a Battlin' Bear, and did very well! Michael Flansaas was in the area visiting with his parents, sisters and friends! He lives in Alaska. Dixie Stordahl took a trip to Scottsdale, Ariz., to visit Scott and Roxanne Cowan. They took in the Garth Brooks/ Trisha Yearwood concert, which was awesome! Dixie and Scott visited the...
A successful Loring Harvest Dance is now in the books! Kevin Beck of Turner won the Traegre Grill and Carry Simonson won the sound bar! The band Trial by Fire was on fire! And the Stockman Bar caterers did a great job! Jeannie Shroeder drove up from Billings with Saige and Zoey to visit Grandma Dixie and Grandpa Tom! They also stopped to see Great Grandma Barbara! There will be no Lutheran Church services at Loring next Sunday, but on the last Sunday of the month, October 25, we will have...
What a glorious last week of September! The temps ranged from the Highs close to 90 with the lows almost freezing! A few days were a little on the breezy side! Most of the crops are in the bins by now. The cattle preconditioning and moving pastures is next! The Lunar eclipse is going to be awesome! I am looking forward to viewing it tonight. The temperature is nice, the sky is clear and I’m still awake! Rodney Stordahl is visiting his parents for a few days! Dixie and Rod visited Barbara C...
We got a little moisture earlier this week! It slowed the harvest but moisture is always welcome in this part of Montana! Debbie Richau of Billings, and Scott and Roxanne Cowan of Scottsdale, Ariz., visited Barbara Cowan and Tom and Dixie Stordahl over the weekend. Barbara celebrated her 88th birthday at the HLRC on Friday! Barbara's sister Thelma Jean and Gary Bjorklund of Cut Bank surprised her by driving over. Some Loringites that wished her a happy day were Glenn and Betty Compton, Ruth and...
What a wonderful week of perfect weather! I enjoyed the aurora borealis for several evenings! The best I've ever seen were on Tuesday morning! The moon was just a sliver, but Venus and Mars were just brilliant! Cindy Clark, Connie Wasson and Carol Lumsden attended Bible study at Dixie Stordahl's on Wednesday. Pete and Carol Lumsden visited Bob and Kathleen Lumsden in Absorkee last weekend! Jonnae Slade met them and everyone enjoyed a hike up in the mountains. Several Loring families attended...
No church service at the Loring Lutheran on Sept.6, Labor Day. Our next service will be on September 13, at 11 with Orvin delivering the message. We will have a quarterly meeting at 10. Dan and Judy Simonson traveled to Missoula to visit their girls, Kiana and Keira, and attend the Griz football game against NDSU. The Griz won in dramatic fashion! The smoke isn't anything I want to talk about, but I thought that the people who write the yesteryear column might be interested in the future! We...
I missed reporting last Monday. I was too busy crying because it was time to start school again! But start we did and I'm happy to be back! I had a wonderful surprise on Monday evening when a former student who is going off to college dropped by for a visit! Keira Simonson has had a busy summer with rodeo participation all over the state! And she is also picking up a new event, roping! Good luck to her at U of M! Kourtney Simonson and her parents, Matt and Heather, drove to Billings to get her...
What a wonderful week for the 100th Anniversary of the Phillips County Fair! I'm sure that most of you visited with your friends and neighbors who you don't see very often! Dave and Cindy Clark returned from a trip to Minnesota to see Cindy's mom and family. They had a great time! Dixie Stordahl had an appointment in Malta on Thursday. She had lunch with Anjelica FourStar and spent time with Barbara Cowan. The temperatures were cool this week with lots of needed rain at the beginning of the...
What a happy surprise we had at Loring Lutheran Church on Sunday! Clarabelle Dyrdahl-Bogut’s children and spouses returned to visit the homestead and Ray and Clarice Dyrdahl’s home where Whitney and Jay Blunt now live. Clarabelle was Ray Dyrdahl’s sister. Loran and Marilyn Frazier of Polson, Jack and Joan Bogut of Philadelphia, and Emily and Don Bogut of Kalispell, grew up in the Loring area in the 40’s. Ray and Clarice’s children, Sharon and Dustin Hill of Scobey, and Leroy and Debbie Dyrdahl o...
