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Robert Plouffe did not grow up in the country raising livestock but he has a lot to do with them after a fair. Robert and Betty Plouffe purchased the grocery and meat market in Saco from Buck and Deb Taylor in 1982. In 2000 they moved into the current Saco Pay-n-Save and by 2001 were handling the butchering for beef, pork and lamb after the county fairs. Livestock is brought from the Blaine County Fair in Chinook, the Phillips County Fair in Dodson and the Valley County Fair in Glasgow. On avera...
Cathy Bear has been in Dodson since 1996 and taken care of the fairgrounds since 2001. "Berta Anderson came to my house in May of 2001 and saw how nice and green my grass was. At graduation time she asked me if I would be interested in being the yard maintenance person at the fairgrounds? I said, Sure. So I took on little spots at a time that year, then the next year more spots. Then I started taking on more mowing, more painting, more of the whole thing of the fairgrounds. There used to be no...
The Kiwanis and Dirt Daubers assisted 3 groups at the Boys & Girls Club on Thursday, June 4 make arrangements for the Dirt Dauber Standard Flower Show. There was a K-2 group, 3rd - 5th and 6th through 9th. Everyone had a choice of using fruits & vegetables depicting "Life on the Prairie", gold nugget items on "Mining for Gold" or old car parts for "Racing into the Future". Each child could enter 2 arrangements. Pictured right. Madelyn Anderson has been entering flower shows since 1963. She was...
This is the second year the Masons have placed the Masonic markers at the Malta Cemetery. Interested in preserving the history of the Free Mason, the Malta Lodge #57 started doing research on past Masons and created the markers. Greg Oxarart pounded down a Masonic marker on Thursday, May 21, in Memoriam of past members. Russ Osmundson and Dennis Broadbrooks checked the list and map to help locate more past members. Some markers are easier to place because many have the Masonic emblem on the...
Question A: How long have you been a Mason? Question B: What do you like most about being a Mason? Question C: What past Mason here at the cemetery where a marker was placed was most memorable to you?...
Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc is the name of the Montana State Garden Club. On May Day the Saco Garden Club hosted the 2015 Hi-Line District #7 Spring Garden Club Meeting. The theme was “For The Birds” and the meeting was held at the Saco IOOF Hall. All in recognition of the Hi-Line District #7 Club’s accomplishments over the past year. Five clubs were in attendance: Bullhook Blossoms of Havre, Jumping Junipers of Chinook, Malta Dirt Daubers, Nashua Gumbo Gals and the Saco Garden Club. Eight members of Saco Garden Club enter...
Grapevine questions for this week were answered by Hi-Line District #7 Garden Club Members who met on May 1 in Saco, Mt. Question A: What is your favorite plant? Question B: What is your favorite garden tip?...
1 Years of Phillips County Fair, Past to Present Noel Emond grew up on a ranch in the Regina area and was involved in FFA during school. In 1958 Noel became the 4H Leader of the Regina Grasshopper 4H Club. They covered all aspects of programs from sewing to beef. He camped out with the kids in an old school bus at the Dodson Noel Emond Fairgrounds and sometimes even slept in the barn with the animals. He continued on that happy trail for 20 years and truly kept the 4H pledge and the motto, 'To...
On Wednesday, April 8, at the Annual Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (WELCA ) no host luncheon, Ruth Flansaas was honored as a "Faithful Quilter." Ruth and John moved from their Loring farm into Malta and she started the Hands All Around quilting club in their basement. Her first quilt was made with the help of Grace Simser. It took them two days to cut out a Double Wedding Ring scrap quilt to make a 50th wedding anniversary gift for her parents, Marion & Iva Runnion. Sheila...
1 Years of Phillips County Fair, Past to Present John G. Osmundson, Poultry Judge from Richey, MT traveled to Dodson during the 1920's. He raised turkeys, ducks and chickens. Pictured is John (Russell's great grandfather) holding his grandson Howard Osmundson (Russell's father). Russell Osmundson, of First State Bank, has volunteered weighing in 4H livestock (steers, pigs & lambs) since 2007 to the present. Send your Phillips County Fair Past and Present to Sarah at sarahpc...
On St. Patrick's Day several of you may have went out for a drink to celebrate. Well, several ladies also chose to do that and have a little artistic fun at ArtSpot. Kathy Bagley of Bohns Bones Art Gallery hosted 10 ladies with a short tutorial on water color painting and techniques. The artist we were following as a guideline was Claude Monet and the title of the painting, Gardens at Giverny. We then had a practice sheet with an all green color palette in the holiday spirit. We moved onto a...
