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Therese Haynes Taylor of Phoenix, AZ came to visit with Gramma Pat Murdock for awhile. She is Ron Haynes' oldest daughter. She and Pat went to Saco last Sunday to watch great-grandkids and area youth participate in a rodeo and RCAN scramble in Saco's new arena. Macey Cox Ferguson and baby son, Trey, of Huntley drove to Frenchman Creek recently to spend time with Grandma Denise and Grampa Clinton Cox. Macey works in Shepherd in the school system. Stone Anderson, son of Jace and Shae Anderson, and Ripp Anderson, son of Jett and Bri Anderson,...
It froze for the first time this fall on Thursday, September 16. Things were all black on Friday. Brian Marney has retired from the Army after serving for twenty years in many capacities. Bill Henry visited his Mom Dora on Friday. Terri Cole has been visiting family and Saturday watched her grandson play football for Denton. She then went on to visit more of the kids. They have been busy working on the bus barn getting it ready for the buses during the winter. It is supposed to be colder with...
Congratulations to Sheila (my granddaughter) on the birth of her baby boy, also congratulations to me as I am a great-grandmother! The baby’s name is Miles, and he was born in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Wonderful News! Also, congratulations to Whitney Blunt on the birth of a new baby girl. The Blunts have 3 other children. Whitewater School had a Health Screening on Monday. The group had dinner at the North 40 Café. This included the Rocky Mountain Bio-medics. The group consisted of Melanie Gr...
My wife and I have a new passion. It involves physical exertion, lots of teamwork, and kneepads. Sometimes it gets loud. We're mixing our own concrete and pouring a patio, one 32-inch square at a time. We finished two squares last week and only have 37 more to go. Because it's hunting season and I made a prior commitment to my dogs, we only get passionate in the afternoons. Once I return from the morning hunt, however, Barb and I get frisky. She tells me what to do. I tell her that doesn't...
We had a nice rain Saturday night; All moisture was appreciated. Still, ten days till the first day of Autumn but the days are sure getting shorter, darker longer in the morning, and much earlier at night. Temperatures are getting cooler at night also and are slowly warming up in the morning. Polly and Virginia Solberg went to Billings for the weekend to help celebrate some anniversaries in the Solberg family, Polly was in Chinook early, in the morning to have some dental work done before she...
Sympathies to the victims of the hurricane down south. Happy Birthday to all September birthdays, including Rory Green and Irene Wendalyn of Chinook. There was a volleyball game at the WHS gym on Friday. Irene and I went to see the games and players including Sommer Green (my niece). Before the game, we went to the North 40 and had lunch. Saturday, we went to Saco and took in the Saco Fun Days. We watched the parade, it was great. Several children from Whitewater, including Sommer and Rory,...
The temperature this week has been really warm for this time of year. Most days were in the high 80’s and low 90’s! Still have some dew in the mornings, thank goodness! The gardens are slowing down in production. I certainly enjoyed the zucchini that Cindy gave me before she left on vacation! Congratulations to the Blunts on the birth of Dorothy Lynn! She is such a sweetie and I could tell that the whole family is in love with her! She was born on the 5 of September. It sounds like all the stu...
Lately, deliberate misrepresentations have been circulating regarding American Prairie’s proposal to graze bison on six federal allotments in Phillips County. While most Montanan’s who have commented thus far clearly welcome our proposal, some remain committed to a misinformation campaign based on rumors and misdirection. This only serves to perpetuate divisions and erode our civic fabric. As such, I am compelled to set the record straight. The Bureau of Land Management can issue grazing permits or leases and modify existing permits to sub...
I’d pretty much given up big game hunting and turned all my attention to birds. There were a number of reasons. I could shoot something every day for one. And if I was successful it didn’t take days to pack out the meat for another. But this season is different. Blame the drought or the heat or a combination of the two, but hunting birds lately is starting to feel more like an elk hunt. Over the first three days of the season, I saw one grouse and he appeared to passing through. I’m hunti...
Ripp, Ryett, and Papa Brent Anderson recently celebrated birthdays at the Anderson Ranch. Happy Birthday, boys. Margie and Allie Olsen dropped into the Murdock Homestead for a short visit with Pat. Jimmy Murdock and Ree Simonson were recent Sunday supper guests of Pat. Rodee and Ryett Anderson, Aidree and Adalyn Math, Billie and Tenley Brooks and Cora, Shelbi and Kennan LaBrie all ride the bus to Whitewater School from our community. Tricia LaBrie is the driver. Lynn Hill also fills in. The Anderson boys live on their great-great grandfather's...
Polly Solberg went to visit her son Nathan and his family for the weekend. Kari Hould was operated on in Billings for pressure on the brain after suffering a stroke and was reported slowly improving into rehab. Get well wishes and prayers are continued for her recovery. Sharon Munsinger passed away in Texas on Saturday after a battle with cancer. Condolences are sent to her family and friends Terri Cole's daughter Colleen and family came to be with Terri on Saturday. Terri will be in Billings...
The temps this last week have been pretty warm, but I do enjoy a warm day with a cool evening! I flew Cape Air to Billings and back this week. The ride was very smooth and uneventful, and I’d recommend it if you need to go to Billings. While in Billings I had a Dermatology appointment and my sister Debbie honored me with a birthday party! I’m on another trip around the sun! Congratulations to Amus, Everette, and Etta Blunt on the birth of their sister, Dorothy Lynn! Pete and Carol Lumsden are...
There are places I’ll go this fall that I never see any other time of year ‑- small, intimate spots hidden from view, hard to reach, with little reason to be there unless you’re hunting or gathering cows. Some are places I’ve killed a bird or two. Others are places I always water the dogs, where the steep banks along the creek have sloughed off providing easy access to the slow-moving flow. There are a couple of ancient automobiles, abandoned on the prairie decades ago, that I always visit i...
Sympathy to families of Everett Marks of Saco. “Get well wishes” to Pat Murdock and Kimberly Hellie who are sick. It is September! It’s hard to believe summer is almost over. “Happy Birthday and “Anniversary” to all who are celebrating their days. If you would like a “greeting”, sent to someone, let me know, and I will put in our WW News. Hope you had a nice Labor Day. Some from the area went to “Saco Fun Days.” I have gone before, and it is “FUN”. However, we still need to beware of the enemy,...
Sorry to be gone! Here are last week's and this week's tidbits together! Last week it rained on Thursday and Friday and made a world of difference to yards and the landscape. Welcomed by everyone! Friday was Tammy Voice's birthday so late greetings are sent to her. Terri Cole stayed in Malta with Steve's family so, her car could be serviced on Thursday and on the weekend was visited by daughter Mary and her twin grandchildren and by Heidi Cole from Billings. Sorry, the little bird didn't catch t...
“Get well wishes” to Diane Engel, Sue Olson, and Dianne Simanton, and all who are sick. Big Congratulations to the Whitewater High School on getting the Scholastic Achievement Award from Northwest Energy. This is for high-grade points, also for music and sports achievements. What an honor for a small school. Also, Congratulations to Superintendent Cummings and staff. Whitewater School started last week. It used to begin the day after Labor Day in September. Good Luck to all students. Jeanie Gre...
The moon is waning and soon it will be a new moon, really dark, but great star gazing time! The rains were spotty this week. Every drop is welcomed! The grass greened up a little, and the dust was washed off the trees! The goldfinches have really moved into my sunflowers! They are quite the acrobats, standing upside down to get the seed! I had a hummingbird come into my feeder this week! I was lucky to see it! Cecile Norville spent the week with Nana and Papa Lumsden. Pete Lumsden and Jay Blunt...
I always get a feeling of melancholy this time of year. When I was young it was brought on by the realization that school was about to start again, that the endless days of summer were not so endless after all. Now it’s brought on by those necessary seasonal chores summer’s passing requires, one in particular. We pulled the pontoon boat out of the water last week. We’re not done fishing yet, but we have another boat for that and it’s kept in the garage when we’re not there. The pontoon stays in...
Last Wednesday was the first day of school for my oldest son and new second-grader, PJ. I also had the privilege of staying at home with my youngest son Lincoln, a three-year-old. Lincoln is an inquisitive young lad, who asks over 200 questions a day. Though I used to joke about a talkative person trying to talk underwater, I almost fell over when Linc told us about a scare that he had on a water slide. He said, “I tried to talk underwater.” Thankfully, mom was there to pick him up out of the wa...
Let’s pray for peace all over. In Montana, sympathy to the victims of the fires burning in Hays, Zortman, Lodgepole and other places. We pray for rain to help put out the fires and save our dry lands. In Whitewater and Phillips County, there is no hay due to the drought. Some ranchers are being forced to sell some of their cattle. It’s sad. Our sympathy to them. Last Wednesday at the Senior dinner, we were glad to have guests. They were Erna Schlieve and her two sisters. One sister is emp...
Rain! Precious rain fell from the skies several times this week. Unofficially, the amount in Loring was 2 inches! Everyone has a big grin on and the grass is even a bit greener! The full moon this weekend was truly beautiful! And the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, were closely dancing for position! Carol Lumsden and I drove to Whitewater where we picked up Lu Besel and on to pick up Lynn Hill and then on to Pat and Roseann Olson’s for a baby shower honoring their daughter Leah. Many of t...
I’m always amazed when celebrities and politicians are forced to step down after a past indiscretion comes to light. Often it’s simply an inappropriate comment caught on tape that spells the end. Mike Richards, the newly named host of Jeopardy!, comes to mind. Shortly after being named to fill the shoes of the late Alex Trebek, it was discovered that Richards made demeaning comments about women and homeless during a podcast seven years ago. Fortunately, I’m technically challenged. I don’t...
Every year, there comes a day that is unlike any of the two hundred and thirty or so days that have come before it. I wake up, get dressed, go outside, and with the first breath taken in my brain automatically thinks one thing. Football. I don’t know exactly what it is. It’s got to be some kind of endorphin. Something triggers my senses. It’s not exactly like how my left knee can tell me when it’s going to rain in four and a half hours. That’s more of an ache. This is a smell, a temperature, atmospheric pressure, I don’t know. But I do know tha...
Montana fires are all over. Let’s hope and pray they are out. The Phillips County Fair was so fun and wonderful!! I went three days! Friday, I looked at the exhibits and animals. Congrats to all the winner (including my WW News Book and “Hills Beyond Whitewater Creek” book. Irene Wendalyn (Chinook) and I went to Friday’s concert. It featured 3 music groups, all were great especially “Reckless Kelly”, Suppertime we ate at the 4-H booth. We had hamburgers, pie etc. Saturday in the morning, Ir...
The weather is still hot in the daytime and mostly quite cooler at night. We have not received any of the rain showers predicted yet. Maybe they will come soon. We are still on water restrictions---hope the water lasts if this drought continues... School starting is looking closer all the time. Dora Henry attended a Council on Aging meeting in Malta this week. Polly Solberg went to Billings for the weekend---her granddaughter was competing in Horsemanship in the special Olympics. Velyma...
