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So the Redistricting Commission has met to hear suggestions for splitting Montana into two Congressional Districts. For starters, I think we should knock off the political posturing and follow the old truism of KISS, Keep It Simple, Stupid. There are 56 counties in Montana which suggests 28 counties in each congressional district. Then split Montana in a north-south fashion so that each district has its share of mountainous and prairie populations. Equal populations for each district is a consideration but, in my view, equal number of counties...
Since hot weather is apparently here to stay, I’ve decided to embrace it. I have little choice. There’s no escape. While I can hide inside, the relief is only temporary, and if I move any farther north, I’ll have to learn to speak Canadian. Dressing -- or more accurately undressing – for the heat is of upmost importance. I haven’t worn long pants in weeks, and socks are even too much most days. It seems only a short time ago that I was dressing for winter, pulling on long underwear as soon as I...
Sympathy to victims of the building collapse in Florida. Terrible Back in Whitewater, again, Congratulations to our own Jahmiah (Hoffman) LaBrie, on his many swimming awards. Recently the PC Shriner’s Club met at North 40. They are a great group that help children. I will get more information. Sympathies go out to Gene Brown, whose wife of 40 years passes away recently. The funeral is in Billings and Laurel, Montana. Well, I am going to visit Janet and family while I’m there, also I have app...
Bill and Dora Henry attended the funeral for Mrs. Aggie (Bill) Leys at Choteau on Wednesday of this week. It was terribly hot but she had a lovely funeral. On Thursday they attended a farewell BBQ for the pastor of Bill's church who is leaving in two weeks. It was sad to hear that long-time resident and well-known family man, "Wink" Cole had passed away with family by his side. His large family is gathering, and the entire community sends its love, prayers, sympathy, and condolences to Terri and...
Every once in a blue moon I’m surprised by the random kindness that has come forth for no reason! I had a tourist come into the Great Plains who told me about her morning. She had a flat tire on the highway and a gentleman stopped to ask her if she needed help. He changed her tire and helped her get a new tire ordered. She was singing the praises of Bill Rock! I'm happy that she found a kind person to help her out! I hope that if I ever need help I'll have a kind person help me out! Another k...
Years ago I came west to escape the heat. Either that or I was headin’ down the highway lookin’ for adventure. Whatever the reason, I found both cooler weather and excitement in Montana. I got a job in Cooke City working for an outfitter. Riding and packing horses in the Beartooth Mountains provided plenty of adventure, and the high–elevation climate of Cooke was a delight. It seldom topped 80 degrees. I’d grown up in southern Indiana where the summer nights were sweltering, and we didn’t have a...
Sympathy to Gene Brown (my nephew), on the loss of his wife Anita. Also, sympathy for Janet B (my sis) and Anita’s family. Gene lives in Las Vegas now but he was raised here in Whitewater. Gene and Anita were married 40 years. A very sad loss for Gene. Back in Whitewater, hot winds keep blowing. The winds really dry the earth. We should all pray for rain. Most cattle are in summer pasture. Some ranchers and farmers have begun haying. There were “two doctors in the house” rather at the North...
The hot dry weather continues and is forecast for the next week at least. Zack and Sarah Cole left for their new deployment in Seattle this week. Kids are still running and training in this heat----really dedicated to staying in good shape. Velyma Broadhead returned home on Sunday after visiting family. They are still preparing the older school living trailers for removal so the new ones can be placed. Work has been slowly resumed on the little house being built on the former Legion lots....
It’s almost the 4th of July and the PC Museum was in full patriot mode this week. The Museum was honored to help a foundation find information on a serviceman. The Chief Rick Stone and Family Charitable Foundation’s mission is to help identify remains of soldiers killed in action so that they can be properly buried. Obtaining samples of DNA of living relatives is critical to this effort. Currently, there are 1,100 boxes of unidentified remains in a warehouse in Honolulu, Hawaii. Our quest was to help find living relatives of Cpl. Albert Lee...
Pat Dunbar, Jimmy and Pat Murdock, were among those who attended the memorial service for Iver Johannesen, in Loring on Saturday. Kate, Calum and baby Chloe Webb, Lexie Haynes, Randy and Dylan Effling visited with Grandma Pat Murdock on Father’s Day. They helped plant a pine tree in honor of Grandpa Jim. Lexie Haynes, Blake Ozark, Sally Austin, Ree Simons, Jenny, and Pat Murdock were in Malta last Thursday for Pat’s brother Leslie Solberg memorial service. Also in attendance were two cousins from Billings, Murnell (Mikkelson) Fargo, and Val...
You know it’s summer in Yellowstone Park when the bison start goring the visitors. A 30-year-old woman suffered what the park is calling “significant” injuries recently following an “encounter” with a bison on a hiking trail near Yellowstone Lake. It’s a relatively common occurrence. Last summer in separate encounters with bison in the park a 72-year-old woman was gored, another woman was knocked to the ground, and a nine-year-old girl was tossed in the air. All were injured but survived. F...
This week the weather was amazing...a little warm in the day but beautifully cool in the evening! Still completely dry, though! The high point of my week was the Wine and Dino at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum! It just happened that my brother Scott Cowan, sister Dee Arndt, and cousin Laurie Bjorklund showed up just in time! What fun! Herb the triceratops was in perfect shape and everyone thought he looked stupendous! My family spent the weekend with me at Loring and at the farm going through...
Smokey the Bear says, “Beware of fires.” There are already fires, mostly in Western Montana. “Get Well” wishes to Gale Young (my daughter), and all who are sick. Congratulations to Whitewaters own Jeremiah LaBrie on the swimming medals he won. Wonderful!! Drivers and pedestrians beware and watchful of each other. Something bad can happen in an instant. This is especially true during summer when people are out. These high winds make it hard for people to stand. Pastor Bob and Julie Nagy went on...
The Loring community picnic was another success! Attendance was down, but there was lots of visiting, cooking, and eating! I found someone who could detail my car! So much dog hair in it and now it looks great! A huge number of relatives and friends came to Loring on Saturday to give Iver Johannesen a final farewell. He had many friends! I had a meeting with the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum board and staff on Wednesday. I had the misfortune of falling on the lawn and injured my shoulder on...
The weather is still changing all the time and keeping us wondering 'what's next?.' It goes from very hot with wind to really quite chilly-with wind. The few days we have had hot have really been hot for June, some have broken records for this time of June. Polly Solberg attended the funeral for Darlene Fauth Boothe in Malta. Terri Cole has had several kids home visiting and helping out, including Zack and Sarah, Matt and Heidi, Melinda, Shannon, and Steve. It was good to visit Melinda as she...
I like to fish. A lot. But even though fishing is best this time of year, I can’t help but think it’s only a little more than two months until hunting season begins. And I really like to hunt. It seems only a short time ago that hunting season ended and seven months of waiting began. But the older I get the faster time flies. The once-interminable wait between seasons now hardly offers even enough time to dry my boots before I’m off again. I’m not alone in this. I have friends who are also co...
“Get well wishes” to Bobby Anderson of Whitewater and all who are sick, including David Lightfoot. Happy Birthday to all June birthdays. Sympathy to the families of the gophers who have been shot in Whitewater, Loring, and other areas. I think gophers are cute and how do they harm the earth? Why not let coyotes get them. Then the coyotes would not kill sheep or other animals. I do not understand how anyone can think it is a sport to shoot and kill any animal. There are people in Whitewater are...
Mother Nature gave us two nights of rain this week. In Loring, unofficially “official” the total rainfall was 2.5 inches! A lot of the low spots were full of water. The ditches up at Jason's are full! It's just a very good feeling to have rain when we need it! In my flycatcher’s nest are five eggs! They are so small and cute! I'm hoping that they hatch this year with no problem! Maybe one more week. I had a couple of little whitetail bucks here in the yard with velvet antlers! It's excit...
It has been hot during the day almost every day now with a cooler night and of course, the wind blows every day. We have had several rainstorms in the night, relieving the dryness some but we welcome the moisture and take it as it comes. Edna Oldfield of Menomonie, Wisc, and two daughters, Tara Oldfield of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Amy Middelton of Palestine, Tenn. came to visit her two brothers, Edmond and Willard Mortenson. They are returning home on Tuesday. Thanks to Lyle and Francine...
My father’s been gone for 15 years, and while I can’t say I think about him every day, he’s never far from my thoughts. Among the many things he taught me was how to hunt and fish, two pastimes that consume me for much of the year. He’d be fine with that, but he’d also remind me to call my sister, and go to church. My earliest memories afield go back to a squirrel hunting trip with him when I was still too young to carry a gun. He’d gotten permission to hunt a stand of hardwoods that border...
It is June “Oh what is so rare as a day in June.” (James Russell Lowell), a poet wrote those words. “Happy Birthday” to Janet Brown (my sister), also Julie Cole, and all June birthdays and anniversaries. Get well to David Lightfoot, who had an accident, and to all those who are sick. Beware of deer crossing the roads, especially from Malta to Whitewater. They come out mostly at night. Good news! Amtrak train comes through Malta seven days a week now. I love train rides, two years ago I rode Am...
We've had a couple of really nice days, a couple of hot days and a couple of windy days! We had a sprinkling of rain and lightning. More rain, less heat is what I'm praying for! My flycatchers are back in their new nest under the roof of the deck! I haven't looked to see how many eggs yet. I can do it without causing the parents alarm by using one of those gadgets with a telescoping wand and a small mirror on the end! I'll report back on the progress. I hope they make it this year! Cindy Clark...
Got through graduation, track, and cross country. After a short recess delay, summer school will be starting up and studies begin again. Good to keep busy. The weather has been hot in the afternoon, even up over ninety on a couple of days but it still gets cold in the night, and of course, the wind blows almost every day. Sunday it blew hard all day. Polly Solberg returned home from visiting Billings. She said she had the chance to visit with Sarah Solberg Ostlund while there. Zack Cole and his...
I don’t know why I’m so enamored with snakes, but they’ve had a hold on me since I was a kid. They still do. Last week at the cabin I saw our 10-month-old springer Dot cautiously approach something in the yard. About the time I thought “snake,” it struck at her, missing by a foot, but putting her in retreat. It was a big, beautiful bull snake, vividly marked in gold and black and green. I was thrilled to have such a magnificent creature in my yard. Growing up, the only snakes in my yard were...
“Happy Birthday” to May Birthdays, including Jana Wisher. “Happy Memorial Day.” I usually decorate graves of Mom, Dad, and Harry Jr. (brother). Some people have picnics, many in Whitewater have cabins at the Nelson Lake Reservoir, where they spend the weekend. Now that school is out, life is quieter in Whitewater. Most students live in rural areas. However, some youngsters ride bikes or play on the playground. If anyone has any news call me 674-5576 (let it ring) or write to me. This is the fin...
