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That famous movie clip from “Man from Snowy River” showing the epic scene, with the hero launching his horse off the top of a mountain and galloping headlong down the near-vertical mountainside, made its rounds on the internet again this week. I remember when the movie was released and horse people couldn’t get enough of that scene, some out of excitement, some horror, and everyone wanted to own or at least ride in an Aussie stock saddle. That’s all pretty much still true to...
I don’t remember not loving words. I could read and write before I entered school. Granted, it was pretty rudimentary stuff – because, y’know, I’m clever, but I’m not that level brilliant – but still, once you have bat down pat cat, fat and sat aren’t much of a stretch. (See what I did there? Just a wee, little crack-me-up.) I don’t remember it, but I figure my parents must’ve read to me a lot when I was a kid. I do remember asking my dad to spell things for me or tell me wha...
Anyone who wants to hit the slopes this winter, but is lacking the gear to do it, can rent seasonal equipment from Bear Paw Winter Sports in Havre. Operated by volunteers from Bear Paw Ski Bowl, the rental place can set up an appointment for fitting and rental for individuals and for families. The first fitting day is Friday, Nov. 27, with time slots from 1 to 6 p.m. Just get on the Bear Paw Ski Bowl Facebook page and send a message with the number of people in your party to...
A May 31, 2017, headline on NBCNews.com says, “One in Four Americans Has a Clutter Problem.” I know that’s true because my husband and I are related to every last one of ones with the problem, evidence that my point has validity. I don’t know this scientifically, but I have a pretty good hunch that by the time we are of adult age we start having moments when we think about our parents and grandparents getting older, ourselves getting older, too. We intellectually underst...
Hill County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a vehicle pursuit after attempting Monday at 10:45 a.m. to stop a Silver Dodge Ram 1500 with North Dakota plates that had been reported stolen. The driver of the vehicle did not yield to deputies, which led to a pursuit in residential neighborhoods in southeast Havre that also involved Havre Police officers and Montana Highway Patrol troopers, a release from the sheriff’s office says. Deputies arrested two suspects in the...
Welcome to Friday, the 136th day of November, 2020, a mere 227 days after Tuesday’s 2020 election, and — as I write this in the wee hours of the morning — we are still waiting and waiting and waiting for election results. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful that the election officials are taking their jobs seriously, and they have my utmost respect for their diligence, but none of that gives me even one ounce, an inkling or a smidge more patience than I already don’t have — espe...
Montana Farmers Union has announced it is partnering with Montana State University-Northern to develop the country’s first-ever meat processing curriculum, which will teach meat processing from harvest to retail. Montana Farmers Union received a $150,000 Montana Meat Processing Infrastructure Grant, which is part of the federal coronavirus relief funds, and the grant will be matched with another $150,000 from MFU and cooperative partners, a press release said. The funds w...
Since 2020 has proven to be about as funny as a pratfall that lands in an actual tiger trap, I’ve felt a little flinchy about humor, like my timing is off just a bit and I can’t quite be confident whether my joke or my whole topic is a helium balloon or one of those doggy doo-doo bags. It seems my weird/funny news sources are having that trouble as well. Take the murder hornets for example. I scoured my weird and funny news sources for some fodder for today’s column and saw l...
What is it with kids these days? These teenagers have been taking their game up a notch and it doesn’t matter if I compare teen-me or adult-me to them, I’m left nursing my pride. Livescience.com reported this week that 14-year-old Anika Chebrolu from Frisco, Texas, may have just helped to save our lives. No biggy. Whatever. I can flip my tongue over – both directions – so I’m not without skills. Chebrolu identified a molecule that can bind to and potentially disable the SARS-...
Hi-Line Rodeo Team 2020 Big Sky Little Britches Rodeo mini-circuit is this weekend at the Great Northern Fairgrounds with the first of three weekends’ worth of youth rodeo coming up Saturday and Sunday, as well as a Wyldman Rodeo tonight that is, in part, a fundraiser for Hi-Line Rodeo. Hi-Line Rodeo is co-hosting the Little Britches-sanctioned events with Laurel-based Big Sky Little Britches — the only National Little Britches Rodeo franchise in Montana. All three wee...
I love the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are a satiric spoof of the renowned Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Nobel Prizes — but I watched the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony this week, and that’s one hour and 16 minutes of my life that I will never get back. This is the first time I have actually watched the awards ceremony, which was conducted entirely virtually rather than at the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. Actual Nobel prize winners hand out the awards, whi...
To be fair, my husband and I both knew it was just a courtesy when I offered to run to town with him to help find and fill out some paperwork because I’m about as attentive and effective at paperwork as the average 5-year-old asked to clean his bedroom. I stayed home to tackle something that suited my skill set: Clearing out a good-sized grove of dead chokecherry trees and saplings. Nothing like a good ol’ mindless physical task to give you time to reflect on your per...
Human expression is different from other more biological responses like sweating when we’re nervous, which is a primal response of the fight or flight kind. Probably the most common shared experience with the fight or flight response is public speaking — the thing that a majority of people fear more than actual death. What I learned in five years of teaching public speaking — and a lifetime of hating it — is that the thinking/feeling part of your brain says, “No. No. No, n...
Early this week my husband and I had to say goodbye to the best dog ever. Cooper was complex, unceasingly faithful, funny, a bit of jerk, neurotic, sweet and adored by many fans and loved ones. He was the number one wing man in my posse, John's best little buddy, the supervisor on all work parties, a semi-professional trick performer and the finest example of how far a good attitude will get you. His early life unfolds like the dog version of a 19th century novel, maybe a...
“I looooove fall. It’s my faaaavorite time of year ... all the colors, the cool temps, the blah blah blah.” If words were one-hundreds — $100 bills that is — I could retire off the number of times I’ve heard some version of that before. I think I’d be close to being able to buy a new pickup truck, just from the number of times I’ve heard it at home from somebody who’s not me. Don’t get me wrong, if I had my way our seasons would be five months of spring, five months of fall...
According to current popular standards, I should be referring to my animals as “fur-babies,” but we don’t share that kind of relationship. My critters aren’t my children and I’m not their mother. I think I would remembered having a puppy in a birthing room 15 years ago. I’m equally certain everyone else would remember that, too. Surely a photo would still be circling the internet of things showing a fuzzy newborn puppy, already sporting a full beard and old-man eyebrows, lying...
Contrary to my grade school learnin’, Europeans of the Middle Ages did not think that Earth was flat only to be proven wrong by one Christopher Columbus, no, the Flat Earthers didn’t really get going until the 1900s. In 400-something BC, just prior to my birth, some Greek scientists, tired of looking at statues of perfect people, sat down and figured out the whole Earth-is-round thing. The problem was mapping that world accurately. Sure, a map works great if you’re looki...
The Chippewa Cree Tribe Natural Resources Department has issued a warning to the public about black bear sightings in the Bear Paw Mountains. Officials said people have reported several sightings, so they are warning people to remember to keep their property and campsites tidy with food and garbage secured. State recommendations for campers are for garbage to be in a container or enclosed structure and food to be in bear-proof containers, an enclosed structure or hung several...
I stumbled across an old bookmark on my web browser to a 2014 article about 69 words and phrases General Motors executives told employees not to use in descriptions of GM automobiles, which were experiencing undisclosed problems due to a faulty ignition switch which ended up causing vehicle crashes for more than a decade – serious crashes, causing life-threatening and permanent injuries and even deaths. Corporate scandal, a language ban that includes the words “always,” “chao...
I’ve never been there, but I always imagine Tokyo to be a classy city, but I have to say that the city planners have come up with possibly the worst idea in modern history: re-imagined public restrooms: The Tokyo Toilet Project. Apparently, though Tokyo is known for its cleanliness, its residents don’t like to use the public restrooms, wrote Hannah Frishberg for the New York Post, so the solution was to get known designers to design public restrooms to get people to take a c...
Rodeo fans wanting to take in some rodeo action this weekend can find events featuring adult and youth competitors at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Saturday, and spectators are welcome free of charge. The morning will start off with The Showdown Breakaway Roping at 9 a.m., with two runs for all competitors and anyone with two catches advances to the short round for top placings. Competitors will vie for a guaranteed $2,000 added purse and prizes, and the winner of the roping...
Canada, land of polite people and popular beer, among other magical things, has for the past two years also been home to one of the most unfortunately and rudely named beers on the market. HuruHuru Pale Ale brewed by Hell’s Basement Brewery of Alberta, was released on the market two years ago. The beer was both proudly promoted by the brewery and a success with customers. But the custom brewed beer has fallen on complicated times. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, the brewery’s fou...
An Austrian tourist in Italy is facing the ire of museum officials and possible charges after damaging a 200-year-old plaster sculpture while taking a selfie with it at the Gipsoteca Museum in Possagno, Italy. The unnamed culprit broke two toes off the Venus Victrix statue by Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. The Venus in this statue is actually Pauline Bonaparte, a sister to Napoleon Bonaparte. In her lifetime spanning from 1780 to 1825, Pauline was a celebrated beauty, which...
Black bears in the Bear Paws. Grizzly bears on the plains — one of them that mauled a guy near Choteau. Bears, you can’t predict them. I should be using my brain to go over the recommended Be Bear Aware checklist, but really, this bear business is reminding me that some of my very favorite stories in life involve bears. In fact, here’s a good cautionary tale involving a bear: In his capacity as a Montana game warden, my dad would occasionally have to live-trap a nuisa...
I just wanted to do a little research, to be healthy and now I don’t even know myself anymore. Of course, I already knew that all living organism, including humans, live in a sort of symbiotic relationship with microorganisms — itty bitty bacteria and fungi and even viruses and pathogens. It’s part of why manure is good for gardens and why we are encouraged to eat live culture yogurt. It’s also why you have to “condition” a septic system. It’s also what makes beer, wine, c...
