Feb
26
2010
0

Guitars and Glaciers 2010 at Flathead Lake Lodge

Flathead Lake Lodge has an event upcoming featuring Pat Metheny, Scott Tennant, Alex DeGrassi and more. They invite the public to join in for the upcoming Guitars & Glaciers event taking place at the Flathead Lake Lodge August 29th through September 5th, 2010. (more…)

Feb
22
2010
2

IHOP’s Pancake Day Hearkens Back, So Let’s Pay it Forward

For years now, IHOP has been the clearest face of Pancake Day, a quasi-holiday dating back at least 1,000 years. At first I thought this nationwide fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network was little more than an easy-breezy publicity stunt for this house of pancakes, so ostensibly international. I was dead wrong. This is a serious charity drive, and it serves the children well, as the results surely show. (more…)

Feb
07
2010
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Truth or dare laws: Which ones would you obey?

Terry, Montana
By: Bob van der Valk

I heard an interesting tidbit at the annual Terry Roping Club meeting held recently at the Lazy JD Bar and Restaurant in Fallon, Montana.

Mark Dolatta, describing some of the local colorful Terry history, said that in Montana a gathering of four or more Indians (p.c. Native Americans) is considered a war party and you are allowed to shoot them on sight. (more…)

Feb
01
2010
0

Prairie dogs predict – Winter will last another six weeks in Eastern Montana

Zuni and Hopi, the Terry Montana Prairie Dogs, see their shadows

Dateline: Terry, Montana
Reported by: Bob van der Valk

Zuni and Hopi, the twin prairie dogs, came out of their burrow in Terry, Montana and prophesied six more frigid weeks in Montana on Friday, January 29, 2010 sharp at 4:30 pm. That is three days earlier than when their cousin Phil in Pennsylvania usually comes out for his annual prognostication on winter weather (more…)

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