MontanaWithKids.com

Bob and the Elvis Girls at the Viva Elvis show in Las Vegas

Dateline: Terry, Montana
By: Bob van der Valk
March 3, 2010

The sad truth is I worship my heroes from afar with the hopes that some day I will get to meet them and tell them how they made a difference in my life. Condoleezza Rice is one those people and strange but true so is Elvis. (more…)

Paul and Linda Nygard from Billings, Montana enjoying breakfast at the Badlands Cafe and Scoop Shoppe in Terry, Montana before hunting antelope in Prairie County

The van der Valk Eastern Montana Gas Price Advisory for 10-12-09

Dateline: Terry, Montana
By: Bob van der Valk
October 12, 2009 9:30 AM MDT

Hunters have been arriving in Terry by the droves since last week Friday in time for the start of the annual hunting season. They will be after herds of antelopes, which have propagated thanks to the great summer weather greening up the prairies.

They have also enjoyed seeing lower gas prices to fill up their trucks, vans and SUVs while driving to Terry from as far away as Minnesota and Idaho. The Four-Corner gas station in Terry is selling regular unleaded gasoline for only $2.479 per gallon this morning. (more…)

Inger and Arline Koppenhaver cutting the ribbon to officially open their Badlands Cafe and Scoop Shoppe for business on 9-5-09

Dateline: Terry, Montana
Article by: Bob van der Valk
Pictures by: Kay Braddock of the Terry Tribune

Arline and Inger Koppenhaver officially opened their new cafe in Terry, Montana on Saturday, September 5, 2009. Their families and Terry residents were in attendance to watch the ribbon cutting ceremony that went off with great fan fare. (more…)

The Calypso Peak is just one of the spectacular sights to be seen in the Terry Badlands Wilderness Study Area

Dateline: Terry, Montana
By: Bob van der Valk
September 16, 2009

For hiking, photography, sightseeing and wildlife viewing the Terry Badlands Wilderness Study Area cannot be missed. It is located three miles northwest of Terry, Montana, north of the Yellowstone River, with access to the scenic overlook by a westbound dirt road directly off “The Big Sky Backcountry Byway” Highway 253 currently closed due to a dispute between the private property owner and Prairie County. (more…)

Dateline: Terry, Montana
August 24, 2009
By: Bob van der Valk

The October West Texas Intermediate crude oil price went up to $74.37 a barrel at the settlement today. We have not seen the price of crude oil hit that mark since last October. This current up tick is the result of the bearish Energy Information Administration – Department of Energy (DOE) and American Petroleum Institute (API) inventory reports published earlier in the week. Both reports reflected huge unanticipated draws for all products including crude oil for the week ending August 14, 2009. (more…)

The following email was sent to Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, and Tim Cook, Acting CEO of Apple:

I moved to Montana from Washington in May 2009 and AT&T notified me on July 2, 2009 that they will be cancelling my service as I am in violation of my contract with them. I use my iPhone for business and travel to other parts of the country but apparently Montana is one of the states AT & T which they cannot service iPhone data economically. It was explained to me by your representatives that the cost for access to other carriers exceeds what I pay on the AT & T flat rate data program. (more…)

This weekend the town of Terry will be enjoying small community festivities including corn hole tossing at their annual Yippee! Day festivities.

Small Towne RV Park in Terry, Montana invites you to come spend some time with us in our spacious, clean, and quiet RV Park. We have easy smooth access close to 1-94 with Manard and Myra, your very friendly host and hostess. (more…)

Nationally the average price for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.658 down about 3 cents per gallon from a week ago. Montana’s gasoline prices have leveled off at $2.72 with California staying high at $3.01 per gallon. Hawaii gets the prize for the highest cost for gasoline at $3.09 per gallon in the AAA fuelgauge.report. The gasoline spot market price meanwhile has dropped by 20 cents per gallon in the last two weeks but retail pump prices have not reacted in kind and are not expected to drop much more before the end of next week. (more…)