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In last week's edition of the Cascade Courier, Wedsworth Memorial Librarian, Nancy Royan, featured the story of Annie Oakley, champion shooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Dubbed "Little Sure Shot" by her friend, Chief Sitting Bull, he was so impressed by her shooting, her modest appearance, and her self-assured manner. Well this past Wednesday, "Little Sure Shot" walked right into the library's meeting room here in Cascade and told her story, herself! Cheryl Heser of Rosebud...
Dave Shors remembers April 3, 1996, beginning like any other day in the newsroom of Helena’s Independent Record. But not long after the work day began, a bit of news trickled in: agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation were staking out a cabin near Lincoln. Shors, then an associate editor at the newspaper, sent a reporter and a photographer an hour north to check it out. As the day wore on, a rumor began to spread around town: The feds had the Unabomber in their sights. ...
HELENA – Hunters who will not be able to use their license this season have the opportunity to donate that license. Residents and nonresidents can donate their hunting license to a disabled military veteran or disabled active-duty service member who is working with an organization that uses hunting as part of the rehabilitation process. The license donor program began in 2013, and each year between 40 and 60 hunters donate their license. Reasons vary, but according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & P...
GREAT FALLS – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks game wardens and are seeking information on a grizzly bear cub that was shot and killed along East Lake Road near New Miami Colony west of Conrad, in Pondera County. The bear was first discovered on June 7. Federal wildlife officials investigated the scene with the assistance of FWP game wardens and determined the bear had gunshot wounds and was killed sometime after June 4. No other information is currently a...
Charles "Charlie" Leonard Cornelius of Cascade, MT passed away at the age of 74 on June 12, 2023, after a long struggle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He is survived by his beloved wife of 47 years, Denise; sons, Jason (Zara) and Matthew (Amanda); and grandchildren, Mija, Morgan, Isabelle, Ella, David, and Little Charlie. Charlie was born on November 19, 1948, in Bozeman, MT to Shirley and William. Charlie was the brother of Jim, Susan, and Kathy. Son of a cowboy artist, Charlie lea...
Part of my career included writing for an evangelical missions magazine about churches that volunteered to assist missionaries overseas. Whether the task was to share the gospel on the street, preach in churches, work in orphanages, conduct religious surveys, or assist with construction projects, the volunteers often worked in physically and spiritually challenging situations. Volunteers originated from within churches and the people usually paid their own way. They sacrificed vacation days to invest in Kingdom work overseas. The testimony...
…do you love Me?…Tend My sheep. —John 21:16 Jesus did not say to make converts to your way of thinking, but He said to look after His sheep, to see that they get nourished in the knowledge of Him. We consider what we do in the way of Christian work as service, yet Jesus Christ calls service to be what we are to Him, not what we do for Him. Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine. “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate…, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). In...
GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 22, 2023 — The North American 3 Hockey League’s (NA3HL) has announced that its Board of Governors has approved the application and transfer of membership of the Great Falls Americans to Matthew Leaf, who purchased the team from Robert and Kandi Rasmussen effective for the 2023-24 season. Leaf, who most recently was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Officiating Education Program for USA Hockey in Colorado Springs, Colorado, bought the Montana-based Great Falls Americans of the NA3HL. Matt is a gra...
FLORENCE, AL (June 19, 2023) – TNT® Fireworks (TNT), the nation’s largest consumer fireworks distributor and best-selling brand, announced the launch of its new 2023 public safety campaign: Stay Legal. Be Safe. Act Responsibly. For many, barbeques and backyard fireworks are a tradition, and when used responsibly and legally, provide safe family fun. To help consumers do so, TNT is providing three easy tips to ensure celebrations are legal, safe and responsible. • Stay Legal: Local laws vary widely, from the type of product that is legal - to t...
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? June bugs Knock, knock, Who’s there? Noah, Noah, who? Noah good joke about June? For our fun stuff – The Superman Comic was published June 1, 1938. PT Barnum’s circus begins its first tour of the U.S. on June 2, 1835. On June 3, 1969 we all watched the last episode of the original Star Trek television series on NBC. ‘Beam me up Scotty’ ‘I’m giving her all she’s got, Captain! She cannae take anymore!’ (and make sure you read that with the right accent.) Robert F. Kennedy was shot...
XCELL kids had lots of fun learning about all kinds of animals during Animal Week, even hung some bird feeders at Atkinson Park....
The Applestem Corn Maize and Pumpkin Patch is getting ready for its Sunflower Days. They recently held a Sunflower Days Photo Contest. Voting was done through Facebook; the picture getting the most "likes" would be declared the winner. Pictured here is the winner with 241 "likes", the prize being 4 tickets to the 2023 Sunflower Days and a $50 gift certificate. The Applestem Corn Maize and Pumpkin Patch in Craig opens in August and provides wholesome fun for the entire family....
Augusta's Rodeo weekend featured live music at the Lazy B on Friday, followed by the Wapiti Run on Saturday morning and the "Love, Music and Rock and Roll" Parade in the afternoon, and culminating Sunday with the Augusta American Legion Rodeo, one of Montana's oldest. In 2005, it was named Montana's Tourism Event of The Year by Governor Brian Schweitzer and the Montana Tourism Advisory Council, according to the Augusta Chamber of Commerce....
The legal fight over the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of a central Montana copper mine made an appearance in the Montana Supreme Court Wednesday. During an hour-long hearing, justices dove deep into weedy regulatory issues focusing on the safety of storing mine tailings and how the mine is expected to influence water quality in Sheep Creek, a tributary of the Smith River. The Black Butte Mine, which is expected to produce 14.5 million tons of high-grade copper over its 13-year operational life, is the focus of the l...
A few weeks ago, Sam Kaley, the guitarist of Missoula's Night Witch, decided to organize a show for his band. But instead of asking a couple of other acts to join them, he landed on a different idea. "My brain went, let's experiment," Kaley, who is nearing 40 and wears his salt-and-pepper hair in a bun, recalled during a recent interview at Flippers Bar & Casino. He quickly threw together a post on Instagram announcing that he was organizing a DIY festival at Mobash Skatepark. "If you are local...
HELENA - On the final day of a groundbreaking constitutional climate trial that activists hope will establish solid legal precedent and incite systemic change to Montana's standard of approving fossil fuel projects, an 18-year-old plaintiff from Kalispell characterized the end of the lengthy legal proceedings as "just the beginning." "We're hopefully starting a trickle down of other litigation and activism nationally," Lander Busse, who was raised in Kalispell along with his brother, a...
State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to be aware of the risk for exposure to rabies as summer approaches. The risk for potential encounters between humans and wild animals increases during spring and summer because of the time spent hiking and engaging in other outdoor activities. On June 13, 2023, DPHHS received the first report of a rabid animal this year. A striped skunk in Powder River County tested positive for rabies. In 2022, 13 animals submitted for rabies testing to the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL)... Full story
