Horsing around: Cowboy mounted shooting a Townsend family specialty
DARBY - All you Sunday afternoon hobby horsemen out there, close your eyes and imagine this:
Western Montana Lives - Paul Chumrau leaves lasting legacy in community
For years, the smiling face of Paul Chumrau seemed to be everywhere in Missoula. You'd see him walking down the street - and if he knew you, he'd stop and talk to you. Go to any Griz game - men's or women's basketball, football, long before everybody went to those games - and you'd see him cheering the teams through thick and thin.
Nonprofit Community Roundup - Get your spoon ready to chili tasting event
The fourth annual midwinter chili tasting, sponsored by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 517 Inc., will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Stevensville Airport. The cost is $5 per person for unlimited tasting. Call 542-5177.
WE CARE - Helping people in need
Monday, January 28, 2008
It takes all kinds: Miracle of America Museum filled with eccentric treasures
POLSON n You probably couldn’t see every item at the Miracle of America Museum here if you tried, everything from ancient beauty salon hair dryers to a Huey helicopter, from a 1928 Harley Davidson JD motorcycle to a forerunner of the snowmobile, a 1943 Eliason Motor Toboggan.
Army sergeant earns Bronze Star
Scott Marbut used to spend summers with his father, Gary, in Fairbanks, Alaska, but otherwise hadn’t seen much of anything beyond the Montana he grew up in.
Non-Profit Community Roundup
Legacy Montana set to begin ’08 campaign
Legacy Montana will hold
Flashback - U.S. Sen. Lee Metcalf bucked political trends
30 years ago
Serenity now: Travelers' Rest a unique, and close, getaway
LOLO - Before you step into Travelers' Rest State Park in the winter, step up.
WESTERN MONTANA LIVES - Larry Johnston drew on background in WWII
When Larry Johnston was a boy, his world was both vast - the endless stretch of southeastern Montana prairie - and impossibly limited.
Delicious delectables - Truffle maker in Bigfork sends chocolate goodness all over U.S.
BIGFORK - It hits you the moment you swing open the door, this wave of humid warmth with the bitter breaking crest, the smell of dark, dark chocolate, thick and heavy but not at all sugary sweet.
Laulette Hansen’s life composed of learning, helping others
It’s a story of sacrifice and service.
Flashback - Hanging hot-button issue 15 years ago
15 years ago
Nonrofit - Benefit auction helps provide school trips
• The Travelers’ Rest Preservation and Heritage Association will hold its second annual benefit auction on Friday, Jan. 18. The auction benefits the Travelers’ Rest Education Program, which provides hands-on field trips for more than 3,000 students each year.
We Care - Family needs donations for expenses from ICU
• Born at 23 weeks and 14.8 ounces, the odds were stacked against her, but the two months she lived showed those around her that you do not have to be big to leave a lasting impression. But the young family of three lost their daughter and sister. The expenses accrued from a two-month stay in the Newborn ICU?and then the memorial service are overwhelming. If anyone can help with donations, call Amy Robar at Mountain Home Montana, 541-4663, or send them to Mountain Home Montana, 2606 South Ave. W., Missoula, MT 59804.
Needle & thread: Atypical businessman makes living sewing tepees
POLSON - It's not your typical western Montana Main Street business, but then again, Dick Bratton isn't your typical western Montana Main Street businessman.
WESTERN MONTANA LIVES - Perry Roys a hardworking man with many talents
When Perry Roys was a kid during the Depression, he wanted to learn to ski. But his family didn't have a lot of money.
Community roundup - City Life Community Center seeks volunteers
City Life Community Center, 1515 Fairview Ave., is looking for volunteers for various tasks, including cleanup, painting and construction. If you can help, call Bob at 531-0758.
PEOPLE IN EDUCATION
Monday, December 31, 2007
Wage boost takes effect on Tuesday
GREAT FALLS - Beginning Tuesday, Montana's minimum wage increases 10 cents an hour to $6.25.
Directors breathe new life into Ravalli County Museum
Written and photographed
WESTERN MONTANA LIVES — Intelligent, humorous Maile Myers struggled with troubled past
Maile Myers had the kind of smile that swerved all over the road.
Montana clergy prepare for Christmas Eve services
BILLINGS - The Rev. Steve Strutz said he probably spends the same amount of time preparing his Christmas Eve sermon as he does any other one.
Wildlife will often share in Yellowstone Christmas Eve
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Candlelight services at the park's Mammoth Hot Springs Chapel are scheduled twice on Christmas Eve, but worshippers who've been there before know the passing elk and bison sometimes delay the services a bit.
Montana group plans public relations campaign for Barry Beach's release
GREAT FALLS - An organization that says inmate Barry Beach was wrongly convicted of murder plans a public-relations campaign to press for his release.
