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Chinook, MT Sugarbeet Festival September 7-8 Check out the full article on page 9!

On Saturday, September 8, the Havre City/County Airport will be hosting an airport open house with an Air Fair, featuring plane displays and breakfast.

The Air Fair will begin at 7:00 AM at Havre City/County Airport on Airport Road when the local pilots’ association, in conjunction with the Lions Club, will be serving pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, and biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

Although everyone will be admitted to the airport free of charge, breakfast will cost $8.00 per person, while youth under six will eat free.

The Air Fair will run from 7AM to 11AM, during which time there will also be free plane rides for the children. According to an airport spokesperson, the purpose of the event is “to provide awareness to the public about what we do here at the airport and to introduce younger people to air craft and to careers in aviation.”

Anyone desiring more information on this event can call the airport at 265-4326.

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CONTENTS:

NEWS:

Havre Airport to Host Air Fair .................. 1 Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Take Effect on FWP Properties in Several Hi-Line Counties ................................................. 3 MAT Announces Tenth Annual Death by Chocolate Sponsorhsip Drive..................7 Chokecherry Festival..............................11 Townsend Ranch Honored for Commitment to Enviromental Stewardship............................................12 Biggest Little Brewfest to Take Place in Joplin......................................................14 2018 Fort Peck Reservoir Chinook Salmon Stocking & Fishing Outlook.......16 Hunters Urged to Make Safety a Priority....................................................17 New Pedestrian Bridge Has a Home in Malta......................................................18 2018 Upland Bird Outlook for Region 6................................................19

For Sale: Electric golf cart.

Runs great and in good condition. $1500 or make me a reasonable offer. Call 945-2110.

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Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Take Effect on FWP Properties in Several Hi-Line Counties

REGULAR FEATURES:

Advertising/Subscriptions........................8 Community Spotlight: Sugarbeet Festival...................................................10 Dave Says...............................................6 Joyce Meyer Ministries..........................15 Laugh Lines............................................. 8 Ranching For Profit................................13 Realty Section......................................... 7 Sudoku.....................................................4

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See our selection of stock trailers, flatbeds, car haulers, utility trailers, toy haulers, and even the B&W Hitch to hook you up. Brands like Circle D, Travalong, Hillsboro, Look, Haulmark, Diamond C, Boss Plows and more. Triple T Sales in Chinook, 406-357-2166, www.tttsales.com.

5-II:11-I For Sale: Husqvarna YTH23V48 riding lawnmower. 183 hours.

Call 390-2942.

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For Rent: 7145 Bear Gulch Rd, Zortman, MT. 2 bed, 3 baths, 2,867 sq. ft. $240,000. Call Bishop Real Estate, 406-654-1216.

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For Sale: Used oilfield pipe, rods, cable & guard rail. New HDPE pipe. Engineered bridges for pivots, vehicles, walking & ATV. Clips & post caps. Toll free- 866683-7299 or 406-453-7299 BIG SKY PIPE AND SUPPLY, Great Falls. Call TODAY and Ask for our free catalog. VISIT US ONLINE ht t p:// bi g sk y pi p e a nd suppl y. com/html/ 4-II:9-II For Sale: Alfalfa, Alfalfa/Grass, and barley hay. Call 350-0863, ask for Eric.

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In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, under the recommendations of county officials, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) are now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Hill, Blaine, Phillips, and Sheridan counties.

Hill and Blaine counties entered Stage 1 restrictions beginning at 12:01 AM on Friday, August 10. Phillips County and Brush Lake State Park in Sheridan County joined the restrictions list on August 17.

County officials in those counties enacted the Stage 1 Restrictions, which ban campfires except where specifically exempted. Landowners and agencies in those counties may or may not exempt specific sites. Stage 1 Restrictions also prohibit smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, and in areas at least three feet in diameter that are cleared of all flammable materials.

Under Stage 1 restrictions, persons may use a device solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off. Such devices can only be used in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within three feet of the device.

Many FAS’s (both day-use and overnight) under no fire restrictions allow campfires in steel grates, yet fires are NEVER allowed on WMA’s and at some FAS’s.

Per FWP policy under Stage 1 restrictions, however, NO campfires will be allowed, even in steel grates, at any FAS in Phillips, Hill, and Blaine counties. To be specific, campfires are prohibited at the following FAS sites:

• Faber Reservoir FAS, Blaine County

• Bailey Reservoir FAS, Hill County

• Bear Paw Reservoir FAS, Hill County

• Fresno Tailwater FAS, Hill County

• Bjornberg Bridge FAS, Phillips County

• Cole Ponds FAS, Phillips County

• Alkali Creek FAS, Phillips County

Because Brush Lake State Park in Sheridan County has an on-site caretaker, fires will continue to be allowed in steel fire grates in the park under these Stage 1 restrictions.

For updates on restrictions and closures around the state, persons can visit the FWP’s website, fwp.mt.gov.

Under the “news” tab, clicking on “drought and fire” will produce this information.

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For Sale: 3 bed, 2 bath home at 515 Minn., Chinook, MT. Very clean, move-in ready, central a/c, storage, add'n w/ util. rm. New master bath, lots of upgrades.

Huge 2-car garage, deck, quiet neighborhood near HS. Call 406357-2835 or 262-3910 to see. x

Guitars of Montana: Alvarez, BOSS/Roland, Crafter, Dean, Electro-Voice, EVH, G&L, Gretsch, Guild, Hammond, Ibanez, Jackson, Laney, Ludwig, Luna, Mapex, Phil Jones Pure Sound, Randall, Zildjian!

Music books, Band/Orchestra rentals. #2 5th Street South, downtown For Sale: New 3-pt PTO post hole Great Falls, 406-453-4998. 7-II:1-1 digger, 10 in. bit $500. Also 1951 Willys Jeep CJ-2A, rebuilt engine, push button start, $4,500. Antique Mahogany rocker, $90. Walnut secretary desk with pigeon-hole nook, $45. Solo backpack sprayer, $20. Call 406-395-4813, lv msg. 9-I

Country Property For Sale: 16 mi. E. of Havre, 5 bed, 2 ba. home; shop/garage w/ 6 in. fiberglass insul. divided into 38x40' shop w/ 14' ceiling w 16x13' door & 8' ceiling 3-car garage w/ 3 elec. doors. Old barn approx 40x40', 6 acres pasture w/ 244' river frontage. Only $299,000. Call 406357-2487 for appts.

5-I:11-I Best Resting Inn & Extended Stay: "We're not the Fanciest, We're the Friendliest." 5001 River Dr. N., Gt Falls, MT. 406-268-8333. x

BUY-SELL-TRADE Vintage Collectibles: Kokomo Joe's Trading Post, Chester Montana.

406-759-6472.

8-II Wanted: 18-21 ft. Spectrum outboard boat in good condition, motor doesn't matter. Call 5662635.

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For Sale: Textbooks - The Nature of Math $40, Turret Mill Operation $25, Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum $15, Concise Guide to Technical Communication $25, Fundamental Accounting Principles $75. Call for editions & conditions, 357-3743, lv msg.

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PQ?[ SUD0KU ES$!

SUDOKU! The rules to the Japanese game of Sudoku are straightforward. Simply fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

SOLUTION:

For Rent: Good alfalfa hay.

Large quantities, all rounds, For Rent: Mobile Livestock Scale.

9-I 1500 lbs.+. Net wrap and twine Call 379-2512 or 399-3909. bales. 18% crude protein, 153 RFV. Very clean hay, no weeds.

Call for info, 406-930-0765.

9-I For Rent: 720 Thompson St, Zortman, MT. Two 2 bed, 1 bath apts. For Sale: 700 Ton alfalfa/grass mix Priced To Sell! 116 2nd Ave S.E. 1 One 4 bedroom, 2 bath ground floor hay, netwrapped round bales. Call level 2 bed main floor laundry $45,500 owner's suite. $285,000. Call Bishop 406-366-0422.

9-I 9-I call Kim Cripps 265-0905 9-I Real Estate 406-654-1216

PROPERTY FOR SALE: 17 acres of pasture and irrigation equipment, has 344 ft. of river frontage and is capable of summering 14 pairs.

Only $85,000.

Call 406-3572487 for appointment.

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For Sale: Hay - 500T Sanfoin, 300T alfalfa, 400T Alf/Grass, 200T barley hay, 200T Willow Creek, 300T 70-30 Grass/Alfalfa.

Priced $75 to $100/ton, semi-loads only. Call 899-4446.

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AG INTEREST SERIES: MARKETS

Louise Gartner, Spectrum Commodities 800-888-9843

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P u t t i n g T h e P o w e r o f I n f o r m a t i o n I n Yo u r H a n d s

Wheat markets stabilized after a round of selling

following a bearish supply/demand report. Northern Hemisphere harvest is winding down, as is farmer selling. Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has been aggressive in selling this year’s crop and that has kept pressure on world prices. There are rumors that the Russian government will move to halt exports before long to protect domestic supplies following a drought-reduced production season. Corn was lower and soybeans little changed as both crops head toward harvest in generally good shape, with many areas expecting record yields this year.

The cattle market was quietly lower, but trading was choppy – strong days higher following by weakness.

Cash markets were also quiet after seeing weakness the week before. A Cold Storage report showed a record amount of beef stocks in freezers nationwide at the end of July, stoking fears that the trade wars and tariffs are slowing down beef trade and consumption.

The US dollar was in correction mode, offering some relief to many commodities that trade worldwide using the dollar. The energy market experienced a strong bounce following pressure into mid-August. The Dow rallied back to the late Feb highs while the S&P managed a new, all-time high before seeing just a slight pullback.

With evidence that emerging economies are slowing, foreign investors are moving to US markets, which they feel are a safer investment.

THIS IS A SOLICITATION. Reproduction or rebroadcast of any portion of this information is strictly prohibited without written permission.

The information reflected herein is derived from sources believed to be reliable; however, this information is not guaranteed as to its accuracy or completeness. Opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Futures trading involves risk.

?Did you know? YOU CAN GET YOUR KNIVES & SCISSORS SHARPENED at BIG SKY IMAGES & COLLECTIBLES in Havre Holiday Village Mall, Will sharpen while you shop, Very affordable 406-399-6522 6-II:9-I

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For Sale: Kawasaki Ltd 440, 6spd.

Has been sitting for a while. Does run but may need carb adjust. Good tires, new battery, seat has been shaved and redone in water proof canvas. Currently has Renthal dirt bike bars on it or can come with Clubman bars. Call 406647-6057, asking $750.

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HOLY COW! Big Sky Images & Collectibles has America's largest retail displays of Ruana & USA Made Old Timer & Uncle Henry Knives.

Havre Holiday Village Mall 406-399-6522 http://www. bigskyimages.com.

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Attention! Oct. 14th, Sun., 3pm, Malta High School Auditorium, MILK RIVER GOSPEL MINI JAMBOREE. Local musicians. No cover charge, free will donations accepted. This fall fundraiser event is to raise money for the trailer that stores the new sound system. For info call 301-2887.

9-I For Sale: Currier piano. Looks new, in best condition. $800. 406357-2078.

9-I For Sale: 700 Ton alfalfa/grass mix hay, netwrapped round bales. Call 406-366-0422.

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DAVE SAYS:

Who Is Dave Ramsey?

Dave Ramsey is a personal money management expert, popular national radio personality and the author of three New York Times bestsellers – The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace Revisited and More Than Enough. In them, Ramsey exemplifies his life’s work of teaching others how to be financially responsible, so they can acquire enough wealth to take care of loved ones, live prosperously into old age, and give generously to others.

DEAR DAVE,

My wife and I are following your plan, and we just paid off all our debt except for the house. Since we work for the same company, do you think we should have an emergency fund that is larger than you normally recommend? ~Don DEAR ROBBIE,

That’s great news! You’ve finished Baby Step 2, and now you’re ready for Baby Step 3, which is fully-funding your emergency fund.

I don’t see a reason to set aside more than six months of expenses. My recommended range for an emergency fund is three to six months of expenses. If your employment situation is one where there’s more risk of something going wrong, you should lean toward saving six months’ worth. If your employment outlook is really stable, you can go with setting aside three or four months of expenses in an emergency fund.

For Sale: RARE KNIVES, Large selection RUANA, SCHRADE, Hard to find USA- made Old Timer & Uncle Henry, Knife/ scissor sharpening BIG SKY IMAGES & COLLECTIBLES Havre Holiday Village Mall 406-399-6522.

8-II For Sale: 300 ton Oat Hay, 300 ton 2nd cutting alfalfa. Trucking available. Call 357-3366 or 3904874.

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I look at your situation as being more high-risk. You each have jobs, so that’s the good news. But if the company went down, or experienced layoffs, you could find yourselves unemployed at the same time. My advice would be to save up six months of expenses for your emergency fund. With that kind of cash just sitting there, you should be able to make an easier and less stressful transition in almost any kind of unemployment scenario or other emergency.

~ Dave DEAR DAVE,

What exactly is unsecured debt, and how is it different from secured debt?

~Rich DEAR SCOTT,

“Unsecured” debt generally means someone loaned you money, but they don’t have a lien on anything. Credit cards and student loans are examples of unsecured debt, because there’s nothing they can directly repossess if the borrower doesn’t pay. However, they can sue you if you don’t pay, and get a lien against something after they sue you. In some cases, this is done against your income by garnishing your wages.

Some examples of “secured” debt would be things like a home mortgage or car loan. A home mortgage loan is secured by the home. If you don’t pay, they can foreclose and take the house. The same is true with a car loan. If you don’t make the payments, they can take the car.

Typically, unsecured debts will be the last debts you pay if you’re in financial trouble.

You’d make the car payment before paying on your student loan, and you’d make your house payment before paying on a credit card.

Studio Stiles & Total fitness Hope this helps, Rich!

153 S. 1st Ave. E is opened and

~Dave is ready to help you book those salon and spa services today.

Yes Summer is coming so come * Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, Priced To Sell! 116 2nd Ave S.E. 1 check out the gym and get a including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 13 level 2 bed main floor laundry $45,500 membership. call 654-2136 9-I million listeners each week on 585 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey. call Kim Cripps 265-0905 9-I

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For Rent: Alfalfa/Grass hay in big Are you looking for that round bales, 1400#. $100/ton. Can special BIG SKY IMAGES & 9-I COLLECTIBLES. We have NEW deliver. 406-564-0549. and USED BOOKS will special For Rent: Smaller 4 bedroom order.

Havre Holiday Village house with 2 baths in Chinook. Call Mall 406-399-6522 6-II:9-I 357-3366 or 357-2049 or 390-4874.

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MAT Announces Tenth Annual Death by Chocolate Sponsorship Drive

For Sale: 575 acres of standing HEY! Tired of plucking, tweezing Durum hay. Located at Turner, and waxing? Chanel Lett can MT. Call 406-390-5627 or 406-3799-I safely remove unwanted hair 2233. forever! Electrolysis is the only permanent method of hair removal.

Call today for appointment HAY FOR SALE: All varieties 406-399-0513 8-II round/square bales trucking available & we custom haul. Call 670-6551 or 672-7558 9-I

Montana Actors’ Theater (MAT) announces its 10th Annual Death by Chocolate—Gala of Friends and Sponsorship Drive. The event will be held on Saturday, September 15 from 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM at St. Jude Thaddeus School, located at 430 Seventh Avenue in Havre.

Tickets will cost $40 each or $75/couple, and a reserved table for eight can be purchased for $500. A reserved allinclusive table for eight will cost $750. Tickets are available at Fivehead's, Computer Center, Bear Paw Meats Store, and at mtactors.com by clicking the "Get Tickets" Link.

Dinner is included with the ticket price, and St. Jude's Booster Club prepares and serves a large variety of palatepleasing foods. A cash bar will also be available, offering a selection of beer, wine, and soda. Game and raffle tickets are sold separately during the evening.

Event organizers promise to feature great food, exciting games, fantastic prizes and, as always, a unique show. The evening’s femme fatale is searching for the right detective to help her solve the murder through inclusive performance.

MAT is the resident theatre company on the Montana State University-Northern Campus. Although their ultimate goal is education and enlightenment through entertainment, MAT performers collaborate to explore the human condition and to tell the story of humanity in all its diversity.

With Montana as their stage and its people as the players, MAT strives to bring inclusive, quality entertainment to audiences under the Big Sky.

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Old Age

I have always dreaded old age. I cannot imagine anything worse than being old. How awful it must be to have nothing to do all day long but stare at the walls or watch TV. So last week, when the mayor suggested we all celebrate Senior Citizen Week by cheering up a senior citizen, I determined to do just that. I would call on my new neighbor, an elderly retired gentleman, recently widowed, who, I presumed, had moved in with his married daughter because he was too old to take care of himself.

I baked a batch of brownies and without bothering to call (some old people cannot hear the phone), I went off to brighten this old guy's day. When I rang the doorbell, this "old guy" came to the door dressed in tennis shorts and a polo shirt, looking about as ancient and decrepit as Donny Osmond.

"I'm sorry I can't invite you in," he said when I introduced myself, "but I'm due at the Racquet Club at two. I'm playing in the semifinals today."

"Oh, that's all right," I said. "I baked you some brownies..."

"Great!," he interrupted, snatching the box, "Just what I need for bridge club tomorrow!

Thanks so much!"

"...and just thought we'd visit a while, but that's okay, I'll just trot across the street and call on Granny Grady..."

"Don't bother," he said, "Gran's not home. I know, I just called to remind her of our date to go dancing tonight. She may be at the beauty shop. She mentioned at breakfast that she had an appointment for a tint job."

I called my Mother's cousin (age 83), she was in the hospital... working in the gift shop.

I called my aunt (age 74); she was on vacation in China.

I called my husband's uncle (age 79). I forgot, he was on his honeymoon.

I still dread old age, now more than ever. I just don't think I'm up to it.....

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2018 Sugarbeet Festival!

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September 7 & 8

"Chinook Gets Better with Time"

Sugarbeet Festival to Celebrate Community

Promising two event-filled days, the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce invites communities across the Hi-Line to the 14th Annual Sugarbeet Festival on September 7-8. This year’s theme, “Our Community Gets Better with Time,” focuses on Blaine County communities.

Although the Sugarbeet Festival has traditionally honored an area industry, according to a Chamber spokesperson, this year’s theme celebrates the entire county as a community, a body of persons sharing common interests and scattered through a large geographic area. Covering 4,239 square miles, Blaine County is home to 6,577 people, according to the 2015 census, and one of the largest industries in the county is agriculture.

Sugarbeet Festival activities will begin on Friday at 7:00 AM with the Sweet Medical Center’s Fall Health Screenings. The Blaine County Museum will be open from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM with regular admission, and vendors will line Main Street from 1:00 PM until 7:00 PM.

Friday Night Football

Friday evening from 5:30 until kickoff at 7:00 PM, Potluck Tailgating will take place at Hoon Field. The Chinook High School Sugarbeeter Football team’s opponent that night is the Fort Benton Longhorns. The Sugarbeeters will be coached by Mike Jones who recently returned to Montana from Nevada where he coached football. Before that, he taught and coached in Denton, Montana. This is his first year as Chinook’s head coach.

Breakfast and Sugarbeet Decorating Contest

On Saturday morning, Dan’s Auto Parts will serve a pancake breakfast from 8:00-10:00 AM at the Senior Citizens’ Center at 324 Pennsylvania Street. During that time, individuals who decorated sugarbeets for the Sugarbeet Decorating Contest will also need to deliver their entries to the display near the Wells Fargo Building at 336 Indiana Street.

Judges will evaluate them at 11:00.

Main Street Activities

Vendor booths, tents, and trailers will once again be open to those strolling Indiana Street on Saturday from 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM, and 3 on 3 basketball will be played on the street by the First Bank building starting at noon when music will also be featured on the open street stage.

Color Run

In the past, First Bank has sponsored a Fun Run, but Dana Davis, a Project Office Manager and Security Officer at First Bank in Chinook, decided to involve area communities and to add her own creative flair to the event.

“I contacted the schools and invited them to send participants, either as runners or as cheerleaders. Each school will have a color station, and as the runners pass that station, they will receive a blast of colored cornstarch: green for Turner, maroon for Harlem, blue for Zurich, orange for Chinook, and purple and gold for Hays-Lodgepole,” Davis reported.

According to Davis, the course will be a little under two miles, and it encourages fun, so she invites people to come in costume; “Maybe a tutu or dressed as a character of choice,” she suggested.

Although Davis stressed that the event is not competitive, the best costume will receive Chamber Bucks.

An entry fee of $20.00 will be assessed for adults who wish to participate and $10.00 will be charged to children ages 6-12. For that entry fee, each participant will receive a t-shirt, sunglasses, and water. Anyone younger who desires a t-shirt can purchase one for $5.00. If any profits remain after expenses are paid, Davis said those profits will be divided equally between the participating schools.

Registration forms for the Color Run will be available electronically on Facebook and on the Chinook Chamber of Commerce website, or they can be picked up at Chinook’s First Bank location, 337 Indiana Street.

Anyone seeking further information about the Color Run should contact Dana Davis at 406-579-5467.

Dutch Oven Cooking Contest

Beyond main street, other sites of activity will include the Assembly of God Church, 113 4th Street, where a Dutch Oven Cooking Contest will occur in the parking lot. Cooking will begin at 9:00, end at 11:00 AM, and judging will follow at 12:30 PM, at which time the public is invited to come taste the items prepared and to vote on their favorites so that a People’s Choice Award can be awarded in addition to the official judge’s placings.

Kendra Seilstad, Family Consumer Science/4-H Agent with the Blaine County branch of the MSU-Extension Office, will oversee the contest. She invites individuals or teams to come with all their ingredients and equipment to the Assembly of God Church so that the entire preparation process can be completed on site. Depending on the number of participants and their age differences, Seilstad will determine whether everyone will compete in a single category or whether age groups will need to be formed.

“Mostly, we’re doing this for fun, but we might not want the youth competing against experienced cooks,” Seilstad commented.

She added, “There is quite a science to the Dutch oven method of cooking, where stack cooking can occur and the number of coals needs to be considered. As a general rule, you need twice as much heat on the top as on the bottom.

“In the few years that I have been involved with Dutch oven cooking, I am surprised by the speed with which the food will cook and the diversity of dishes that can be prepared in a Dutch oven,” Seilstad said.

No entry fees will be assessed to enter the contest, and Seilstad thought that Chamber Bucks will likely be awarded to the winner as they have been in years past.

Story Walk

Across the street from the Assembly of God Church, a StoryWalk will begin at 11:00 AM at the Blaine County Library. Library Director Valerie Frank reported that the StoryWalk during the Sugarbeet Festival will be a self-guided walk, and walkers will be reading King Hugo’s Huge Ego

by Chris Van Dusen.

According to Frank, “There is a great moral to this story, and Chris Van Dusen is a wonderful illustrator.”

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The name StoryWalk ® is a registered trademark, and the StoryWalk Project was fashioned in 2017 by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library. To create a StoryWalk, a book is cut apart, laminated, and presented page-by-page on a trail, bike path, or in store windows to promote reading and exercise.

“When we did a StoryWalk for the Summer Reading Program, we held it on the south end of the Grande Villa lawn, but I have not decided for sure where we will have it set up during the Sugarbeet Festival,” Frank reported.

Blaine County Cruisers Car Show

Another site of activity will be the Blaine County Fairgrounds, which will play host to a car show from 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM. Sponsored by the Blaine County Cruisers, any car enthusiasts who wish to show off their cars—classic or otherwise and regardless of what shape they're in, are encouraged to park them for others to admire during the Sugarbeet Festival.

North Central Montana StockgrowersTeam Doctoring

At 2:00 in the rodeo arena, the North Central Montana Stockgrowers will hold a Team Doctoring Contest at the fairgrounds with two-man teams. Team Doctoring is a popular ranch rodeo event in which team members on horseback must sort a numbered steer from a herd, rope it, and mark it with a paint stick.

In the event on Saturday, each two-person team will head and heel a steer from a roping box in the arena. Once the steer is roped, the header will dismount and mark the steer to represent a vaccination.

Once doctored, the ropes are removed and the steer released. Timing begins when the steer leaves the chute, and time will be stopped when both ropes are removed.

All of this must happen with a three-loop limit during the roping process. The header and heeler must both catch within the three-loop limit, and only legal head catches are allowed. A legal head catch means that the loop must be around both horns, half head, or neck. A penalty of five seconds will be added to a team’s overall time if only one leg is caught.

Entries are $10.00 per person, and pending the number of contestants, competitors may be able to enter more than once. The pot split will be dependent on the number of entries received, but typically first, second, and third places are awarded with extra prizes going to contestants placing first and second.

For more information on the team doctoring event, interested individuals are encouraged to contact Clinton Hansen at 357-3454.

About the event, the president of the North Central Montana Stockgrowers said, “We hope for a good turn out.”

Horseshoe Tournament

Also at the fairgrounds, a horseshoe tournament is scheduled to happen at 6:00 PM, with a $20.00 entry fee assessed per team. Top teams will receive prizes.

Sugarbeet Festival Parade

Parade participants will assemble at 3:30 PM at Meadowlark Elementary School so that the parade can begin at 4:00. After the parade, everyone is invited to Centennial Park, 200 Indiana Street, for the Community Dinner at 5:30.

Street Dance with Plowed Under Band

Those who wish to dance after dinner can make their way up the street to hear the Plowed Under Band. In conjunction with the Chinook Eagles Club, The Mint Bar, and the Chinook Chamber of Commerce, Band Members Justin Kallenberger, TJ Overcast, Rob Everingham, and Dave Carlson invite people to dance the night away. From 9:00 PM until 2:00 AM, these lifelong country and rock musicians will put their twist on classic and new country hits.

The Plowed Under Band is a high energy, black dirt country band from Havre, Montana, that mixes traditional country with some rock and blues to create “a sound as big as the big sky they live under,” according to their Facebook page.

Anyone seeking additional information on the Sugarbeet Festival is encouraged to contact Dawn Colby at 399-7128.

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Chokecherry Festival Lewistown Chokecherry Festival Saturday, September 8th, 2018

Lewistown Chokecherry Festival Approaches

With Fall in the air and the chokecherry harvest winding down, the Lewistown Area Chamber of Commerce (LACOC) invites everyone to their Annual Chokecherry Festival on Saturday, September 8.

Potential vendors are also reminded of the August 15 deadline for booth reservations.

Celebrating its 29th anniversary this year, the Chokecherry Festival, will begin at 7:00 AM with the Kiwanis Club serving an outdoor pancake breakfast until 10:00 AM on Main Street and Second Avenue.

Bacon, sausage, and chokecherry syrup will accompany the pancakes.

After breakfast, the day promises ample additional opportunities for food and fun. There’s the chokecherry culinary contest, pit-spitting contest, and live entertainment, as well as children's activities, a 5k run/ walk, and a 10k run. In fact, on Festival Day, Lewistown’s Main Street is literally lined with arts and crafts booths and food vendors offering a variety of gifts, baked goods, fresh garden fare, raffles, and much more.

One vendor who will be present is Jeannie Powell, the owner and creator of Cow Creek Soaps. Her business’ name derives from an actual creek that runs through Powell’s family’s homestead in the Bears Paw Mountains south of Chinook.

At the Festival, Powell will be selling her handcrafted cold-process soaps made with natural ingredients. Cut and packaged to resemble a slice of frosted cake, the soaps come in scents like Cowgirl Cabernet, Honeysuckle, Autumn Fig, Lavender Pine, and of course, Chokecherry!

Using recipes she developed after reading multiple soaping books and then pouring the concoctions into molds made from black walnut by her husband Zane Powell, Jeannie creates seasonal scents such as Milk River Rose for summer, Sweetgrass for fall, Cinnamon and Sandalwood for winter, and Lilac for spring.

“I re-do the most popular ones, and the rest I usually do maybe twice. I like trying different scents,” Powell said.

Although she originally read lots of soaping books and also consulted the internet for information to collect ideas for her recipes, Powell has worked to personalize them. “When I found a recipe, I would make adaptations since I don’t like to be a copy-cat. For example, when using someone else's combination of oils, I would change things to my liking, and usually the experiment turned out nicely,” Powell commented.

Powell’s soap-making endeavor is a little over two years old, and she has finally developed a recipe that is becoming the go-to for all the Cow Creek soaps. “This soap needs to meet my standards for lather and moisturizing qualities,” Powell said.

She creates her soaps using a variety of oils and butters, scenting them with high quality, pure essential oils and cosmetic grade fragrances.

They are colored with clays or oxides and contain various herbs, spices, and other botanicals to enhance the sensual experience.

“Soap making is definitely part science and part creative cooking,” Powell stated. “It’s a bit like making large bars of fudge or something, only with lye and oils instead of flour and sugar, and naturally the scents and colors are the fun part..”

For anyone else interested in selling products at the Chokecherry Festival, booths are ten feet wide and ten feet deep. Because booths are set up in the street, all structures, trailers, and merchandise must fit within the booth space, so vendors are encouraged to plan accordingly.

Booth costs are $85.00 (single side), $110.00 (two sided), and $160.00 (three-sided kiosk). Members of the LACOC receive a $25.00 discount on booth rentals. Booth prices will increase $10 if purchased after August 15.

To reserve a booth or to receive additional information on the Festival, interested individuals can contact the LACOC by visiting 408 North East Main Street in Lewistown, calling (406) 535-5436, or emailing lewchamb@midrivers.com.

Potential vendors visiting the Chokecherry Festival website (http://www.lewistownchokecherry.com/) will find a vendor application there, which can be returned with the appropriate fee to the LACOC. Booths will not be reserved without payment. Tables, chairs, and tents are not provided, and vendors will need to make their own arrangements for electricity if needed. Set up time for booths will begin at 6:00 AM, and all booths/trailers must be set up by 7:30 AM. Because Lewistown’s Main Street is also a US Highway, it is not possible to set up the evening before.

In addition to the pancake breakfast and the vendor booths, the Festival will feature the Main Street Motor Classic, with classic cars of all types on display.

A long-time favorite of the Chokecherry Festival, the Chokecherry Culinary Contest will be hosted by the Lewistown Art Center, and the host’s welcome any type of chokecherry culinary creation. Registration for this event is FREE and open to anyone who stops by the Art Center to pick up an entry form. Event organizers will begin receiving culinary entries at 8:00 AM, judging begins at 9:00, and tasting commences at 10:00. To learn more about participating in this event, persons can call 535-8278.

The Chokecherry 5k Run/Walk starts at Frank Day Park at 9:00 AM, and any participants interested in the 10k Run/Walk must be at Frank Day Park by 8:15 for a ride to the Fish Hatchery, where that distance will start. The one-mile Fun Run, which will involve running 2 ¼ times around the City Park, will begin at 10:00 AM. The entry fee for each event is $25.

Open to all ages, the Chokecherry Pit-Spitting Contest will launch at 1:00 PM, when the reigning king and queen will compete against any contestants who might vie for their crowns to steal their titles.

Although the street events of the Festival will end at 5:00 PM, Festival-goers are invited to experience Trails & Ales from 4:00-7:00, an event which will benefit the Lewistown Trails System—a 24-mile hiking and biking trail located primarily within the city limits of Lewistown.

To be held at Creekside Park, located at 300 East Main Street, Trails & Ales will feature food vendors, live music, and eleven craft breweries from across Montana. For $20.00, beer drinkers can purchase a souvenir mug and walk from tent to tent, taste-testing the beers.

Organizers of this event would like people to know that no seating will be available in the park, so bringing a chair or blanket is advisable.

Live music from Tom Catmull’s Last Resort will be provided courtesy of the

Lewistown Arts and Entertainment District Association and the Creekside Park Committee.

Breweries attending the event include

• Bayern Brewing

• Big Spring Brewing

• Bozeman Brewing

• Cross Country Brewing

• Gusto Distributing

• High Plains Brewing

• Intermountain Distributing

• Kettle House Brewing

• Philipsburg Brewing

• Red Lodge Ales Brewing

• Triple Dog Brewing

For more information on the Trails & Ales event, interested persons can contact Billie Ayers at 785 650 2163.

The LACOC looks forward to the community’s participation in this annual event. According to an LACOC spokesperson, when former Governor Stan Stephens came to Lewistown to witness the Festival in 1991, he enjoyed it so much he declared Lewistown the Chokecherry Capitol of Montana.

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The Hahn Ranch, in Townsend, Mont., has been selected as one of six regional honorees of the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). The award, announced during the 2018 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting, recognizes the operation’s outstanding stewardship and conservation efforts. This year’s regional winners will compete for the national award, which will be announced during the Annual Cattle Industry Convention in New Orleans, La., in February 2019.

Established in 1991 by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to recognize outstanding land stewards in the cattle industry, ESAP is generously sponsored by Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, McDonald’s, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation.

Operated by the Hahn family, the Hahn Ranch raises 550 cattle across nearly 28,000 acres of public and private land and has been doing so for nearly a century. Today multiple family members work together on the Hahn Ranch.

“I’m the third generation on the ranch,” Chuck Hahn said, “and my sons are the fourth. The fifth generation is coming up with nieces and nephews.”

With fewer than 12 inches of rain each year, the Hahns have installed more efficient irrigation systems and have added new stock water tanks to allow them to fence their cattle out of riparian zones.

“We’re looking at ways to maintain water quality in those watersheds to maintain a healthy ecosystem and also to do things to improve the streambank health,” said Dusty Hahn, Chuck’s son and the fourth generation on the ranch.

The Hahn family was also part of the restoration of Deep Creek, the Missouri river tributary that crosses the Hahn Ranch. The family worked with private and public partners to install the Montana ditch siphon, rerouting irrigation water under instead of through the creek, reducing sediment issues, improved water flow, and allowed fish to return.

“Immediately after that project was done, we started having fish move up from the Missouri river into Deep Creek here to start spawning,” said Ron Spoon, a fisheries biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

“There’s more grass on the range units due to the rotational grazing system that the Hahns are implementing, getting stock water away from the creeks and the springs so those areas can be left for wildlife with less livestock impacts,” said Justin Meissner, a district conservationist with USDA NRCS.

The Hahn Ranch also grows wheat, barley and hay crops, extending the grazing season to allow for longer rest periods on the range. Additionally, reduced tillage and cover crop rotations have had a positive impact on soil health.

“I want to do things better and leave the land in a better condition than I found it for the next generation who will hopefully take as good or better care of it than we have,” said Dusty.

Press Release from Montana Stockgrowers Association

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Ranching For Profit Blog - Dave Pratt Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses www.ranchingforprofit.com

Ranching with Nature

North American livestock producers are the most productive in the world.

We are also the least profitable. Could it be that our battle to increase production is the reason for economic failure?

We are engaged in a cold war with nature. We are armed with an impressive arsenal. We seed and fertilize and spray and mow and plow and burn.

We vaccinate, drench, implant and supplement. We feed from barrels, blocks, bales and bags. We keep bunkers full of hay. We fight the weather to get feed to the cows and struggle to save calves born in winter and spring storms.

All of these things have made us productive. They have not made us profitable. We are running out of money. Just like the cold war bankrupted the Russians, our cold war will bankrupt us.

We are going bankrupt economically and biologically. Take for example our reliance on energy. Burt Smith, a former extension specialist in Hawaii, once wrote, “There’s a lot of oil in a pound of steak,” referring to the fossil fueldependent structure of our industry. That might have worked 50 years ago when gas was 30 per gallon, but fuel costs are roughly 10 x higher now. Cattle prices are only 2-3 times higher. This means that someone is making money, but it probably isn’t you.

The increased price of fuel reflects its growing scarcity. We may not run out for many decades, but the easy stuff has been pumped and the remaining reserves are more expensive to extract. But fuel isn’t the only thing that’s being depleted. According to Natural Resource Conservation Service estimates, the rate of erosion from range and pasture lands averages twice the rate of soil formation.

Soil loss from cropland is over 4 times the rate of replacement.

The frequency and severity of floods and droughts are increasing. Weed problems are increasing and our dependence on fertilizers and herbicides is growing. We work dawn to dusk, with a business that may have assets of a million dollars or more, living like paupers. These and other stresses are straining relationships within farm and ranch businesses. Conventional farming and ranching is not sustainable.

Will we keep farming and ranching until the money, oil, soil and family all run out?

There is an alternative. Ranching can be economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. But profitable ranching requires a drastic change in our thinking. Einstein could have been talking about the livestock business when he said “The significant problems we face today cannot be overcome with the same level of thinking which caused the problem.”

Maybe we should start by thinking about one of the most productive grazing operations in history. The operation was incredibly productive before we ever built fences and barns, or grew and fed hay. The operation still goes on today although on a much more limited scale. This efficient operation has no expensive infrastructure or capital costs. Overhead costs are at a minimum. It uses a concentrated breeding season, and a strict culling policy. It may be the prototype of a profitable ranch today. It’s nature.

What would happen if instead of fighting nature, we worked with nature … if we tried to help nature do what comes naturally?

We can start by recognizing that we are not so much in the cattle business as we are in the energy business. Our job is to capture, harvest and convert solar energy into harvestable products.

Nature doesn’t need equipment to harvest forages, neither do we. She uses four-legged combines. So can we.

Nature doesn’t have high capital expenses or overheads, and neither should we.

Nature selects animals to fit the environment, and so should we.

Nature fits the reproductive cycle of her animals to match the forage cycle.

So should we.

I often ask students to imagine what would happen if we got rid of all of the fences and abandoned our ranches? Would all the animals die, or would some survive? What would those that survived be like? When would they calve?

What would the conception rates be like?

Wild populations of deer, elk and bison typically have weaning rates of 60 to 70%. When a rancher’s cow herd has a weaning rate of 80% (slightly better than the industry average), isn’t it fair to say that his conception rate is really only 20% … after all nature did the rest without our help. Now think about the infrastructure we have established, all of the overheads we bear and all of the hay we feed to support that 20%.

Change is never comfortable, but there has never been a better time for change in the livestock business. The industry is not economically, biologically or socially sustainable. It’s hard to go downhill when you are sitting at the bottom.

Laurie Lasater once said, “I think Nature is smart as hell. I help as much as I can but I try to let her do most of the work.” Lasater’s approach of ranching with nature will be the key to sustainable production in the years ahead. It is a powerful strategy for businessmen who are Ranching For Profit.

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Biggest Little Brewfest To Take Place in Joplin

The Golden Triangle (GT) Center in Joplin, Montana, invites Hi-Line and surrounding community members to “Save the Date” for their first annual Biggest Little Brewfest on October 20, 2018. The event will include a fun run, games, food, and raffles to help fundraise for the new GT Center.

The Biggest Little Brewfest, which gets its name from Joplin’s slogan—the Biggest Little Town on Earth, will take place from 5:00-9:00 PM in the gym of the GT Center (formerly Joplin-Inverness High School) and will feature microbrews from various Montana Brewers.

Tickets are $12.00 per person and include the Pre-Tap Fun Run, a drink glass, and two drink tickets.

Although the ticket price includes the Pre-Tap Run entry fee, running is optional for ticket holders. If a person wishes to participate in the run but not the beer drinking, the entry fee is $6.00. Registration for the fun run will be from 3:00-4:00 PM, and the run itself will occur from 4:00-5:00 PM.

Polish Sausage Pronto Pups by Dale Dahlke and Bavarian Pretzels will also be for sale. Other entertainment will include a 50/50 raffle, auction items, games, and music.

Event organizers, who are expecting at least 300 564 South 5th East, Malta, Montana people, plan to have shuttles Dale was a professional house mover, harness maker, shoe repairman, and running from Chester to wagon builder. Dale had many parts and tools for each of these jobs.

Joplin and from Havre to Joplin so that those attending the brewfest can arrive home safely. Camping will also be available, and a block of motel rooms has been reserved at MX Motel located at 113 Washington Avenue in Chester.

Individuals interested in staying at the MX Adler Sewing Machine Adler Sewing Machine Champion Shoe Machine Motel can make reservations by calling (406)759-7165.

Sewing Vehicles Wagons

Any business attracted Machines Rancher 94 2x2, runs Wooden wheel wagon to the idea of participating in Honda 4-wheeler Wooden wheel running gear Champion Shoe Machine 16410 Dodge pickup w/ flatbed 2 rubber tire wheel carts the brewfest is encouraged Top Head for Champion Machine 75 Dodge pickup, needs transmission 2 new buggy running gears not finished Adler Sewing Machine Type 205-370 work to contact Zach Ramberg Wagon tongues Serial 0205912035 77 Dodge Boo/Winch truck, runs good New shafts Adler Sewing Machine 167-6K373 1-3 horse trailer at (406) 945-8183 or Kylie New spokes Foot operated leather punch 1-2 axel car trailer New felloes Richter at (406) 945-7967 to 3 trailer running gears New buggy and wagon parts 1 3-horse trailer Sled runners discuss how this event can Lumber 1 2-axel car trailer 3 trailer running gears be mutually beneficial.

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Miscellaneous Misc. leather working tools New + used 22.5 Truck wheels Aluminum saddle tank Tire chains

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Harness 6 old saddles New leather New Biothane Straps New harness parts Buckles and Snaps Used harness parts Good harness single and Double New collars Post vice w/ stand Anvil Shop cupboards 2 forges 2 Ariens lawn tractors (1 runs, 1 for parts) 2 walking plows Model T wheels Many assorted bolts Square Head + carriage

Woodworking tools 10” Craftsman table saw 5/8” floor drill press Shopsmith Wood planer Scroll saw

Cement blocks Water troughs EA Kinsey metal lathe 5 drawer chest 30x33 Propane cutting torch Steel fence posts Steel cable Trailer axels 2 2.5 truck tires

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Enjoying Everyday Life Joyce Meyer

The Foolproof Anger Management Strategy

Anger is a common problem and we all have opportunities to get angry. But when we get hurt and don’t deal with our anger, we hang on to it and become bitter, hard-hearted, and miserable.

Living in anger is like banging your head against the wall, so to speak, because it keeps you stuck, doing something that is never going to work. The truth is, giving it to God and trusting Him to be your Vindicator is actually easier than continuing to live with it.

Uncontrolled anger hinders our prayers, makes us miserable, causes mental illness and can even make us physically sick. These are just a few problems anger causes.

The good news is God wants to be our Vindicator (Job 19:25) and we can make the choice to release the offenses to Him and trust Him to make wrong things right. I know it’s not easy, and God may not move as quickly as you’d like Him to or do things the way you’d like Him to do them. But He will vindicate you if you will trust Him and do things His way because He doesn’t like it when people mistreat His children!

Facing My Anger Problem

My dad was an angry person and he was very abusive. When I left home at the age of 18, I thought I would be free of the pain and anger I had experienced most of my life because I was leaving it behind me.

It took a long time for me to realize that although I had left that situation, I actually took the problem with me. It was etched in my soul – in my thinking, my emotions, the way I talked and how I dealt with relationships. So I spent years after that experiencing all kinds of problems, expressing destructive, dysfunctional behaviors that I blamed on everything and everybody else.

Instead of taking responsibility for my anger and the hurt in my soul, I would say things like, “I wouldn’t be angry if Dave would pay more attention to me,” or “I wouldn’t be angry if my boss paid me more to do this job.” Whatever my problem was, it was somebody else’s fault.

Thank God, I eventually learned that I needed to let Jesus deal with what was going on inside of me so I could experience the freedom He wanted me to have (John 10:10).

God’s Anger Management Strategy

The best thing we can do when we’re struggling with anger is go to God immediately. Don’t think about what someone did to you over and over or talk about it repeatedly. Instead, make the choice to give it to God by asking for His help right away.

Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT) says, “’Don’t sin by letting anger control you.’

Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.”

I used to think that just having the feeling of anger was wrong, but these verses show us that it’s not the emotion itself that is sinful but what we choose to do with it. The temptation to act in anger is not sin, and there is great victory when we face it and exercise self-control with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Turn it over to Him instead of trying to defend yourself, get revenge, hate people or hold on to your anger.

You may be thinking, “But Joyce, you don’t understand what they did to me. It’s so hard to forgive – I just can’t do it!” Believe me, I do understand how hard it can be. But God never tells us to do something without giving us the ability to do it, and you CAN release your anger to Him and forgive if you will trust Him to help you.

God’s Word has the answers we need to successfully defeat anger. So I want to share several scriptures you can study to help you manage anger God’s way: • Romans 12:21 says, “Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by

doing good.” When you fight evil with evil, you’ll never win, but if you

fight evil with good, you will win every time!

• Ecclesiastes 7:9 gives this instruction: “Control your temper, for anger

labels you a fool.” People who are offended and stay angry become

filled with bitterness and resentment, letting the enemy steal the best

God has for them.

• James 1:19-20 says, “You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak,

and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness

God desires.”

Make a determined decision to do what the Word says, but don’t strive to do it in your own strength. Spend time with God, studying scriptures about anger, forgiveness and love. Write down verses that remind you to be slow to get angry and to overcome evil with good. Speak them out loud as declarations of your faith in God to help you. He loves you and has a good plan for you. All things are possible with God (Matthew 19:26) and in Christ, you don’t have to live an angry life!

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For more on this topic, order Joyce’s four-CD series Sit, Stand, Walk, Run. You can also contact us to receive our free magazine, Enjoying Everyday Life, by calling (800) 727-9673 or visiting www.joycemeyer.org.

Joyce Meyer is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. She has authored more than 100 books, including Battlefield of the Mind and Unshakeable Trust: Find the Joy of Trusting God at All Times, in All Things (Hachette). She hosts the Enjoying Everyday Life radio and TV programs, which air on hundreds of stations worldwide. For more information, visit www.joycemeyer. org. Please note: The views and opinions expressed throughout this publication and/or website are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Joyce Meyer Ministries.

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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) recently reported that Chinook salmon are biting at Fort Peck Reservoir. After the slower 2017 season, salmon fisherman are eager to catch some of these full-flavored, high fat content fish which have large, soft-textured flakes.

Interest in this unique fishery continues to grow, and numerous social media outlets have been quick to alert anglers of the improving salmon bite in recent weeks. Boats rigged with downriggers have been flocking to the dam area in search of the prized Chinook (or king) salmon.

Salmon were first introduced into Fort Peck Reservoir in 1983. Due to the abundance of their preferred forage fish, cisco, salmon have shown excellent growth, with males maturing in two to four years and females in three to four years. This is the only Chinook fishery in Montana, so anglers travel from near and far in hopes of hooking up with these fresh water titans.

Heath Headley, Fort Peck Fisheries Biologist for FWP, hints that the salmon fishing forecast for this summer looks promising based on numbers of salmon released in 2017 (345,386). Strong numbers of salmon released, abundant cisco (the primary forage item for chinook salmon), and a productive reservoir environment should benefit hatchery salmon survival. Abundant cisco can also act as a buffer to predation from walleye and northern pike. Higher reservoir elevations also provide an increased amount of cold-water habitat, key to salmon survival.

Biologists generally don’t get much insight into the survival of these small salmon until they reach larger sizes and are caught in sampling gear. However, in 2017 staff observed small 8-10-inch salmon during the 2017 summer/ fall during sampling surveys. In addition, anglers reported catching a few as well. This is a promising sign that stocking efforts and good survival are leading to a potential strong year class.

Early indications are that a good portion of the salmon caught in 2018 are smaller, younger fish—specifically, twoyear-old males also known as “jacks” that generally average about five pounds.

Anglers may recall a similar pattern in 2015 when similar environmental and biological conditions were very favorable for growth and survival, and a number of two-yearold males were caught. Although it’s still too early to tell, based on observations thus far, FWP biologists report that angling opportunities and eggs for future stocking efforts look encouraging for upcoming years.

In 2018, FWP released 377,534 Chinook salmon into Fort Peck Reservoir. This is the third largest stocking of chinook salmon since the program began in 1983 and was largely due to a successful egg collection and above average hatching success. Female salmon collected in the fall of 2017 were larger than average and carried more eggs.

Additionally, egg size was larger than average, a fact which has been shown to lead to better hatching success.

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With northeast Montana beginning to dry out and with the increasing threat of wildfires, Region 6 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) officials remind hunters and other recreationists taking to the field to be aware of local fire restrictions and to take precautions.

Montana archery antelope hunters are already hunting with their 900-20 hunting licenses. Montana’s upland game bird season (and mourning doves) open September 1, along with the archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, wolf and mountain lion.

Hunters and other recreationists should: Drive only on established roads.

• • Avoid roads with tall vegetation in the middle track.

Never park over dry grass and other vegetation.

• • Carry a fire extinguisher—or water-filled weed sprayer—shovel, axe, and, a cell phone for emergency

calls.

• Restrict camping activities to designated camping areas.

• Build campfires only in established metal fire rings, if

allowed (note restrictions).

• Smoke only inside buildings or vehicles.

• Check on any fire restrictions in place.

When it comes to site-specific fire restrictions, FWP follows the lead of the county where the site is located.

As of Friday, August 17, counties in Stage 1 Restrictions in Region 6 include Hill, Blaine, Choteau, Phillips and Sheridan counties. Please be aware that these restrictions change weekly, and by the time this article is published, there may be more counties in restrictions.

Stage 1 restrictions ban campfires except where specifically exempted, allow cooking fires on propane devices that can be shut off, and allow smoking only in vehicles and areas three feet in diameter that are cleared of flammable materials.

Stage 2 restrictions start with regulations delineated

by Stage 1 restrictions. In addition, Stage 2 restrictions ban welding, explosives, driving off established roads, and use of internal-combustion engines, except for vehicles on established roads, between 1:00 PM and 1:00 AM each day. Generators used in enclosed buildings or in an area cleared of vegetation specifically are exempted from Stage 2 restrictions. Currently, there are no counties in Stage 2 in Region 6.

FWP sites that could be impacted by fire restrictions include fishing access sites, wildlife management areas and state parks.

Private landowners along with land enrolled in Block Management or other private land access programs may also have restrictions or closures. Be sure to ask when securing permission.

BMAs fire restrictions and closures will be updated as changes occur at fwp.mt.gov/export/sites/FwpPublic/ hunting/hunterAccess/blockman/region6/.

For up-to-date details on state-wide FWP property fire and drought-related restrictions and closures, a person can visit FWP's website at fwp.mt.gov then click on Restrictions and Closures under the “News” tab. In addition, information is available at https://firerestrictions.us/mt/ regarding statewide restrictions.

Region 6 Information and Education Program Manager, Marc Kloker advises, “Always be prepared to prevent or extinguish fire starts. Your assistance during this time will be appreciated.”

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New Pedestrian Bridge Has a Home in Malta

Travelers along Highway 2 heading through Malta,

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The pedestrian bridge was constructed with funding made available through the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration website page, FAST eliminated the MAP-21 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and replaced it with a set-aside of Surface Transportation Block Grant program funding for transportation alternatives. These set-aside funds include all projects and activities that were previously eligible under TAP, and the law requires selection of projects through a competitive process.

Five years ago, Laura Pankratz, who lives North of Malta and often bicycles into town, thought a bridge crossing Highway 2 at Malta would contribute to safety.

“Many young people play softball or baseball in Trafton Park, and it was scary to see them dashing from town across Highway 2,� Pankratz said. “I’d also see people who wanted to walk into Malta from the Edgewater to eat or shop but decide the risk to cross the Highway wasn’t worth it.�

So, Pankratz did some research and discovered that funding for sidewalks, trails, and biking paths could be found through TAP. Her fact-finding eventually put her in touch with Shane Mintz, Transportation District Four Administrator whose office is in Glendive, and she asked him whether a pedestrian bridge would qualify as a worthy project under TAP.

“Shane told me we could try. He also said we had to receive county approval, so that started quite a process of getting everyone on board. Shane was the man who had to pitch the sale, so he helped make this idea a reality.

“Because the funding guidelines are quite stringent and the selection process competitive, I would work up the various parts of the application and send them to Paula Morrison in Loring, and she would ‘grammarize’ them for me,� Pankratz stated.

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2018 Upland Bird Outlook for Region 6

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Region 6 biologists have been compiling data about upland bird numbers in the area. Biologists conduct spring surveys to determine trends of adult numbers, including lek counts for sharp-tailed and sage grouse and crowing counts for pheasants. These surveys provide a general idea of adult numbers in those respective survey areas compared to other years and long-term averages.

A lek is a display ground where the males come each spring, but leks are more than just mating locations; they're also used to determine if sage-grouse populations are healthy. Populations of greater sagegrouse are monitored using counts of males displaying on breeding leks. These are called lek counts.

A crowing count is typically conducted in the spring when observers drive specified 20-mile routes, stopping at predetermined intervals, and count the number of pheasant roosters heard crowing. The number of pheasant crows heard is compared to previous years’ data, providing a trend summary.

Although spring numbers provide an estimate of the breeding populations heading into nesting season, weather, habitat conditions, and disease during the spring and summer have a big impact on fall hunting potential, as younger birds are typically the ones harvested.

Incidental observations of mid-to-late-summer broods for pheasants, sharp-tails, sage grouse and huns look promising; however, biologists do not currently have regionwide brood-rearing success data for all species.

Across the region, above average snowfall throughout the winter along with spring rains greatly helped to produce good nesting and brood-rearing cover. These habitat conditions should be conducive to better production this year, but hunters must keep in mind that all populations will be recovering from the drought of 2017. Hunters should also be aware that habitat conditions in certain areas across the region still show impacts from the drought. Additionally, CRP acreage continues to decline across the Hi-Line. Locating areas of good habitat will be the key to locating birds this fall, and hunting should be fair or slightly better than 2017.

Upland Game Bird seasons open on September 1 for Mountain Grouse, Partridge, Sage Grouse, and Sharptailed Grouse, while Pheasant season opens on October 6.

All bird hunting seasons end on January 1, 2019.

Pheasants

Pheasant adult numbers, according to spring crowing counts, show quite a bit of variability across the region. The west end of the region, including Hill, Blaine, and a portion of Chouteau counties, indicate numbers at 40-50% below long-term average (LTA) in those areas. Phillips county is above LTA, while Valley and McCone counties are 10-24% below. The northeast corner, including Daniels, Sheridan, Roosevelt and portions of Richland and Dawson counties, indicate numbers at average to 10% below average.

Pheasant distribution will vary across portions of each county, and most birds will be found in optimal habitat including riverbottoms, riparian areas and other moist areas that produce adequate cover.

Sage Grouse

Sage grouse lek counts indicate 10-24% below LTA in the western portion of the region, including Hill, Blaine, Phillips, and a portion of Choteau counties. Both Valley and McCone counties indicate numbers that are above LTA. There are no formal surveys of sage grouse in the northeast corner of the region, as numbers are historically very low because of inadequate habitat.

Core sage grouse habitat primarily exists south of

Highway 2 in mixed grass and Wyoming big sagebrush rangeland. Birds will be distributed sparsely across the expanses of sage brush but may concentrate in certain areas.

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Sharp-tailed grouse adult numbers are 25-40% below the LTA across the region where surveys are conducted.

Sharp-tailed grouse distribution may vary dramatically across the region, and the greatest numbers will be found in optimal habitat.

Hungarian Partridge

There are no formal surveys conducted for Hungarian (gray) partridge within Region 6. Partridge populations are always “spotty” across the region. Based on incidental observations, partridge populations saw similar decreases to those observed in pheasant and sharp-tailed grouse populations last year. However, the good nesting and brood-rearing conditions should help them recover. In good habitats, the outlook for huns is fair this year, but hunters may need to cover a lot of ground to find habitats favored by the species.

Improving Upland Game Bird Habitat and Access

To develop, enhance, and conserve Montana's upland game bird habitats, landowners can apply to enroll in a variety of cost-share programs under the Upland Game Bird Habitat Enhancement Program (UGBHEP). Part of the agreements for these programs is that the land in the project area remains open to reasonable public hunting. Generally, up to 75% of the cost of the landowner's UGBHEP project can be reimbursed.

One of the UGBHEP options to secure habitat and provide hunting opportunity is the Open Fields program.

Open Fields started in 2012 and is a grant program that combines Farm Bill funds with state hunting license dollars.

The program works with landowners to manage CRP in a wildlife-friendly way that provides important cover for Montana’s game birds. Conservation-incentive programs like Open Fields are geared to help landowners keep some land enrolled in CRP while providing public game bird hunting opportunities.

Open Fields enrollment in Region 6 has been very successful this year. For the 2018 season, the program added 21 contracts totaling over 8,000 acres across the region, including 4,606 CRP acres and 3,484 additional acres of access. Thirteen of these contracts are in the northeast corner, six are near Havre, and two are near Hinsdale and Saco. Combined with previous enrollments, the program now offers about 39,000 acres of conserved habitat and access for bird hunters in Region 6.

Interested hunters can find the locations of Open Fields and other UGBHEP projects in the annual Montana Upland Game Bird Guide Enhancement Program Access or through the “hunt planner” on the FWP website.

In addition, the Block Management Access guides, which recently arrived at FWP offices, are another great resource to find places to hunt for upland birds.

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