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After a winter that seemed to last forever, who isn't ready for some plants and color for their homes?! Cascade High School's Greenhouse Management class (Destiny Turan, Madi Ward, Zoe Mazaira, Jeremiah Creveling, Colby Crowell and Gavin Gilham) is ready to offer you some amazing flowers and veggies for your yard. With a huge, generous donation of flower plugs this spring from Barb Byrne, we are able to offer you Petunias, Verbanias, Impatiens, Potato Vine and Calibrachoas! We also will have...
"Cowboy poems come in many shapes and forms, but all have a few unifying features: storytelling, a feeling of nostalgia, and an appreciation of the natural world." -Poem Analysis Cowboy poets have been around for a long time, even though the genre is considered to be contemporary. Lance H. DuBois continues this tradition, using his poetry to share humorous anecdotes of memories of times and people that have shaped his world. Mr. DuBois was hosted by the Wedsworth Memorial Library on April 25....
This week is the nineteenth week of the 2023 Montana Legislature. This week will be the last week of the session. Last week, the Senate passed a series of key bills which are the final pieces of legislation necessary to bring the 2023 Legislative Session to a close. The first key piece of legislation to advance was House Bill 2. House Bill 2 is the main budget bill for the State of Montana. The bill passed on a mostly party line vote with Republicans voting to pass it and Democrats voting against it. On Thursday, the Senate passed House Bill...
I saw a clip from the old show All in the Family. Meathead is putting on his socks and shoes. He puts on one sock then puts on that shoe. Archie, who is watching, goes ballistic because he believes it is only acceptable to put on both socks before putting on a shoe. The debate is ridiculous. The point made is not ridiculous. Archie, in his supreme narcissism and narrow mindedness, cannot conceive of anyone doing anything that doesn’t conform to his idea of how things should be. If social m...
The black edge of night gave way to dark blue as I drove south on a rural road in Nebraska. Having driven through the night, I welcomed the faintest glimmer of sunshine that soon would spread across my path and force night’s retreat. A rightward glance revealed the uniformity of a row crop standing perpendicular to the narrow blacktop. Mile after mile, hundreds, no, surely thousands of these figures loomed as shadowy silhouettes against the darkness that skulked westward. They looked like beleaguered soldiers mustered for morning inspection b...
The Cascade High School golf team is heading to Divisional May 8th in Bozeman. It has been a typical golf season with many tournaments cancelled or rescheduled due to the weather. The team finally had a full schedule with tournaments in Shelby, Ft Benton and Choteau last week. That made 5 for the season so far with 2 more this week before heading to Cotton Wood Hills golf course. There are 7 boys and 3 girls this year and they are improving every day. All of the golfers that travelled to Choteau...
Cascade Public School is pleased to announce a very special event coming up on May 11, 2023. The Annual Spring Music Concert and Art Gala will be that evening, with the concert beginning at 7:00 pm in the north gym, This concert is the last one of this school year and will feature all the bands and choir in grades 5-12. Band/choir awards will also be presented at this concert, including The John Phillip Sousa award as well as certificates from the recent District and State Music Festivals. All the groups have learned a lot this year and it...
Helena, Mont. – Wild Montana will offer 68 Wilderness Walks across Montana this summer, starting on May 14. These free educational outings include a number of family-friendly adventures and educational opportunities, including how to identify plants, flowers, birds, and stars, as well as how to write about and draw nature. "Wilderness Walks provide the opportunity to connect with nature and meet new people, all while learning a bit along the way,” says Sonny Mazzullo, Wild Montana’s education manager. "Whether you’re learning the name of a wi...
The Town of Cascade had a tree planting celebration at the Little Lambs Day Care on April 25th to celebrate Arbor Day. Joe Voss and Glen Howendobler planted a Hackberry tree, while Kendra McEwen, Assistant Utility Clerk, brought goodies for the kids and read to them about Arbor Day as they watched the tree being planted. Later, the kids were invited to participate by shoveling some dirt in....
Did you hear about the knife thrower who started using volunteers as a part of his show? Yea, they're a part of his target audience. Volunteers are the lifeblood of a community. It can be said that volunteers keep the lights on in a community. They enable organizations to deliver vital programs and services to help keep all doors open. They lend their expertise to fundraising campaigns and special events. They cement the community together. Volunteering for a good cause changes lives and doesn’t just benefit the people you’re helping. Bey...
This story was updated May 2, 2023, to correct the percentage of marijuana tax revenue proposed for Habitat Montana distribution according to the text of Initiative 190. After passing its final legislative vote 49-1, a bill seeking to adjust how $50 million of recreational marijuana taxes are distributed is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk for his consideration. Senate Bill 442 began as a “kind of controversial bill,” according to its sponsor, Sen. Mike Lang, R-Malta. But during a press conference Monday afternoon at the Capitol, Lang...
HELENA, Mont.— The Montana State Senate adjourned today, wrapping up a legislative session that featured the largest tax in state history, major prohousing reforms, significant education, health care, and civil liberties policy, and much more. Senate President Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, thanked senators for their hard work. “This session was one for the record books,” Ellsworth said. “We considered the most bills of any Legislature in 50 years, delivered the largest package of tax relief in Montana history, and passed perhaps the most si...
New York, NY (May 2, 2023): Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world, but there is good news: It’s also the cancer you can see on your body. By learning to recognize the warning signs of the disease, you can identify suspicious spots before they become dangerous. Most skin cancers are highly treatable when diagnosed at an early stage, but if left to grow, they can become disfiguring or even deadly. This is why the early detection of skin cancer is so important — it can save your life or the life of a loved one. “I’ve had many patient...
