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The Cascade Senior/Community Center held a delicious spaghetti dinner by donation as part of the Splash- A -Roo Fundraiser weekend last Friday, part of the proceeds going to funding the Atkinson Pool maintenance and upkeep. Thanks to all who stopped by to enjoy the great food and an all-around great time hanging with neighbors, and thanks to all the Center's volunteers for their great service!...
GREAT FALLS - Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has selected Jason Rhoten to serve as the new supervisor for the Region 4 administrative area. Rhoten began his FWP career in 2010 as the Glendive area fisheries biologist. He later worked in Columbus, where he was responsible for the management of waters including the Yellowstone, Stillwater and Boulder rivers, as well as the Beartooth mountain lakes complex. In 2019, he moved to Great Falls as regional fisheries manager, and he had served as...
I hope everyone's summer is going spectacular! We have had some mighty fine weather. The hay crops are outstanding and hopefully the rest of the crops are just as good. Well, my life revolves around 4-H and it seems we don't really get summer till the fair is over. I'm sure a lot of you still remember those days or are living those days. Don't forget to come get your ice cream at the fair. Our club is working 29,30th and 31st. So this is the place that I post all of the results from the Cascade...
Cascade has evolved over time. Buildings have come and gone. Buildings have changed ownership or morphed from one business to another. As most know the Homestead/Canyon Life Church used to be the Sportsman Bar. But did you know at one time a Mexican restaurant filled that slot? Mike DiAngelis has a picture of Central Avenue from the river’s viewpoint towards the ‘old’ school – ya know the one that was 3 stories tall. This picture according to Mike has a perfect picture of a sign hangin outside the building of what became the Sportsman Bar nam...
BOZEMAN — An Indigenous-led education and research program at Montana State University and its partner institution have been awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a project to support Indigenous food sovereignty. MSU’s Buffalo Nations Food System Initiative, in collaboration with Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town, North Dakota, received the grant from the USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture, or NIFA. The grant is part of a NIFA program called From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the N...
HELENA – Superintendent Arntzen opened day one of a three-day meeting of the Montana Math Standards Revision Taskforce. The purpose of the standards review process is to assure that Montana public schools are setting high academic standards for all children of our great state. The goal is to serve our Montana students and educators with the best possible mathematics standards to guide instruction and prepare our students for their lives beyond the classroom. “Math is the foundation of learning and emphasizes my Back to Basics message,” said...
RED LODGE, MT - A local video production crew is striving to connect the far-flung Montana and Wyoming music scenes by providing artists with free, high-quality live recordings and videos in the most beautiful of settings. Formed in 2022 by four southwest Montanans with a passion for bolstering local music, Big Sky Bonus Tracks is a platform for musicians to be heard and where its audience can be introduced to new and unique local music that they’ll love. Oftentimes filmed outdoors in Red Lodge, MT, the crew is now midway into releasing its s...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 25, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is expanding access to health care for more than 5 million people living in 39 states and Puerto Rico as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. “During one of the most critical times in our nation’s history, the Biden-Harris Administration responded to deliver immediate economic relief and ensure rural people have access to quality health care,” Deputy Secretary Torres Small said. “USDA’s E...
Helena, Mont. - The Montana Board of Livestock is pleased to announce that Dr. Tahnee Szymanski has been selected to serve as the state veterinarian for Montana. In addition to the title of state veterinarian, Dr. Szymanski will also be responsible for the administration of the Montana Department of Livestock's Animal Health and Food Safety Division. Szymanski, a 2004 graduate of Oregon State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, brings a wealth of knowledge about disease management,...
Helena, Mont. – July 17, 2023 – A special horse has found a new direction to go in her life. When Big Bonnie, a buckskin mare, was young, she didn't fit anywhere. Because she was big at seventeen hands high, weighing 1,600 lbs., and smart, she could be intimidating, the people around here were unsure of her. There seemed to be nothing that the mare was willing to do. When Big Bonnie was five years old, she was purchased by CR Kunesh, who had been her farrier. Her previous owner had called her...
The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, and mail using relays of horse-mounted riders that operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California in the United States of America.. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. When replaced by the telegraph, the Pony Express quickly became romanticized and became part of the lore of the American West. Its reliance on the ability and endurance of hardy...
Town of Cascade Municipal Election to be held in November 2023 Write-In Filing closes on September 5, 2023 @ 5:00 pm OPENINGS: • Ward I (4-year) • Ward II (4-year) For more information contact the Town of Cascade Office 9 Front Street North Cascade, MT. 59421 406-468-2808 NOTICE OF WEDSWORTH BOARD SEAT VACANCY The Wedsworth Board will accept applications to fill the vacancy that will run until July 25, 2023. Applications can be picked up at Cascade Town Hall, 9 Front Street North, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Applications need... Full story
HELENA – Following collaboration with Tribal leaders in Montana, Superintendent Arntzen submitted newly proposed rules on the Montana Indian Language Preservation (MILP) program to the Montana Secretary of State. During the 68th legislative session, HB 287, sponsored by Representative Jonathan Windy Boy, was passed into law. HB 287 revises § 20-9-537, MCA, the Montana Indian Language Preservation program, to require tribes and partnering school districts to preserve and perpetuate Indian languages to help meet the state's educational goal of...
The 90th & 91st anniversaries of the Smith River Extension Homemakers occurred in May 2021 & 2022 without a celebration. What a great achievement for us to have reached. We were still an active club until "Covid" hit the area. Since then all our lives have changed. After not being able to hold our regular meetings and other events, and a drop in members, we decided to end this wonderful adventure. Ninety-one years of working together, learning, caring, fun, friendship, and just good times. A true lifetime adventure. We plan to still be active...
GREAT FALLS – During a recent survey of bats at Lick Creek Cave in Cascade County, biologists detected the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS). WNS is a fungal disease that has killed over 6 million bats in North America since 2006, and biologists are closely monitoring the disease as it spreads westward across the United States. The disease causes a powdery white fungus to grow on the skin of hibernating bats, often on the face and wings, which causes irritation and dehydration. T...
BILLINGS – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is hosting a workshop with the Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program at Lake Elmo on July 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The workshop costs $35 and includes lunch. Participants will spend half the day learning to spin fish, and the other part of the day learning how to kayak. The workshop is open to anyone aged 18 and over, and women are heavily encouraged. All skill levels for these activities are welcome, but instruction will be focused on beginners. BO...
This Independence Day, America celebrated the freedoms that we hold so dearly, freedoms that many of us nowadays take for granted. As we reflect on some of the scenes of celebration in Cascade this 4th of July week, let us be ever mindful of preserving and protecting these freedoms for our future generations. Lest we forget, we offer this excerpt as a reminder: In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it...
There has been a lot of buzz about residential and commercial tax rates lately. Due to recent property tax valuations many citizens have questions and concerns. The Montana Department of Revenue has resources to help taxpayers understand the process of valuation for tax purposes, about property tax calculations and tax expenditures. Property Tax Basics The department's Property Assessment Division assesses property values throughout the state, but it is the department, legislature, local government, and schools, together, that determine the...
The Little Lambs Day Care went to the Atkinson Pool for swimming lessons. Pool lifeguards made learning fun!...
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public input on how it should move forward with developing shooting ranges throughout the state. An online survey is open now to gauge public interest in shooting ranges and public opinion on what should be included when considering the development of new shooting ranges or improvement to existing shooting ranges. This 10-minute survey will help gather detailed information to guide efforts throughout the next five to 10 years. FWP recently l...
Who are you? Or better yet – what label do you place on that person next to you? Labels. Social trends of today seem obsessed with labels. Many of us growing up didn’t really address labels. It was ‘the kids down the block’; the ‘cascade kids, (to make it relevant to this community); ‘the Simms kids’; ‘’Ulm kids’; the ‘country kids’ or to kids the ‘old people’ (which was everyone older than them). Media now appears to place labels on EVERYONE! And they have definitions. Not one to pay much attention to these labels, the definitions and labels t...
Happy July to all! It's been a super busy month already for me. How about you? We have birthdays to recognize and we have Cascade County Show and Sale info to be celebrated but I am late so... Happy Birthday to: Emilee Carpenter and Jim Spurzem, 3rd;Larry Malady and Hedda Wolfe, 6th; Heather Spurzem and Kara Emery, 8th; Judy Higgins, 9th; Tahsha Wehr and Marlo Brown, 10th; Alicia Spurzem and Scott Cordero, 11th; Mary Eklund and Kate Shipley, 12th. Becca Gerard and Lilly Emery, 14th; Blake...
Helena, Mont. – July 17, 2023 – A special horse has found a new direction to go in her life. When Big Bonnie, a buckskin mare, was young, she didn’t fit anywhere. Because she was big at seventeen hands high, weighing 1,600 lbs., and smart, she could be intimidating, the people around here were unsure of her. There seemed to be nothing that the mare was willing to do. When Big Bonnie was five years old, she was purchased by CR Kunesh, who had been her farrier. Her previous owner had called her ...
From Wolf Creek, to Craig, to Cascade, to Ulm, and even to Great Falls and all points in-between, this year's 40-Mile Yard Sale proved again to be a highlight of the summer. Sizzling temperatures in the 90s did not deter people from coming out in search of treasures, from automobiles, to boats, to household items, to, you name it! Cascade Courier sales went through the roof again, as eager shoppers looking for the Yard Sale maps swept up copies from local newsstands, keeping Courier staff busy...
Cascade County Sheriff, Jesse Slaughter, held a town meeting at Wedsworth Hall last Tuesday to propose a plan to have a Community Resource Deputy living in Cascade. Cascade is an incorporated community. By state statute, it has to have law enforcement. If it was to have its own law enforcement, it would be a huge expense. So Cascade contracts with the Sheriff's Office, who bills the town approximately $65k a year to provide law enforcement to the city. What the Sheriff's Office is proposing is...
