Opinion

Friends: You just need them in your life

I know folks are anxiously awaiting the Big Timber Rodeo and Sweet Grass Fest on June 28-29. I am told that both of these events are a huge mark on

Tribute to Spud Cremer, king of the Big Timber Rodeo

The Big Timber Rodeo and all of the associated festivities will be held next weekend. Few people who have not been involved in putting on a rodeo realize how much

Wanted: Some great photos for our page

For several months, we have been proud to highlight the great and creative cartoons and artwork produced by our own Sweet Grass High School students. We wish we had more

Memories of a God-fearing father

As Father’s Day approaches, I find it hard to believe that my father would have turned 100 this July. He has been gone for 22 years, but he still lives

A lineman for the county; all 3,000-plus of them

This song — Wichita Lineman — was a big hit in the late 1960s. Glen Campbell sang it well. Many times I have partly seriously, partly whimsically, thought about visiting

The expert who was hacked

This is one of those news items that readers would quickly recognize as a joke. Until they realize it is not. Well, actually, it is a joke, it’s just not

Get to know your neighbors; A helping hand can always help

Spring weather finally arrived in the form of green grass, blue skies and sunshine. In between a few rain and snow showers, that is. While we are all looking forward

Stick with brand name tinfoil or aliens may read your mind

There are aliens and perhaps Sasquatches among us! I know this might be hard to believe coming from such a reliable source as myself, but I have conducted my own

Monkey business

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Why t-ball games are free

Mike Trout signed a contract that will pay him $426.5 million over 12 years. That’s about $35.5 million per year to play baseball. To a sharp-eyed lawyer with a bent