Jerry Puffer

Conrad Community Birthday Calendars are again for sale! This year marks the 60th year of the Conrad Community Birthday Calendar, & it looks FANTASTIC! Calendars are $12, & you can get yours while they're hot by contacting Monica Tomayer at [email protected], or one of the seniors at CHS.

You'll want to mark Saturday, September 21st, on your calendars for sure! The Chester Hi-Line Harvest Festival's on the way only 3 weeks from today (Sat.) This year's Hi-Line Harvest Festival, will blow your mind & assault your senses with all the family friendly activities set for this fall's festival. I'll be posting soon on all the activities & fun food at this season's festival on my Puff Man Blog. Likewise, we'll be keeping you updated on both KSEN, & K96 FM, as the Hi-Line Harvest Festival draws near...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, will be holding a community meeting on waterfowl hunting regulations & zone management this Thursday night (9/5) at 6. Don't worry about a thing...you won't have to leave the comfort of your own home. The meeting's on Zoom, & the meetings a "key part" of FWP's commitment to ensuring that waterfowl management practices are both effective & reflective of the needs & concerns of our Montana hunters. Unfortunately, the web address for the Zoom meeting is too long (& confusing) for me to type into my Puff Man Blog. I get a headache just looking at it, much less typing it on. The old Puff Man's head is literally spinning! "MY" advice? Simply call Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, & have someone walk you through hooking up with Zoom. I'll stick with blogs...

This Friday, the 6th, is the 1st Friday, of the month, & the First Friday Free Community Meal's on at the First Presbyterian Church, in Conrad. Everyone's welcome to come on down. Good food, & good neighbors & friends...what a wonderful way to welcome in autumn in the Big Sky. Be at the corner of 4th Avenue, & Maryland Street, between 11:30, & 1, Friday afternoon, & be sure & bring along an appetite.

Property Tax Rebate assistance is available this week. Today (Tues) The Montana Department of Revenue, Property Assessment Division, is at the Sunburst Senior Center until 3 o'clock this afternoon. They'll be in Chester, tomorrow, from 10 to 2, at the Liberty Country Senior Center. Property Tax Rebate assistance will also be offered in Kevin, this Thursday, from 10 to 2, at the Kevin Senior Center. Help's on the way for our Golden Triangle Montana taxpayers.

Thursday mornings are extra special around these parts. Come Thursday mornings, it's Story Time, up at out Toole County Library. Story Time commences at 10 o'clock every Thursday morning. Don't worry about a thing...ALL ages are welcome to attend. In fact, if you've never gone, & go 1 times, you'll be back for more every Thursday.

Walk N' Wheel, kicked off this morning (Wed) but WAIT! There's more...Fit Friday, starts THIS Friday. "Depending" on the weather, we'll meet at the old Middle School, at 7:35, or at the end of the viaduct at the intersection of Oilfield, & Sheridan, at 7:45. High school teams & associations will be walking with the kids every Wednesday, & community members with be with the youngsters on Fridays. We're living & walking healthy on the Hi-Line.

This Sunday's the day for Conrad's Guns & Hoses Softball Game. All the softball fun & action begins at 4, between local law enforcement & the men who fight fire. Don't worry about a thing, the admission's a mere can of food to attend. This Sunday's Guns & Hoses proceeds (all the cans of food) will be donated to the Pondera County Food Bank.

The Liberty County Conservation District, will hold a public hearing NEXT Thursday (9/19) evening. Thursday night's meeting's at 7 o'clock SHARP at USDA building, Main Street, in Chester. The meeting will focus on setting the conservation district budget along with "reconsidering" levying a permissive medical mill to cover the costs in fiscal year 2025. For more information, please call 759 5778, ext. 3, or email

The Rocky Mountain Front Farmers Market, in Choteau, has 4 Saturdays left for the season. The farmers market fun's done the last Saturday, the 28th. Don't worry about a thing...they'll be back hale, hardy & well stocked next spring & summer. They're set up at the Choteau Visitors Information Center, with fruits, vegetables, fresh baked goods & preserves, freeze dried sweets, T-shirts, health products & unique handmade crafts. If you happen to see me down there tomorrow, be sure & stop & say hello. I want to pick up an official Jim Anderson T-shirt while they're still in stock...