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Seniors celebrate birthdays, plan for financial future

A lot of birthday guests and a lot of birthday wishes were part of our day on Wednesday, April 17 at the Hardin Senior Center’s Birthday/Easter dinner. Guests included, Darlene

One of time’s reluctant elders

On an April Sunday afternoon a year ago, the last ancestral connection to the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth was severed when my mother died quietly and peacefully.

National Volunteer Month

April is National Volunteer Month, which means that it is a month of celebration at Helping Hands Food Bank. Apart from two staff members, Assistant Director Sam Laci and I,

Longmire author Craig Johnson visits library

Last week’s visit from bestselling author Craig Johnson and his good friend Marcus Red Thunder is in the books. And what a night it was! I could not have asked

Information provided with home repair program

United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Home Repair Program representative Gail Pomeroy will provide information about the home repair program in Hardin next week. Pomeroy’s presentation begins at noon

Electoral College gives Montana more power

One thing we have to give our Founding Fathers credit for is the wisdom they showed when writing our Constitution establishing our republic form of government. It was a federal

Fighting Childhood Hunger

For the second year, Fight Childhood Hunger Week, April 8 to 14, is in full swing in the Hardin School District with activities planned by seniors Erika Hernandez and Deidra

Estate planning assistance offered

The Montana Aging Services Bureau will be holding a Legal Document Clinic on Thursday, June 13 at the Little Big Horn Center, 317 N. Custer Ave., in Hardin from 9

Manners matter

I was thinking this morning of the shrill sounds, threats, and recriminations coming out of our nation’s capital. For some reason, perhaps because of the contrast, it reminded me of

I love food

I love food so much that it is almost all I do now – gaining a better understanding of food access, designing lessons around how food grows, visiting vendors at