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In need of some Veterans to step up

A call out to Veterans, there is a need for some In another Veterans note, The VFW and Auxiliary will
more members to stand in as the Honor Guard to serve meet tonight at the VFW Post #3107 at 7:00 pm and
at military funerals in Valley County. Call Dale Bender at the Auxiliary at 6:00 pm. Open House on Christmas
230-0006 or Art Widhalm at 942-0668 if you can help. Eve and membership will be on the agenda.

What was up with all those ‘velvet’ mule deer bucks this year?
Hunters across northcentral and
northeast Montana reported seeing
a large number of mule deer bucks
in velvet this general hunting season.
The reason may lie in the Epizootic
Hemorrhagic Disease outbreak that
affected deer in several areas across
the region this fall. Although EHD is
often fatal in white-tailed deer, mule
deer can still acquire the disease and,
according to some studies, it may
not always be fatal but instead affect
testosterone production in bucks.
Without proper testosterone
production, buck deer often have issues
with the normal cycle of antler growth
and may retain the antlers year-round.
Several issues can cause testosterone
production abnormalities, including
disease, injuries, and old age, but the
high number of velvet mule deer bucks
seen this year pointed to other factors.
“We saw several mule deer in
velvet brought by the Havre check
station this year, and many more
were reported by hunters,” said Scott
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
would like to express their appreciation and
thanks for the support from the community for a
successful 2020 Nativity Open House.
Thank you to all who volunteered in setting up and
taking down of the Nativities, helped the young
ones, brought their Nativities, provided wonderful
501 1st Ave. S music and those who came to view the display.
The expansion of over more than 400 Nativities
was enjoyed by the community this year.
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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Calm wind.

Montana Files Brief Supporting
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. East wind 3 to
7 mph. Texas Election Lawsuit
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. East Montana and 19 other states have filed an amicus
wind 6 to 9 mph. brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case State
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 11am. of Texas v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of
Cloudy, with a high near 28. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Georgia, State of Michigan and State of Wisconsin.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Supporting Texas, Montana is urging the court to accept
Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph after the case.
midnight. “While the odds of the U.S. Supreme Court
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. West northwest accepting Texas’s belated lawsuit against Georgia,
wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are slim at best,
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. East the case raises important constitutional questions about
northeast wind 3 to 7 mph. the separation of powers and the integrity of mail-in
Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with ballots in those defendant states,” Attorney General Tim
a high near 23. North wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high Fox said.
as 18 mph. The amicus (friend of the court) brief argues that:
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Thanks for Listening
US Debt in Real
Time Lock-Step
Folks are saying
that Trump has
increased the National Debt
more than any other President since....
well the most knowledgeable are saying
forever but that isn’t true. Let me try to
‘splain things in language most people
without a PhD. can understand.
First I have to tell you that all $
figures will be plus a few or minus a
few so don’t nit-pick me. Some of these
figures have too many 0’s to contend
with.
When Obama took office in 2008
the national debt was about 10 trillion
dollars. In his eight interminably long
years of spending taxpayer money the
debt increased by almost double to
19.19 trillion dollars, a gain of 1.2 or so
trillion dollars per year.
In his first two-and-a-half years in
office Donald Trump was clipping along
at about the same rate per year. Debt
from 2018 to 2019 was 21.5 trillion.
Then all hell broke loose when China
attacked the United States with germ
warfare weapons of mass destruction!
The debt escalated from $23.68T in
April 2020 to a whopping $26.4T to
start July 2020 off with a bang!
We can put the blame on Obama
for the $9.5T he added but can we
blame Trump for the increase mostly
caused by the Wuhan Virus? Hell no!
You can thank the increase on that
Thank You
The family of Eunice Mattfeldt would like
to send out a huge and warm heartfelt thank
you to all who called, sent texts, sent flowers,
cards and all monetary contributions on
behalf of our mother. God bless each and
every one of you.
~Sincerely, Jim Mattfeldt, Myra Mclauchlin,
Janet Canen, Jamie Mix, Duane Mattfeldt,
Jon Mattfeldt
$1,200 check most of us got from the nearly $800 million yearly.
first $2.4T stimulus money! And from Here’s how it works: taxpayers
the poorly planned package that gave (you) pay the wages and pensions and
lots of money to people who shouldn’t benefits of government employees.
have got any and businesses that took Increased unfunded liabilities create
advantage of the poorly thought out higher payments to the debt which
regulations on who can get money. means more funds go to pensions that
The unemployment escalated as could have gone to other resources
well, to no ones surprise and yet another such as infrastructure, public safety
thing the Democrats blamed Trump and education. More people on
for. So far no is putting the blame pensions equal higher cost of goods
where it belongs and going after some and services to the general public.
reparations from China. My opinion So what happens when federal
says it was NOT an accident that China and state governments and some
contaminated the world with this virus. mega-corporations find their pension
But back to important business. debt overpowering? Government takes
The national debt stands at about 27 away some of our “stuff ” and increases
trillion right now....right now, right our tax burden while corporations
now....well I can’t keep up with it because charge more for their goods.
it changes every second. The debt The social security debt liability
increases by about $1.4 million every.... stands at about 20.8T. Medicare 32.2T
wait for it....patience...every minute. and United States unfunded liabilities
Now friends, there’s this thing you ask? $155,000,000,000,000.00. (
called unfunded liabilities, the real That’s Trillion with a T). I used all
figure of what the United States the zero’s for shock effect. Did it
government owes and it is a very work? Unfunded liability debt per
scary thing indeed. It encompasses U.S. Citizen is a mere $470,555!
medicare, social security and Pocket change!
government pensions past and future. Oh but wait there’s a hope at the end
See, these entities do not have of the flashlight. US household assets
sufficient funds set aside to pay all are $130T while US total national assets
these debts and do not have current or are $156.5T so total assets per person is
projected assets to cover the liability. $473,611 which means that every citizen
Social Security is the most costliest actually is in the black to the tune of
of the unfunded liabilities with about about $2,056. However I really can’t tell
$1.2 T going out every year. Medicare you in truth that the check is in the mail!
is a close second with a tad over a That’s it for now folks. Thanks for
trillion dollar yearly outlay and the listening.
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EHD is an infectious, sometimes fatal virus that is
usually spread by a virus-carrying gnat or midge. The
disease mostly impacts white-tailed deer, often fatally, but FRIDAY NIGHT
also shows up occasionally in mule deer and antelope. Many
of the animals affected with EHD lose their appetite, often
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transmit EHD. These outbreaks often end shortly after
a hard frost kills the insect vectors that carry the disease.
The EHD outbreak was widespread in central and eastern
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unsure about consuming it, they can always contact their
local biologist or warden.