AUGUST 4: BARTON GULCH ARCHEOLOGY FIELD TRIP. Arranged by Ed Ruppel. Our speaker is Jason Strahl of the US BLM. we will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Alder Community Center (fire hall) parking area, caravan from there to the Barton Gulch site. Followed by a picnic at the Ruby Reservoir. The club will provide the entree, please bring a pot luck item as a salad, side dish or dessert.  Call Rand BRadley to reserve a spot at (406) 684-5686

The Diabetes Prevention Project is a program begun about 20 years ago.  It started as a triple-blind research project; one group of participants following the diabetes prevention program curriculum of healthy nutrition and exercise; one group receiving 500 mg Metformin twice per day; the third group receiving a placebo.  The research project was stopped early because results showed the prevention program participants were far exceeding the other two groups in controlling blood sugars, returning their lipid and cholesterol panels to near-normal ranges and showing significant weight loss.  Type II Diabetes is largely a preventable disease, and this program has proven over and over to prevent or at least delay the onset of this disease. More info

Whitetail Management Season discussion to be held in the Moraine center 120 South Main on July 28^th at 9 AM. See Calendar for more info.

07/14/2010 Authors Wanted SHERIDAN-TWIN BRIDGES WE ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF A WRITERS GROUP OPEN TO PUBLISHED AUTHORS and AUTHORS NOT YET PUBLISHED ASPIRING AUTHORS. EXPERIENCED WRITERS WHO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH EACH OTHER AND THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET PUBLISHED OR DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED WITH THEIR STORY FICTION – NONFICTION, WHATEVER YOUR GENERA YOU ARE WELCOME CALL 842-5209 ASK FOR COL
06/28/2010 2010 Twin Bridges Floating Flotillas and Fish Fantasies Annual River Parade Saturday, July 24, 2010

06/22/2010 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report Is my water safe?

Last year, as in years past, your tap water met all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state drinking water health standards. The Town of Sheridan vigilantly safeguards its water supplies and once again we are proud to report that our system has not violated a maximum contaminant level or any other water quality standard.

The town council has passed RESOLUTION 2010-8 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS DESIRING TO UTILIZE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY.

Go to Town Notes to download the complete forms.

06/16/2010 Want to find out about the latest on the Wastewater treatment? - New Town Hall meeting notes and Public Notes have been posted.

The Ruby Watershed Council (RWC) & Ruby Valley Conservation District (RVCD) is holding the 5th Annual Welcome to the Neighborhood Party on Friday, June 18 at the Madison County Fairgrounds begining at 5:30pm with social time, followed by the movie "Path to Eden" at 6:00pm.  This movie about preserving Montana's resources and culture for the future is narrarated by Tom Brokaw and features several local landowners and agricultural producers.  

06/11/2010 Free Bone Density Scanning clinic sponsored by the University of Washington and the RUby Valley Hospital comes to Sheridan June 23rd. Read more under press releases or on the community calendar.  

06/09/2010 The Twin Bridges Fly-in is June 19th-20th For more info

The Rotary International Scheduel has been updated and posted. More Info

The Farmers market in Twin Bridges is open every Saturday morning from 9am until noon.  As we have a short growing season in Montana, the fresh produce at the market is a little limited this early in the summer.  (We have loads of goodies in August.)  This weekend, you will be able to find fresh eggs, bread, sauerkraut, as well as farm grown peas, Montana chickens and probably potatoes.  The Miller Colony from Choteau will be at the market this Saturday (June 5^th) and every other weekend until July.  Ruby Valley vendors are at the market every week.  Also at the market, you’ll find the best fresh bagels in the country (better than Noah’s bagels!).  It’s a fun, social atmosphere.

The Twin Bridges Farmer’s Market is located at the City Park next to the Fire Hall on

While you’re in town, there is a Garage-A-Rama at the Madison County Fairgrounds on June 5^th from 9am to 1pm.  They will also have fresh bread products plus used books and a huge variety of items for sale.  Additional information on the Garage-A-Rama can be found in this week’s edition of The Madisonian.  (from Debra McNeil)

05/25/2010 The Madisonian is pleased to announce this year's Summer Special edition, see the attached  flyer with the new information on their page here.

05/14/2010 Join the Montana Chamber of Commerce for a night in Virginia City, June 3^rd.  A reception and dinner will be held at The Bandito Restaurant, followed by a showing of “Fire from Within” at the Virginia City Playhouse.  See Calendar for details.

05/06/2010 Mark your calendars now for the upcoming House District 71 Candidates Forum on Monday, May 10, 2010 at the Community Center in Virginia City, Montana. This event is hosted by the Madisonian Newspaper and the Ruby, Madison and Jefferson Conservation Districts, this event is not to be missed! Full details on the calendar.

Fund Raising work shop sponsored by Madison Valley economic council to be held June 12th in Sheridan. Read more on the Calendar.  

05/04/2010 New Rotary schedule has been posted - join Rotary at the old Hotel for guest night where Jerry Acker will be spealking about his recent trip to the Peoples' Republic of China

04/30/2010 Bill Fraser, noted Antarctic Seabird Ecologist will speaking May 8th.  Bill's work with penguins in the Antarctic has been featured in The New Yorker magazine, and even more importantly, holds clues to the impact of climate change on our local fisheries. See Calendar for more info.

POSTPONED - May 5th Tree PLanting and maintenance.

04/29/2010 The community volunteers at JACKSON'S GARDEN invite you to a May Day Work Day. Please come to the garden on Mill Creek Road any time after 9:00AM. Bring golves and any tools you favor. If you are not one to dig in the dirt please come by, see the garden and wish us well. Coffee and tea will be served in the morning. Lunch will be served at noon. No dogs please. For more information call 842-5888.

04/28/2010 Jerry Acker to speak on the Peoplles Republic of China (see calendar for more detail or Rotary Page) On May 12 the candidates for commissioner and Montana State legislature will debate. See Calendar for more info...

04/27/2010 A Photography Exhibit - Treasure State Remnants, Montana's Ghost Towns- by photographer Lee Silliman is being held at the Sheridan Library. These wonderful photographs will only be here for May and June.

Special Speaker, Celeste River, will be speaking at the Sheridan Library on Thursday April 29th at 7:00PM. She will speak about Frank Bird Linderman, Sheridan's Own Pioneer Author. More info

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Sheridan Library needs volunteers to help in the library starting as soon as possible. Many projects, filing books on shelves, cleaning, etc. Please call the librarian, Bill Talbott, at 842-5770 or stop by. Any time you have to offer will be appreciated.

04/17/2010 Join Dayna Leavens, CPNP, for a presentation and discussion of the illnesses being seen this year in children and review of childhood immunizations April 20th at the Serendipty (noon).

"I think therefore I exist" Rene Descartes - a new review of Descartes Bones by Russo Shorto has been added to the reading page

04/12/2010 Ruby Valley Conservation District 2010 Annual Banquet features Ken Overcast - Cowboy Poet, Singer and Song Writer see calander for details April 17th

04/09/2010 New Town Hall Meeting notes have been added. A regular session of the Sheridan Town Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Derryberry at 6:25 p.m. Council members Paul Kramer, Todd Young, Mark McLaughlin and Town clerk, Gail Leary were present.  Guests: Macel Anderson, Fred Phillips, Eileen Pearce, Sara Dunham, Paul Marsh, Carol Lee Swager, Judy Aaker, Matt Hill, Susanne Hill, William Talbott, Ted Worihaye.  Read more

04/08/2010 New rotary Schedule has been posted with an incredible guest night April 14th featuring Tom Reed, a representative of Trout Unlimited will present his views on Senator Tester's Wilderness Bill.  Invite your neighbors.

JUST OUT - the Madisonian is in the process of updating thier web site. The Madisonian information can be found under the Business Tab - or click here..

03/26/2010 Wastewater project The Town is completing grant applications for the wastewater project and one of the review scoring categories is "showing letters from citizens and local entities and provide points to the Town's grant application based on the number of support letters that we can provide.  This can be the difference between getting a large grant (amounts range from 100,000 to 750,000).  We really want to stress that the citizenry of Sheridan will be helping the Town to get the best grant ranking possible if they will take a minute to write a letter of support.

The letter can be hand written or an email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to the Town by April 7, 2010. More

* END OF THE TAX SEASON celebration to be held at the Sheridan Library on April 16th from 6-8PM. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served (must be 21 or older to attend), music, door prizes ever half hour and a wine and cheese basket raffle. Admittance $5.00. Read more.

03/19/2010 As part of the One Book – One Community on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 12:30 to 3:30 the students in grades 7-12 would like to offer their services by helping the businesses/organizations in our community do a little SPRING cleaning!  Please contact the school to sign your business/organization up for this event!  See Press Release for complete details. Don't forget to make your reservations for the annual Casino Night sponsored by the Twin Bridges / Sheridan Rotary Club to benefit Sheridan and Twin Bridges college scholarship! Read more

03/12/2010 Meeting of Trout Unlimited in Twin Bridges March 18th - see calendaer for details - but from their web site you may want to know the following: First and foremost, Lewis and Clark needs the help of more committed members. Reaching out to old and new members alike has become a main goal of the chapter. We need help for the fundraiser, the web site, local projects, and volunteers for future board members. The board meetings are always open and we welcome the participation of anyone who would like to be involved at that level.

03/08/2010 The Painted horse now has new operating hours 7 days a week...opening at 4pm each day. Montana State University Extension Service and Twin Bridges Horizons Committee will hold CORE FOUR^® Business Planning Courses in March. For more information see Press releases The reading list has been updated - find out about the Race to the Ends of the earth, and the Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name! (Under Vespucci, Amerigo)

03/01/2010 Save the date 27 March 2010 - CASINO NIGHT at The Blue Anchor.  Games will start at 7:00 p.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. Proceeds go to the Twin Bridges and Sheridan College Scholarship fund. 2 students each year are selected and funds apply towards college or vocational school education. Students are encouraged to download the form from the Rotary page.

02/26/2010 Ranch Resources is moving offices!  After 10 years at 306 South Main in Sheridan, we’ve outgrown our space.  So, we’re moving to the Philanthropy River Building in downtown Sheridan.. Our new physical address is: 120 South Main, Suite 104 Sheridan, MT 59749 All other contact information remains the same, including our mailing address of P.O. Box 638, Sheridan. To accommodate our move, the office will be closed tomorrow, February 26^th and open again for business on Monday, March 1.

02/25/2010 The Tobacco Root Geological Society is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of geology of the Northern Rocky Mountain Province and has announced it's annual meeting in Anaconda. More

02/21/2010 Grasshoppers may be beneficial, as discussed in the previous article.  If you’ve determined you have non-beneficial grasshoppers in your crops or rangelands, you most likely want to prevent any loss of forage and crop.  Remembering that every property and scenario is different, the following is the beginning of an abbreviated guide to grasshopper control and resources. Read the entire article

02/20/2010 Jackson's Community Garden's is having a Welcome Meeting March 16, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Sheridan Town Hall for new members to join their organization.  "Come and grow healthy local food and enjoy the beautiful outdoors with us!"

02/16/2010 President Ken Kozimer extends a special invitation to everyone  to attend an interesting tour of the recently completed "SWEET GRASS ROD" manufacturing facility in Twin Bridges.SWEET GRASS ROD specializes in producing high quality bamboo fishing rods which owner and outstanding fly fisherman, Glenn Brackett, developed years ago. These rods have developed a reputation for being of extremely hugh quality and are in great demand country and world wide. 

All those who would like to tour SWEET GRASS ROD please come to the facility at 5:00 PM Wednesday 24,2010 on Main Street  in Twin Bridges. Those who would like to attend dinner at THE OLD HOTEL at 6:30PM.following the tour please call the OLD HOTEL (406)684-5959 for reservations no later than noon Monday February 22, 2010. 

2/12/2010 Debra McNeil (Tobacco Root Graphics) has sent us more hiking information for the area Check out  Hiking in the Ruby Valley as you start your plans for the summer. The Town Council meeting notes for January's meeting have been posted. Under Governement > Meeting and Notes

2/05/2010 Montana Poet Laureate To Visit Feb 17th, 7pm at The Elling House Arts & Humanities Center (See calendar for complete details) and Trout Unlimited meeting to be helpd on the 23rd (See Calendar for more info)

2/04/2010 Our Library is hosting another special speaker February 21st at 7:00PM. Interested in local geology? Come hear John Pohl speak on Sheridan - Living at the Edge of the World. Don't forget movie night at the library every 1st and 3rd Thrusday at 7:00PM. The Care & Share Board has been updated. We don't always know where or how to reach out when we need help, so please let your neighbors and family know about this wonderful community project.

1/30/2010 The All-Class reunion this summer for Sheridan will be in conjunction with the Sheridan Festival – No agenda yet registration at the high school on Friday and at the park on Saturday.  Check out the Schools and education page for more info. Sheridan / Alder Parks & Recreation  are starting the process of purchasing some land next to the swimming pool to build a splash park for the valley (wading pool, fountains, etc…).  There will be a SAPRD Meeting the last Friday of each month, 8:15am at the Sheridan Library. See Press Release page for more info.

1/29/2010 Ann Tezak, Sheridan High School graduate, is a University of Montana senior in Uganda interning with PROMETRA -Uganda! Click here to follow her Blog and find out what she is doing there.

1/28/2010 over the years Rotary international has sponsored young adults from other countries in the United States as well as sending our young adults overseas to experience other cultures. This year `The Club and  the Dillon Rotary Club are co-sponsors of seventeen year old Rotary Exchange Student, Pilar Jimenez from San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, a city of 100,000. She arrived January 21st. Her father is an agricultural engineer, her mother is an attorney and she has two older sisters. Pilar will be hosted by the Leber and Henson families of  Twin Bridges. To find out more about this program click here

1/26/2010 The care and Share bullentin board is now operational! Need something? Want to share something with your neighbors. Check it out.

1/25/2010 We have added a new 'bulletin board for volunteer needs' called the "Care and Share Board" Visit the volunteer page for more info. This will be updated regularly.  In oher news

A Celebration of life for Al Duggan will be held between 2-4pm. on Saturday the 30th. See the community calendar for more info.  

The Annual Membership Meeting of the Greater Ruby Valley Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture will be held on Tuesday, February 2nd^th in the Philanthropy River Building at 120 South Main Street in Sheridan.  Refreshments will be served starting at 5:30pm and the general meeting will be called to order at 6:00pm.  The guest speaker for the meeting will be Greg Lemon, editor of the Madisonian.  Tracey Pearce, Membership Director, will be discussing the Buy Local campaign being organized for the Ruby Valley.  Debra McNeill, Director of Public Relations and Advertising, will discuss a new program for advertising on the Chamber’s website.  Carol Delisi, incoming Chamber President, will be highlighting the 2009 chamber activities as well as looking into 2010. 

The Twin Bridges Community Association is holding their third annual wine tasting at The Shack located in Twin Bridges. The event will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Join us from 1:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. for samples of specialty wine, hors d'oeurves, live entertainment and a silent auction. Tickets are $35 and available at the following locations: The Shack, Main Street Market, Prudential Montana Real Estate (Twin Bridges office), Country Favorites, The Old Hotel or at the door on the day of the event. 

See the community calendar for more info and details.

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1/22/2010 What a town! Lots of new things going on. First, thanks to Jody Maurer for pulling together a list of the volunteer opportunities in the area. This new page has been added to the community drop down and can be viewed by clicking here. And Diana Smith sent us updates on the Ruby Valley Hospital Foundation (Another volunteer opportunity!) Check out the new page here. Then our ever diligent town council and clerk (Gail Leary) keeps us updated on whats going on in the town council meetings. Read more by downloading the December meeting notes. Let us know if you want information updated or want to see changes.

1/15/2010 The more people who visit the web site the more connected and vibrant our community becomes. Its about communication and staying informed! In the first two weeks we have heard from Ashley's Pet Sitting Domestic, livestock & wild animal caretaker" with "over 8 years of professional experience 406-596-PETS (7387) and the new Ruby Valley Bicycle 406-596-BIKE (2453). In addition Rotary's January 20th Christmas tree burning at Jensens park is a great community event including free food, ice skating and a bonfire known to every intelligence agency running a spy satelite. (They are looking for brooms for the youth program so bring them along). We have had lots of local events added to the calendar including the Grant Writing workshop on February 15th, the 4F kick off meeting the 16th and the annual Ruby Valley Hospital fundraiser July 25th (Check the community calenadr for more info and don't forget to send us your info on your events).