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Kids Bid Farewell to Loveable Livestock

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10 Aug 2011 at 03:53 pm
By Jenie

At the ripe age of 23, when I was a roving reporter at the Preston Citizen (the same town that inspired the film Napoleon Dynamite) I wrote a cute lil' story about some kids at a local livestock auction who had grown attached to their animals after raising them in 4-H.

Living the Cowboy Way

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9 Jul 2011 at 10:56 pm
By Jenie

Montana rancher: Kim Summers, cattle rancher from Gold Creek, Montana.Montana rancher: Kim Summers, cattle rancher from Gold Creek, Montana.

 "Wake up Jenie, it's time to milk the cow." Was I dreaming, or did I just hear my high school friend waking me in the wee hours of the morning to milk a cow? In the night, did the sleep fairy visit, endowing me with bloomers, a gingham dress and bonnet? Have I become Laura Ingalls Wilder? Am I on the prairie?