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Articles with the Tag: Pioneer Days

Ronan hosts 21st annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament

RONAN — On Saturday, August 6 athletes can participate in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Ronan. The 21st annual Pioneer Days 3-on-3 tournament will also consist of a free throw contest, 3-point contest and dunk contest. Athletes have until Monday, August 1 to apply online at missionvalley3on3.com, d...

Grant helps keep town safe during Pioneer Days Grant helps keep town safe during Pioneer Days

RONAN — Only minor public intoxication incidents and an ATV theft occurred during Pioneer Days weekend, and Ronan authorities say grant monies providing for extra law enforcement coverage probably played a key role in the quiet weekend.  A $5,000 safety grant from the Montana Department of Tran...

Pioneer Days brings Ronan together Pioneer Days brings Ronan together

The mayor usually dresses in jeans, Jasmine Bocksnick is usually just another girl and kids Kian Phillips, Sadie LaPlant and Jodiah LaPlant are content being run of the mill children. But Pioneer Days gives everyone the chance to be something different if they want to in the name of fun and community spirit,...

Art lightens up Bockman Park Art lightens up Bockman Park

RONAN – Nine-year-old Ezra TwoTeeth was having an issue taking all the fun in at once as she alternatively kept admiring and hitting a free balloon, rolling a paint-splattered ball to rub colors across a pieces of paper, dipping her feet into a shallow plate of chartreuse paint and making footprints on...

Protect the net Protect the net

Ronan City Park played host to the Pioneer Days volleyball tournament on Sunday as dozens of locals braved the heat to block, bump and spike their way to the head of the field. “The Has Beens” eventually claimed the top spot with “Quick Serve” coming in second. There were 12 teams tot...

Swing, batter Swing, batter

Seven teams hit the dusty fields adjacent to the fairgrounds for the 2015 Pioneer Days softball tourney on Saturday in Ronan. First place went to “Sons of Pitches,” and “Johnson” took second.

Wild and wooly Wild and wooly

A young mutton buster holds on for a wild ride during the Pioneer Days Kids Rodeo.

Pioneer Days rolls into town Pioneer Days rolls into town

RONAN – It has been more than a century since the first pioneers rolled into Ronan in 1910, but its citizens will pay homage to their ancestors with a weekend of wholesome fun that beckons back to farming culture as Pioneer Days is held this weekend.  The celebration has been going on for close...

Combined efforts result in safe street dance Combined efforts result in safe street dance

RONAN — The annual Pioneer Days Street Dance was a much calmer, safer event this year thanks to the combined efforts of local law enforcement and community volunteers, city officials said last week.  The dance’s future hinged on the outcome of the event, as city officials said they would ...

Ronan Pioneer Days traditions continue to blaze trails of family fun Ronan Pioneer Days traditions continue to blaze trails of family fun

The poor pig didn’t know what hit it. After spending the day in a trailer, it was released into the rodeo arena in Ronan, and rooted around in the dirt nonchalantly as hundreds of people watched. A menacing horde of middle school children loomed in the background.  At the sound of the announcer...


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