Sunrise & Sunset Times
| January 27 | 8:15 a.m. | 5:35 p.m. |
| January 28 | 8:14 a.m. | 5:36 p.m. |
| January 29 | 8:11 a.m. | 5:39 p.m. |
| January 30 | 8:10 a.m. | 5:41 p.m. |
| January 31 | 8:10 a.m. | 5:42 p.m. |
| February 1 | 8:08 a.m. | 5:43 p.m. |
| February 2 | 8:07 a.m. | 5:44 p.m. |
Top Five Songs of 2020
- Cool Again by Kane Brown.
- Homesick by Kane Brown.
- I Love My Country by Florida Georgia Line.
- What She Wants Tonight by Luke Bryan.
- God Whispered Your Name by Keith Urban.
Top music of the week courtesy of
Topten.com
New Positions Available
Track Maintenance (Laborer Truck Driver )
Server/8.75/Switchback
Libby Elementary Paraprofessionals/12.34
RN /Home Options /Libby
Employment Specialist/12.50/Achievements
Caregiver Libby and Troy /10.00/ Cabinet Mountain Home Care
On-Call Bank Teller /First Montana/Troy
Store Deli/Town Pump/Libby
CNA Class/Libby Care Center
ATTENTION: Due to COVID Job Service Libby now requires all communications be handled by email
LibbyJSC@mt.gov or phone 406-293-6282. Stop by the Job Service (417 Mineral Ave, #4) and look for the Career Exploration Assessment in the kiosk by the door. Fill out and return to Job Service a
Career Coach will contact you. MontanaWorks.gov MontanaWorks
Simons Weekly Weather
Issued Sunday January 24, 2021 – 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday Jan. 25 Considerable clouds. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s with near 20 around 5000 feet. Light winds.
Wednesday through Friday Jan, 26-27. A chance of snow at times. Lows in the mid teens to mid 20s with upper teens around 5000 feet. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s with mid 20s around 5000 feet.
Saturday and Sunday Jan. 28-29. A slight chance of snow showers, especially along the Idaho border. Lows in the mid teens to mid 20s with near 20 around 5000 feet. Highs in the 30s with mid 20s around 5000 feet.
For the most up to date information visit
https:/ www.simonsweather.org/forecast
Recipe of the week
Chocolate Lava Cakes
Ingredients:
- Sugar
- Semisweet chocolate (not chocolate chips!)
- Butter
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Spray 6 (6-ounce, 170 gram) ramekins with nonstick baking spray. Coat the insides of the buttered ramekins with granulated sugar, tapping out the excess.
Combine the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir, then continue heating in 30 second bursts, stirring between bursts, until the mixture is melted and smooth. Alternatively, melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Gently stir in the flour and salt.
In a medium bowl vigorously whisk the eggs, egg yolks, vanilla, and the 1/2 cup of granulated sugar until thick and pale in color. Gently fold in the melted chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Divide the batter among the ramekins.
Courtesy of
Handletheheat
Montana Gas Price
As of January 25, 2021, Montana gas prices are unchanged in the past week, averaging $2.27/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 615 stations. Gas prices in Montana are 3.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 24.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
Montana Gas Update courtesy of GasBuddy
Movie of the week
Marry Me
Explores the possibilities of what might happen when a superstar marries an average Joe as a joke and discovers that perhaps there are no accidents.
Movie of the week courtesy of moviefone.com
Plastics Continue to Plague Planet Earth
With China’s decision to stop accepting plastic waste from the US, most of the plastic items we use every day are simply being thrown away. We have reached a plastic garbage crisis and we believe one way in which we all can help is to use less single use plastic.
What is single use plastic? It’s water bottles, milk jugs, snack packaging, juice boxes, drink cups, straws, restaurant to-go containers, medical containers and much more.
Every day in the United States, Americans throw away the equivalent of 125 busloads of straws—that’s 500 million straws. In addition, 100 billion plastic shopping bags are annually trashed.
Just about all the plastic we use in our daily lives is derived from fossil fuels which are a limited resource. Additionally, byproducts from the manufacturing of these plastics contaminate our air and soil with harmful chemicals that contribute to greenhouse gases and climate change.
Plastic never decomposes – It is forever. It eventually breaks down into tiny pieces and those bits of plastic then filter into our groundwater, our rivers and ultimately the oceans where seals, turtles and other marine life ingest the waste.
Huge islands of plastic garbage float in oceans all around the globe. According to earthday.org, 92% of plastic is not recycled at all. Much of what doesn’t go into landfills, onto the landscape as litter, or into the oceans, is incinerated and released as an extremely toxic air pollutant.
Finding ways to solve the single use plastic garbage problem can begin with each of us seeking alternatives such as reusable bags and biodegradable containers, and challenging ourselves to consume less.
Submitted by
Becky Timmons and Kate Maffei
Kootenai Climate Group
P.O. Box 421
Troy, MT 59923