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I want again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break, guys. The weekend's coming. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced, tea, or bottled water. Let's see what's happening. Spring Wheat $5.37 a bushel. Going up just a tick. 550lb steer calf $4.39. Butcher hog in Iowa 63¢ a pound. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings will fetch you $2.19. But, guys, there's more, much more.

OK Solberg: 00:30

Okay. Okay. Okay. I got something for you today. Now most days, I don't, but today, I do.

OK Solberg: 00:38

Now here's my disclaimer. If you don't like my first story, realize that I'm going to be talking about the 1980s later in this episode. So if you don't like my first story, well, I'll pray for you because it's a great story. But secondly, it won't consume the entire program. So listen, I shared an old 405 episode with my sister, Vin.

OK Solberg: 01:02

She hadn't heard it when it aired live, so I shared it with her just today. And listen to the comments that that episode spawned, and the episode was aired on August 14. It was an episode. You remember. I told you that our neighbors in Phillips County are our family, and I listed all the names that most of us connect with instantly when you hear them, like Abrahamson, Barnard, Barthmus, Bishop, Campbell, Crowder, Demaraie, etcetera, etcetera.

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After my sister listened, here's what she sent back. Oh, yes. Phillips County family. She went on kinda like soon after Tim and I got married. I'll insert this.

OK Solberg: 01:49

She had come from Louisiana. Kinda like soon after Tim and I got married and came home with a nice used vehicle for me to drive, when I parked it in front of the house, I took the keys out and said, we're not leaving these keys in the vehicle. Tim replied, yes. We are. Someone might need them.

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That is true. Viv goes on to write, a few days later on a winter night, we went to Stretches, and there was Dale Kaasa. And he said, oh, thanks for leaving your keys in your pickup. I was out there rabbit hunting with Wes Brown and his little kids, and we got stuck. I walked over to your place and borrowed your pickup to pull us out.

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Viv ends with this. So the keys are in our Ford Explorer, if you ever need it. Every other vehicle out there too. Community, Freinds. End of quote. I like that. Now, with these episodes airing on the Internet, someone might be thinking, oh, that's a sitting duck. But know this, neighbors watch over other neighbors, and I know they watch for any strange vehicles also. Anyway, I love that story, and I thank my sister for sharing it. Good stuff. We live in a great community.

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Now a bible verse and then something from the nineteen eighties. Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you, your elders and they will tell you. Deuteronomy 32:7

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Yes. Remember the days of old. Okay. The year is 1980, 45 years ago, from the Phillips County newspaper. Oh, look it here.

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I see a picture of basketball players, and the heading reads, Here it comes, ready or not. Todd Simonton in the background looks on as Brian Green tries to prevent Carl Mavenkamp from catching the inbound pass. A long x team beat out Hendersons in Sunday afternoon action during the Holiday Invitational Basketball Tournament. In the February 7th edition from 1980, we have a front page article that simply states $1.50 gas question mark. It goes on to read, there isn't really any doubt in anyone's mind that gas will reach $1.50 a gallon.

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But there's a lot of speculation on just when that unbelievable price will come. End of Quote. 45 years ago, I see gas prices ticking down a little bit in Malta. I see gas for $2.99 Oh, look at here. I see a picture of wrestlers from Malta High School going to state, And the names are Clint Kaasa, Tom Miller, Chip Gibbs, JR Seipe, Ross Salisbury, John Smith, Craig French, and Juan Kelly. Not pictured is Pat Olson.

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02/28/1980. Oh, it shows cable TV office opens in Malta for the first time. March 6 shows a picture of a worker doing his duties on a bagger out there at American colloid bentonite plant East Of Malta. And listen to the last one for today. From 04/24/1980, we see a picture of a law enforcement officer standing by a newly acquired police vehicle.

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The article states both the Malta City Council and the city police department have felt for a long time listen, guys, that the police department had a definite need for a second vehicle, end of quote. I remember long ago in a faraway town called Malta, Montana, there was a time that there was only one. That's lesson two. Only one law enforcement vehicle. So when did Orvin graduate high school?

OK Solberg: 06:11

That'd be 1975. There was only one law enforcement vehicle. And as we cruised the drag, all we needed to do is look as we drove by the city hall. And if the cop car was parked, well, we knew there was only one. It's just a memory I'll never forget.

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And it was made easy because the city hall was right on the drag. Joe's to First State Bank, then around the block past the city hall and back out to Mick. Oh, those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end. Gotta run.

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So until next time, as you go out there, remember now. Don't be bitter.