Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

Old Man Winter’s strangle hold on Montana this year caused Ovando residents to tap out on their annual effort to shake off the winter’s dreariness with a little Hawaiian whimsy.

After last weekend’s extreme cold weather and wind chills scuttled a second attempt to host the Annual Ovando Community Mid-Winter Luau, residents cried “Uncle!” and called off the event this year. It was the...