The ButteCast with Bill Foley

Brett Badovinac is the king of giving nicknames that last a lifetime. He is also a terrific handball player. He is so good in the court, that he can't even tell you how many state championships he has won. Listen in to hear his story. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leskovar Honda⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the E...

Four years ago, we thought our son had muscular dystrophy. We figured it was just a matter of time before he was confined to a wheelchair. Today, he is having fun playing baseball again. That makes for some easy sleeping for a once-worried dad. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Cayde Stajcar is Montana's first Gatorade Player of the Year for baseball. He is also a great teammate. Listen in to hear his story. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thriftway Super Stops⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join the Thriftway Loyalty Club today and save big. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠timmontana.com⁠⁠⁠⁠...

A special edition of the ButteCast includes the four West Side Shrine for Saturday’s 77th Montana East-West Shrine Game in Billings. The West team is training in Butte, and the team elected captains on Wednesday. They are quarterbacks Carter Kraft of Helena High and Kee Christiansen of Dillon on offense and defensive end Isaac Keim of Kalispell Glacier and inside linebacker Tuff Adams of Helena Ca...

For 24 years, Butte's Jake Larson held the Montana high school all-class record in the 300-meter hurdles. Gallatin's Nash Coley broke that record last month. Here's to Jake for holding that record for nearly a quarter of a century. Here's to Nash for reminding us that all records were made to be broken. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street...

Danny Thatcher was born to coach. You could see that even before he was an All-State center for the Butte Central football team. Coach Thatcher is the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Montana Tech Orediggers. He is also a great Butte character. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Leskovar Honda⁠⁠⁠⁠ , home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee. Intro music by Tim Mon...

My two biggest role models growing up (and still today) are my grandpa and dad. They taught me what it means to stand on my principles. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Sgt. Michael Taapken is a Marine who is spearheading the project that will bring the Wall That Heals to Butte for five days this August. The Wall That Heals is a a 7-and-a-half feet high traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.  It will be five days of education, remembering and healing. Listen in to hear Sgt. Taapken tell his story and the story of bringing the Wall...

Zach Stenson is a highly-decorated Special Olympian and assistant coach for the Butte Miners baseball team. He is also a superfan of the Red Sox, Patriots, Duke and everything Butte. Listen in as Zach tells his story with his father, John. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Casagranda's Steakhouse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Eat where the locals eat. Intro music by Tim Montana...

Without the dedication and hard work of Jeff LeProwse, there would be no American Legion Baseball in Butte. This past Saturday, the Butte program honored Jeff for all he has done to keep baseball alive and well in the Mining City, Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legenda...

Renzy Kelly is one of the longest tenured high school freshman basketball coaches in the state, if not the country. So, he has had the Jack Nicholson seats for every Butte Central varsity game for the past 20 seasons. That is where he specializes in funny comments to the officials, even if some of the referees don't find him to be so funny. Kelly was also a three-sport standout at Butte Centra...

Harrison Butker has the right to spout any opinion he wants. That comes with the constitution. However, we have the right (or maybe obligation) to point out when he is being a boob. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the E...

Frank O'Connor is the Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus in Butte. He is also the youngest of Eileen and William "Oakie" O'Connor's six children. So, Frank has a lot of stories to tell. Listen in to hear a few of them. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thriftway Super Stops⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join the Thriftway Loyalty Club today and save big. In...

It's been 36 years this week since my cousin Jerry D'Arcy was killed while climbing a hill in the Highlands. He was only 20 when he died, but nobody has ever outlived him. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Par...

Singer-song writer Sean Eamon's critically-acclaimed new album "With a Lean" was released in April. He will be playing Friday at the Covellite Theater in Butte as part of his album-release party. Doors open at 7, and music begins at 8. Click here to buy tickets . Listen in as Sean talks about the album and so much more. Stay tuned to the end for one of his songs. Today's podcast...

Copper City Softball has the great sport of softball back on track in the Mining City. The cool thing about that is many of the women behind the league were champions on the diamond for Butte High and Butte Central. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Mo...

Tom Boyle is the third Boyle brother to appear on the ButteCast. That, however, is not indicative of his importance. Tom was a member of the Carroll College football team that won four straight NAIA national championships. He was also a stand out academically and in multiple sports at Butte Central. On May 19, Tom will help put on the Burgman/Boyle cribbage tournament at the Knights of Columbus. C...

Too often in Butte, our leaders fall for the pie-in-the-sky schemes from the Lyle Lanleys of the world. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠timmontana.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Keith Ogling is the new manager of the Highland View Golf Course in Butte. Even though he grew up playing at the Country Club, he has a great understanding of what has always made the "Muni" such a great place. The course could not be in better hands. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thriftway Super Stops⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join the Thriftway Loyalty Club today an...

Next Monday, 12 outstanding young men and women will receive the 2024 Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship. Mariah's Challenge founder Leo McCarthy calls them "Mariah's Messengers." To me, they are also heroes. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim M...

John Liebel, Lindsay Mulcahy and Jake Hanley were three of a handful of people who helped preserve the memory of the 58 men, three horses and dog who perished from the 1895 Great Butte Explosion. Thanks in large part to John, Lindsay and Jake, a memorial now sits outside the Uptown Butte-Silver Bow Firehouse. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Casagranda's Steakhouse⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Eddi Walker is a superhero. Sometimes, even superheroes need a hand. She is in Salt Lake City battling for her life. Please join her cause by making a donation to her GoFundMe campaign, or by keeping her in your prayers Or both. ( Click here to donate ). Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legenda...

Joe Gilboy is the director of the Southwest Montana Aging and Disability Services in Butte. The agency is committed to seniors and adults with disabilities throughout Southwest Montana. On May 3, the agency will put on the Free Fun Fair at the Star Lanes Family Sports Center. It will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Listen as Joe talks about the event and some of the struggles he and his co-workers help...

Mick Ringsak is a longtime former business man in Butte. He has also been a mover and shaker in politics, locally and nationally. Oh, and we should be calling him "Sir Mick." Listen in to hear why. Today's podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thriftway Super Stops⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join the Thriftway Loyalty Club today and save big. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from th...

Scottie Scheffler was ready to leave the Masters if his wife went into labor. I wasn't ready to leave the Montana Tech-Carroll College football game. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠t...