The ButteCast with Bill Foley

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When people say things like “Butte tough” or “Anaconda strong,” they are talking about folks like Deb Dinius. Deb is the manager at Crazee Carol’s Casino and Mill Bar in Butte. She has also been the driving force around so many fundraisers and medical benefits in Butte for the last couple of decades. She has organized or helped organize so many events that she cannot even count how many she has wo...

As practices begin for the high school fall sports season, I am reminded of the night Brian Toone returned to the Mining City. The 1991 Butte High Bulldog state champion and 1995 Montana Grizzly national champion was so intense while watching the game on the sideline that I thought he might run out and make a tackle. He was not there to reminisce with his teammates. He was there to watch the Bulld...

If you watch or play sports in the Mining City, you probably know Jack Hocking. We call him the Hockinator.  Even if you did not know his name, you probably recognize him as an official of so many sports. Jack umpires baseball and softball, and he officiates basketball and football. He even officiated lacrosse for a bit. Jack also works as an announcer at hockey games in Butte from time to time, a...

There is simply no question that Peggy Boyle is one tough woman. In addition to raising four highly-competitive boys, Peggy was one of the 15 Salazar siblings who grew up in a small house on West Granite Street.  She attended McKinley Elementary and West Junior High before graduating from Butte High School in 1976. Peggy married Bernie Boyle on Aug. 10, 1979. After the birth of their first son, Da...

Almost two months after the Red Sox traded my favorite player, Rafael Devers, to the Giants, the move still hurts. But, through thick, thin, heartbreaking trades and horrible owners, you must stick with your favorite teams. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Brittani Ferris and Jordan Harwell are trying their best to make the Mining City laugh more. They are doing a pretty good job, too. Brittani is the founder of Uptown Comedy, and she is working hard to bring comedy acts to Butte. That includes an Aug. 22 show by Sam Miller with Lynette Manning at the Covellite Theater. She hosts showcases at the Covellite on Thursdays. That includes highlighting ta...

Rick Lyons is one of the greatest all-around athletes the Mining City has ever produced. The 2017 Butte Sports Hall of Fame inductee has won state titles in baseball, basketball, golf and handball. He was part of the 1972 Mile High Little League All-Star team that captured the state title and represented Montana in the Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California. After 53 years, that...

This past weekend, Butte’s Mile High All-Stars knocked on the door of history. They came up just short of becoming just the second Little League state championship team from the Mining City. They fell to Boulder Arrowhead of Billings, but not before they reminded us all of that great Mile High team from 1972. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Some of you known him as John Stenson, musician in iconic Butte bands like Uncle Mary, King Friday and the Berkeley Pits. Others know him as Mr. Stenson, history teacher at East Middle School and now Butte High School. Some might even know him as “Johnny Blackout,” a defensive back on Butte High’s 1991 State championship football team. Once again, he will be known as “Coach Stenson.” Butte High hi...

You might not ever find a retired person who does more work than Jocelyn Dodge. She works with the Restore Our Creek Coalition and the Friends of Thompson Park. She serves as the president of the bard for Butte’s Center for the Performing Arts. That is just to name a few. The Montpelier, Vermont native moved to the Treasure State in the late 1970s to attend the University of Montana. After changin...

Before he played in the 2025 British Open, Libby native Riggs Johnston made the Butte Country Club look like an easy course. He might be the only person to ever do that. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jake Olson is a 2021 Butte High graduate who is gearing up for his senior season playing football for the Montana Grizzlies. He is following a legacy with the Griz. His father, Bob, played basketball for the Grizzlies in the 1990s. Jake figured he would do that, too. But then he had a breakout season playing tight end for the Butte High Bulldogs during their run to the 2019 Class AA State Champion...

The Butte 100 Mountain Bike Race started in 2007, and it lead to a mountain bike explosion Butte and Southwestern Montana. A great many of people were instrumental in leading this charge. So many work countless hours. Yet, nobody has done more the race (and recreation in general in Butte) than Gina Evans. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Maritsa Georgiou is a well-respected journalist in Montana and around the nation.  Her reporting on the planned removal of United States Postal Service boxes leading up to the largely mail-in election of 2020 earned her the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. It might have also thwarted a conniving attempt to swing the election. A year earlier, the Montana Broa...

The legendary Rick Sparks passed away last week, three days shy of his 78th birthday. Sparky might have passed, but his voice will live on forever. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Today’s guest is someone everyone knows. Or, at least you know of him. He might just be the guy you see running down the street, no matter the weather. He is Donald “Ozzie” Rosenleaf, a 1991 Anaconda High School graduate who lives in Butte with his wife Sunvee.  Ozzie has reached one-name status in the Mining City. When people speak of him, there is no need to use his last name. Usually that conve...

Podcast No. 274: George Parrett When I was in grade school in Butte, there were basically two kinds of kids: Those who had Mr. George Parrett as their principal and those who wished they did. I fell into the latter. I was never lucky enough to have Mr. Parrett as a principal, but I heard so much about him from the kids who did. They loved Mr. Parrett. They all spoke about him like he was their fav...

It is time to start a movement and call out those who berate sports officials. Staying silent is being complicit. Follow the ways of Bugs Bunny. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street Liquors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

The Colt Anderson Dream Big Experience will be held this week in Butte. ( Schedule ) The two-day event begins Thursday. The first day includes a family fun area on Galena Street and a Keith Sayers show on Park Street, where there will also be a concert featuring Travis Denning and Levi Blom. Friday includes the UpTop Skills Camp at Naranche Stadium. That is where area boys and girls get to rub elb...

The Butte School District continues to be OK with our high school softball players playing on subpar fields at Stodden Park.  It is time for the district to do the right thing because the district is on the wrong side of history. More importantly, it is on the wrong side of the law. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Chad Okrusch made his first appearance on the ButteCast before he performed at the Montana Folk Festival in Butte in July 2023. He makes his return today to talk about the inaugural Americonda festival. It is billed as an American roots music jam at Smitty’s Barn on the west end of Anaconda. The event will feature Christy Hays, Ian Thomas, Kyle Rife, Matt Strachan, Jason Mahoney, Wes Urbaniak and...

The 78th Montana East-West Shrine Game will be played Saturday in Great Falls. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live around the state on the Montana News Network. The West team is once again practicing in the Mining City. On Wednesday, the West Side players selected four captains to lead them as they look for their fifth straight win. Merek Mihelish and Cole Graham of Helena...

When my Grandma Jean's younger brother Tom Leeming passed away last September, we lost of the last of one incredible group of siblings. Last week, we hosted Tommy and those siblings, and we might have set a record for laughter. Here's a little big about Tommy and the rest of the Leeming clan. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

As Donald Trump is celebrating his birthday with a Putin-style military parade in Washington on Saturday, the group “Indivisible Butte” will be holding a No Kings rally and food drive. The rally, which is being held in conjunction with No Kings rallies across the nation, will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on the sidewalk outside the Butte Plaza Mall. The group has been holding similar rallies for...