Fiber Festival next week

The Copper K Fiber Festival, held now for a second year at the Copper K Barn in Whitehall is working on bringing public awareness to not only the fiber arts as an art form or handicraft, but reacquainting the professional and amateur artists, fiber animal enthusiasts and the ranchers in which it all starts from. "Fiber arts.... Getting back to its roots" is the mission of this festival.

This year's event is scheduled for Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22.

The saying: eat local to support local farmers is one side to the agricultural aspect that represents Montana, the other being fiber and...