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By Libby Nisley The 2024 Montana BPA State Leadership Conference was held in Billings on March 12-15, with 1,335 students and local chapter advisors from the middle level and secondary level attended. Students from 101 Montana schools demonstrated their knowledge in business and technological skills and abilities in 93 different competitive events from within the five core assessment areas of Finance, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Digital Communication & Design,...
By Broadus Fire Chief Raymond Ragsdale On Wednesday, March 6th, Broadus Fire hosted fire training for the County Road Department and local equipment operators. John Raisler, Dwight Tague, and Eric Hartse, DNRC certified heavy equipment bosses, along with Clint Pedersen, training officer for Broadus Fire, presented safety and tactical advice. The objective of the class dealt with safety first, going over the watch out conditions, checking and being informed about weather conditions knowing that a...
The annual Broadus Easter Egg Hunts are planned for Thursday, March 28th. Powder River Manor’s hunt for children aged 0 to Pre-K will take place at 11 AM. If weather permits the hunt will be held outside, so dress accordingly. Manor residents and preschool students are planning on dying eggs somtime before the event. The hunt for elementary students will take place at 2:30 PM, at Cottonwood Park for grade 2-3 and on the Courthouse lawn for K-1....
By Kate Ruland Cheerfest is an annual cheerleading competition that has been held in Lewistown for the past 20 plus years. This year 25 teams, over 310 contestants merged together for an action packed day at Fergus High School, AA, A, B and C schools competed. Our Hawk cheerleaders competed for their very 1st time in a cheer competition, having barely seen any other cheerleaders all winter season. A routine is scored in several different categories including: overall crowd appeal, use of signs,...
Charities Have Local and Global Impact By PR Extension Office “I’ve been crocheting every day, so I end up walking on my treadmill till midnight just to get my steps in, explained Kathy Heidel, Powder River Let’um Walk member. “I won’t walk as much once Steps for Charity is over,” added Pat Smith, member of Granny Steppers. The Bird Dogs is new to the Steps for Charity Challenge but are longtime advocates of programs like the charity they chose, the Broadus Sharp Shooters 4-H club, which promotes gun safety and education for young people....
By Kate Ruland This year has been very busy, and several cool things are/have been happening. March is national youth art month and each year Montana art teachers are asked to send 1-3 pieces of fantastic art to Helena to hang in the halls of our capitol building. This year I selected two very talented young ladies from my first semester Art 1 class. I sent a pointillism project by Ava Landa of Princess Buttercup (from "The Princess Bride") and a lovely scratchboard titled "Lioness" by Tabitha...
By Jim Kolka The Broadus AAU wrestlers descended on the Metra Park in Billings last Friday for three days of hard wrestling. Altogether for Broadus there were 14 boys and 3 girls out of around 1500 total wrestlers. Some of the brackets were enormous and others were modest, but the level of competition was impressive. With twelve mats going at once there was never a dull moment. The lone champion was Tizer Barnhart, making short work of both opponents. The biggest bracket warrior was Kreed Graff, wrestling ten matches, many of which were...
The local Spelling Bee, as well as a first of its kind Geography Bee, were held on March 14th at the high school auditorium. Brooke Escott, Broadus 8th grader, won the event by spelling the word "vague". Shiloh Stiegelmeier placed 2nd, while 3rd place went to Broadus 5th grader Cole Draine. Pam Nisley pronounced the words for the contestants. Judges included Tom Herzog, Corey Swenson and John Blain. Lisa Gaskill was the Official Spelling Recorder, and Donna Giacometto served as Crowd Monitor....
Mary Rose Kolka was born on Sept. 20, 1936 to Dan and Martha Steadman Gaskill. She grew up on the East Fork of Otter Creek with siblings Ray, Marjorie and Kathleen. Mary Rose attended school at St. Labre Mission (except for one year attending in Broadus) and graduated in 1954. As a youngster and teenager, Mary Rose spent great times with adored cousins Sheila and Sis and Jackie Daniels, along with many other relatives in the Steadman and Gaskill families. Chicky was her nickname to all her famil...
Lance Mace Holst, age 73 of Glendive, Montana passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at his home in Glendive. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM at the Silha Funeral Home in Glendive with Celebrant Heidi Carney officiating. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements....
by Henry A. Malley Memorial Library Librarian Barb Mitchell Happy Spring everyone! Some moisture sure would be nice. Hopefully some Spring rain will come our way. Our reading challenge for March is Read a book by an author you haven’t read before. The winners will receive a gift certificate from a local business. New books this month include “Dereliction of Duty” by Lt Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson, “Midnight in Chernobyl” by Adam Higginbotham, “The Fraud” by Zadie Smith, “The MacKade Brothers: Devin & Shane and “The MacKade Brothers: Raf...
Edited March 27th to show updated 2024 school start and end dates. The Broadus School Board Trustees met on Wednesday of last week, due to a scheduling conflict on the normal second Monday of the month meeting date. All board members were in attendance, though Board Chair Amanda Zimmer attended via phone call-in. The first order of the evening was approving two transportation contracts for students from the Otter Creek region. The board accepted the resignation of Dustin Lanke as JH/HS PE Teacher, effective at the end of the school year. This...
March 21, 1924 A New Plan for Paying Bounty The Montana Livestock Commission with headquarters in Helena will match dollar for dollar the amounts raised by local stock associations and community organizations for the purpose of exterminating predator animals. E.A. Phillips, Secretary of the Commission, told the Miles City Star that the Commission will pay as much as $2.00 per coyote or wolf pups. Payment for adult animals will also be given. He recommended local stock associations employ a man for the season and pay him a salary. The season...
