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By PR Extension How many steps does it take to win a Steps for Charity challenge? This year, the weekly average number of steps a team member had to take to win the charity challenge was 16,158. It was 5 Star Roustabout Team One or Robin Reames, James Cottel and Spencer and Joe Fortner, who walked for the American Diabetes Association, and won Powder River County's Steps for Charity Challenge. Second place went to the BCHC Calving Trekkers. Owen, Mary and Jackie Rumph and Tedi Jo Williams, w...
The Broadus School Board met Monday evening, conveniently scheduled during the NCAA National Championship Men’s College Basketball Game. First on the agenda was the appointment of a representative for District 32J, which has been vacant for a year. A small population in the 32J District meant that eligible candidates were few and far between, let alone those with kids for a vested interest in the school district. Robert Jones was appointed for the 32J position, and sworn in during the meeting. Discussion was held regarding the hiring of t...
By PR Extension Want to know how to maintain your fishing reel? Or how to make wiggle bots, slime, or bovine bookmarks? Twenty-two 4-H members shared their knowledge at the annual County 4-H Demonstration Day Sunday, according to Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. Teen 4-H member and past participant of National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia, Karena Appleman explained to the youth how giving demonstrations helped her to earn a trip to National 4-H Congress. Karena shared the highlights...
The Baseball Board of Directors is asking you to fill out the registration slip and return it by Monday, April 8, 2019 for any child(ren) interested in playing baseball. The program includes Minor teams (age 6-10), one traveling Majors team (ages 10-12) and one Babe Ruth team (ages 13-15). Baseball season for the Minors will be six weeks long with the Broadus merchants sponsoring the teams and with volunteer coaches. The Majors play in Miles City League. We can work with Miles City on the Majors schedule so it is only once a week in Miles...
The Broadus FFA chapter attended the Montana State FFA convention in Bozeman this past week. The following are the results. The Sales team of Maclain Cathey, Troy Amsden, Callie Williams, and Megan Johnson placed 19th out of 49 teams. The Livestock team of Beau Kuhbacher, Ashley Bilbrey, Kori Kolka, and Chalee Harms placed 71st with Beau Kuhbacher placing 52nd out of 303 individuals. The Agronomy team of Bailey Smith, Kortny Cathey, Deanna Twedt and Megan Johnson placed 14th out of 58 teams...
The Broadus High School Golf team began their season last week in Colstrip, on a course which Head Coach Chad Gatlin described as "the toughest course we will play on outside of State". Gatlin was only able to take four golfers to Colstrip, as many of the team members attended State FFA in Bozeman. With 10 boys on the team, and one girl, Broadus has a substantial group of golfers. Rick Gatlin and Julie Russell return this year as assistant coaches. An earlier JV tournament at Eagle Rock golf...
Judd Truett Bilbrey, age 43 of Alzada, MT passed away unexpectedly on April 4, 2019. Judd was born on March 26, 1976 in Pierre, SD to John Otis Bilbrey and Mary Alice Slovek. The family moved to Montana in 1980 where he grew up on various ranches in southeastern Montana. Cowboying started at a young age for Judd and carried on throughout his life. Horses were always plentiful from colts to ex bucking horses. Judd had gained a lifetime of horse sense by the time he was a teenager. This led him to... Full story
Health Care, the 900# gorilla. The 2019 legislature is in the home stretch, and I, for one, am anxious to wrap up our work and get home. There are crops to be planted and calves to be branded. At the end of March, the legislature voted on one of the most important and controversial bills of the session. That was whether, and in what form, the state should retain or discontinue the Medicaid expansion bill passed in 2015. I spend a goodly amount of time researching this issue, and I now know more about medicaid waivers and federal healthcare law...
After a long winter in which the Broadus Track team was not able to practice on the track for the first few weeks of practice, the team traveled to their first meet in Glendive last weekend, for the Wibaux Meet. This meet is held at the Glendive Track, and features teams from over 30 schools, including large schools such as Sidney. Broadus was only able to field about half of their full team, as many tracksters were at State FFA in Bozeman. Of the six athletes who went to Glendive, three were...
March 25, 2019 Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Donna Giacometto, Lee Randall and Rod Schaffer present. No public comment was received at this time. Consent agenda – Rod moved, Donna seconded this motion, all in favor, motion carried. Consent agenda approved. Maint. Supervisor, Marty Drane, met with board. He reported Bruce and Larry are still working on room renovations. The fuel pump at the airport is still not working; there is a short in the wiring and he will continue to try and fix this. He called a new notum for 2 weeks b...
UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA -- The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that calls for studying Montana’s tax structure in the face of quickly shifting economics and demographics. Rep. Alan Redfield, R-Livingston, is carrying House Joint Resolution 35, which would ask the Legislature to create an interim revenue and transportation committee to conduct the study. It would also include a subcommittee of non-legislative members, like business owners or tax experts. The bill passed t...
Thursday, April 13, 1989 Ridenour, Jones merge local businesses Harlan Jones and Jack Ridenour have merged their businesses, along with over 70 combined years of experience in mechanics, to form Powder River Rebuilders. “We got together by accident. We were in the Tastee Freez visiting and a week later we were working together,” said Ridenour. “Harlan needed help and I needed more space.” The business will be headquartered at Jones’ shop in Crane Aces. He will still operate Harlan Jones Drilling Company, as a separate enterprise. Jones got...
Powder River County and Southeastern Montana are slowly transitioning from a most brutal late winter and early spring into a wonderful, near full-blown spring. The temperatures remain warm and nice, but we haven’t quite yet reached that soft, warmth that true spring brings. The green grass is starting, and with a few more warm days and with more moisture predicted, hopefully ranchers can step back from their feeding chores. The bird life is slowly also returning. The raucous, beautiful blue jays are getting ready for cooler climes. Thursday I w...
In Justice of the Peace Kathy Landa’s Justice Court Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Jenna Parrish, Broadus, MT, unlawful transactions with children, pled guilty, $285. Ernestina Sanchez, Austin, TX, daytime speeding (82/70) $70. Jose Martinez Sr, Stockbridge, GA, daytime speeding (86/70) $70. Matthew Mikkelson, Billings, MT, daytime speeding (90/70) $70. Josue Delgado, Hialeah, FL, daytime truck speeding (71/60) $105. Bhupinder Singh, Surrey, BC, daytime truck speeding (75/60) $105. Jacob Bird, Broadus, MT, careless driving, $85. Alex And...
By Tom Herzog As Christians we are blessed to have special access to God through prayer. With the Easter celebration only days away, we want to focus on this blessing of prayer. Though we don’t understand just how prayer works, we do know that it works and that we are instructed to do it. We are told to pray without ceasing, so it should be integrated into our lives constantly. To highlight this gift, and to live out God’s command, we will once again hold 24 Hours of Prayer at Faith Bible. We will have 30-minute time blocks for an ind...
Every winter most of us look forward to spring with eager anticipation of a new beginning. This is also the time of year students begin to think about summer vacation. Teachers attempt to keep students engaged academically, and everyone tries to schedule activities as we dash for the finish line. Often times frustration ensues; we complain to our spouse or friends and admire the greener grass on the other side of the fence. Most of us have been guilty of this behavior. Instead of being critical and dissatisfied, maybe we need to reflect on the...
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) would like to remind water right owners that the deadline for filing a claim on their exempt water rights is June 30, 2019. The 2017 Montana Legislature created the opportunity for owners of exempt water rights to file claims when it passed HB 110. Since the filing period began on May 7, 2017, DNRC Director John Tubbs said the Department has received more than 7,000 exempt claim filings. An exempt water right is defined as a water right that was in existence b...
BOZEMAN – Montana State University Extension is seeking host families for 25 Japanese youth and two adult chaperones from July 22 to Aug. 17. The youth and their chaperones are part of an international exchange program with the Labo International Exchange Foundation and with LEX, or Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange. Families hosting youth can be located anywhere in Montana and should have a child at home who is between the ages of 9 and 18. Families hosting chaperones do not need to have children in the home or may have children o...
Decree of Dissolution of Marriage Elizabeth J. Gee and Ty Gee...
