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A mail ballot has been sent out for two Powder River County District 79J School Trustee positions, to be returned to the school by 8 PM on May 7th. Three residents are running for the two positions: Waylon Billing, Dawn Aye, and Incumbent Trustee Amanda Zimmer. Longtime Trustee Craig Randall is “retiring” from the Board after a lengthy tenure. We sent the three folks running for the board a series of questions – their replies are printed here without editing. Waylon Billing 1. Please provide a brief bio: I am Waylon Billing and I am runni...
Courtesy Broadus NRCS Libby Olson is an Eastern Montana native that comes from a strong farming and ranching background. Libby attended Miles Community College where she obtained her Associates Degree in Agricultural Science while working part time at the USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory and is now a recent graduate of Nebraska's Chadron State College where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Rangeland Management with an Ecology emphasis. Libby has interned for the...
A Forest Revision Planning Meeting was held earlier this month in Ashland, in order to help gauge public interest in long term planning options for the Ashland Ranger District of the Custer/Gallatin National Forest. Several alternative plans have been made, with the major differences on the Ashland District seeming to be the designation and management of areas such as Cook Mountain, King Mountain, and the Tongue River Breaks area north of Birney. Alternatives include keeping them the way they currently are as “low development areas", removing t...
Screen Free Week is April 29th- May 5th, and children, families, and communities around the world will rediscover the joys of life beyond the screen. Unplug from digital entertainment and spend your free time playing, reading, daydreaming, creating, exploring, and connecting with family and friends. Registration forms for youth wishing to participate in the screen-free challenge will be distributed through the Elementary School and can be found online at www. msuextension. org/powderriver. Prizes will be given to all participants. Sponsors for...
By Katie Ward Would you like to be a part of a project to document all the graves in our local cemetery? And – in the process, help clean up our cemetery before Memorial Day? A BillionGraves Cemetery Event is scheduled for April 29, 2019, starting at 12:30 p.m. in conjunction with Community Clean-Up Day. BillionGraves is the world’s largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data, with a goal of documenting every gravesite in the world with digitized headstone photos. It works like this: Volunteers use smartphones to take GPS-tagged pho...
By Jessica Malone Happy Birthday Powder River County! March 17, 2019 marked the centennial of the formation of Powder River County and plans are underway for the big celebration and all school reunion to be held over the 4th of July weekend. Organization for this celebration includes cooperation from the Powder River Chamber, SCDC, PR Trails Club and many amazing individuals. The weekend includes the Freedom Run, centennial parade, street dance, fireworks, softball tournament, golf tournament, art show, scavenger hunt, an original musical...
By Lana Smith The Artisan Society, Art & Soul, will be hosting a colored pencil workshop, taught by renowned artist, Eileen Nistler of Upton, Wyoming. Eileen teaches a burnishing technique which results in a work of art that resembles an oil painting. The class will be held in the basement of the Lutheran Church on May 11. There are still a couple of spots open but the deadline is looming. Supplies, which will be furnished, will be included in the fee if there are at least 11 participants. More details can be found on the Art & Soul Facebook...
Franklin D Huckins, 84, known as "D" and loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, died April 14, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona, after a serious illness. Born August 5, 1934, at Fort Peck, Montana, to the late Alyne and Clifford Huckins, he attended grade school and high school in Broadus, Montana, playing on baseball and basketball teams. He graduated from Montana State University at Bozeman with a bachelor's degree in accounting and took graduate courses at University of California at San...
A memorial service for Edwin Elkins will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Walker Funeral Home with Chaplain Donny Edwards officiating. Edwin "Ed" Chester Elkins was born on January 18, 1932 to Kenneth and Vera (Hopkins) Elkins in Broadus, MT. He graduated from high school in Broadus in 1951. Shortly after he enlisted in the Army on December 4, 1952. He served in the Korean War as a Unit Supply Sergeant until September 21, 1955. After being honorably discharged from the military...
Darlene Grant, age 82, of Sheridan, WY, formerly of Broadus, MT passed away in her sleep on April 17, 2019, surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren who were singing hymns to her. She got to enjoy the end of her life, receiving back all the good that she paid out. Ruth "Darlene" Grant was the daughter of Jesse William and Beatrice Bellemey Adair. She graduated from Riverside Polytechnic High School in Riverside, California. While waitressing in a small diner she met Willard Grant. They were...
By MSU Extension Forestry Specialist Peter Kolb Some years evergreen trees growing in windbreaks or other exposed areas are afflicted with a bad case of spring needle discoloration that ranges from orange to brown or purple. On some trees only the needle tips are discolored and right next to them the entire tree is orange. This variability might be the result of individual tree genetics, microsite, soil water and an individual trees physiological vigor prior to going into winter. Different tree species will also show different affliction. This...
Cost is $37 in county, $38 out of county, and $39 out of state. Please mail checks to: Powder River Examiner, PO Box 328, Broadus, MT 59317. If you’d like to save a stamp, feel free to drop payments in the payment box on our front door, located across the street to the west of the courthouse. You may also renew online, at www.powderriverexaminer.com. Gordon Archer, Olive Dennis Cathey, Sundance, WY Ralph Chaney, Sturgis, SD Gloria Compton, Broadus Loyce Cossitt, Powell, WY Betty Cramer, Evergreen, CO Troy Fruit, Ekalaka Drew & Marni Gaskill, V...
The wait is over. Hunters can now check the results of the 2019 nonresident combination and elk and deer permit drawing to see if they were successful. To view drawing results online go to MyFWP and click on “Lookup Draw Results, Register for Lists” tab, or login to your MyFWP account. To sign up for an account go to fwp.mt.gov/myfwp. Applicants can also contact FWP regional offices or call the FWP licensing office at 406-444-2950. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' deadlines to apply for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat and bison is May 1;...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' deadlines to apply for special license drawings is May 1 for bison, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat; and June 1 for the elk B, deer B and antelope license drawings. Resident hunters applying for bison, moose, sheep and goat licenses need only submit a nonrefundable $10 application fee per license and then pay the full license fee of $125 if successful. Nonresident hunters need only submit a nonrefundable $50 application fee per license and then pay the full license fee of $1,250 if successful. In order to...
UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA -- The Montana Legislature has passed the bill to continue Medicaid expansion, which provides healthcare to about 69,000 low-income Montanans. House Bill 658 continues the program that originally passed in 2015, but it also adds work requirements that force eligible enrollees to record 80 hours of work per month. The Senate amended the bill, including adding a six-year expiration date, and then passed it 28-22 on Tuesday. The House adopted the Senate amendments...
Thursday, April 27, 1989 Broadus teams dominate local invitational meet The Broadus high school track teams did well at their own invitational held here last week. Competing against three other schools, the boys placed first and the girls’ team, second. The boys earned 25 medals on their way to the win, including eight first place finishes. The girls won 19 medals. Three were for first place finishes. Boys results were as follows. 100-meter dash: Ron Richards, first place with a 11:84 time and Tary Hanson, second with a time of 12.11. 2...
By Karen Amende Organizers of the All Class Reunion and 100 Year Celebration of Powder River County are hopeful that people attending the event will register. There is no registration fee but we would like to have names and updated addresses for attendees. It’s easy to register! Forms are available either online at www.prscdc.com (Powder River School/Community Development Council website) or registration forms are available at the Post Office, IGA bulletin board, Library or at the Extension Office. Completed forms can either be mailed to PO B...
So far this High School Golf season, snow and cold has hampered many of the events, with several competitions being postponed. Last week the Broadus Golf Team was able to play in the Shepherd Varsity Meet at Eagle Rock Golf Course in Billings. Six Broadus golfers competed, including Callie Williams, who qualified for State by golfing a 112 (Girls must golf a 120 or better to qualify for State). A team of five high school boys golfed the meet, including Troy Amsden, who took third at the event...
Courtesy PR Extension One of the most difficult noxious weeds to control in our area is Whitetop, possibly because it comes so early, catching us by surprise! It is a perennial, with creeping rhizomes, extending horizontally and vertically, creating large dense patches according to MSU Extension Agent Mary Rumph. The stems are erect and the leaves are alternate and clasping. Whitetop begins its life-cycle in the fall with seed germination and seedling establishment. Seedling leaves grow very rapidly, and lateral roots develop within three...
Over the winter, a group of shooters competed in the State Air Rifle Postal Match, shooting once a week against competitors across Montana. In the 9-10 year old group, 51 shooters competed statewide. Local competitors did well, with Reuben Kinzer placing 9th, Darren VerWolf 26th, and Justin Aye 32nd. In the 11-12 year age group, 39 shooters competed, with Becca Aye placing 14th. In the 13-14 yr old group, 35 shooters competed, with Lea Aye placing 17th. Broadus shooters competed at the Baker...
The Broadus Track team competed at Sidney Meet in Lambert last week, with the Twilight Meet in Colstrip canceled due to weather. Broadus Head Coach Jerry Coulter said the meet in Lambert was one of the toughest of the year, with competition from much larger schools such as Miles City, Sidney, and Glendive, and around 100 competitors in each event. “The meet was difficult, to say the least,” Coulter commented. Lambert is an interesting place to hold a large track meet – Richland County has enough money from oilfield funds to make a nice track...
Broadus Youth flocked to the Powder River Manor, Courthouse Lawn, and Cottonwood Park last Thursday for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt, as shown in the accompanying photos....
