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The Scramble 4 A Cure Golf Tournament brought 36 teams of golfers out to Rolling Hills Golf Course on Friday and Saturday. The annual event has been a popular tournament for years, with proceeds raised going back to the community to directly help those afflicted by cancer and other auto-immune diseases requiring treatment. According to event organizer Tyler Gardner, funds from the 2018 Scramble 4 A Cure provided eight community members with $1200 a person, in order to help those folks pay for th...
14" of rainfall was recorded in Broadus over the month of July, beating the old total of 5.99" from July of 1993. The mean average for July is 1.51", so we received over 400% of our average for the month. As of Tuesday, August 6, Broadus had received a record year to date precipitation total, with 15.61" of precipitation thus far in 2019. The previous record for the year from January 1 to August 6 was 15.26", in 1922. The mean annual precipitation for Broadus is 13.80", which we've already...
By PR Manor Staff With much thought and effort, former Social Services Director, Kathy Bowers, applied for a Civil Money Penalty Grant for the Powder River Manor. These grants can only be applied for if the money is used directly for the residents’ needs. Grant money of $12,564.98 was awarded to Powder River Manor for the purchase of a large touchscreen monitor, a compact computer which will be attached to the back of that monitor, an electronic tablet, and an omiVista Mobii, which is an interactive machine that allows the Activities Department...
By PR Extension Take advantage of the "filled to the brim" entertaining activities and events at the Powder River County Fair August 8-10th. The Fair Board has worked hard to bring in a variety of entertainment guaranteed to appeal to attendees of all ages, according to Extension Agent Mary Rumph. "Members of the Fair Board are selling raffle tickets for a Remington 6.5 Creedmoor Limited Edition to help pay for entertainment for this year and in the future," said Rumph. The tickets are one f...
Courtesy DPHSS Governor Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that six EMS services in Montana will pilot a model of community-based healthcare designed to expand the role of EMS providers to deliver more effective and efficient non-emergency services, including Jesse Ambulance Service in Broadus. The other sites are Great Falls Emergency Services, Marcus Daly in Hamilton, Rocky Boy EMS, Red Lodge Fire Department, and Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. DPHHS secured $300,000 in federal and private funding for the two-year pilot, which...
(MILES CITY) - A father and son from Canada were sentenced April 10 in Lewis and Clark County District Court in Helena following a lengthy Montana license fraud investigation. As part of the case, 50 big game animals were seized on a search warrant executed in Custer County, Montana. They included 15 elk, 22 mule deer, 11 antelope, one bighorn sheep and one mountain goat. Some were classified as trophy animals. Larry and Shane Adams lived in Emo, Ontario and operated a fly-in fishing business...
A wreck on highway 212 near mile marker 80, just west of Home Creek Divide Monday afternoon sent local emergency response crews scrambling to the scene, as a pickup truck collided with a semi-truck carrying haz-mat. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 4:45 PM, involving a local teen driving a pickup truck, which drifted into the opposite lane on a curve, hitting the semi. The semi ran off the road and started on fire, though the trailer, which contained hazardous ammonium nitrate, did not catch fire. The teen w...
By Lana Kay Smith There were 7 members and 2 guests present at the July 25 meeting of Art & Soul. For old business, the Art Show that was held during the July Centennial Celebration was discussed. There were 29 participating artists and 75 pieces of art were displayed at the Lawrence Giacometto building, which Lawrence loaned for the weekend show. 490 guests signed the book, viewed the artwork and voted on their choice for the awards. The two artworks garnering the most votes were both by Gaylene Fortner; “Sassy and Friends” in first and “Th...
A 30 Years Ago Special Edition. From the August 10, 1989 Examiner By Orville Howard, of The Record Stockman Continued from last week. News of tall grass and good water travelled fast in those days, and it wasn’t long before two more brothers and a sister joined Oscar and John on the Big Powder - Ernest, Billy, and Julie (Mrs. Jim Allen). Oscar and Johnny were the first of the Broaddus clan to file for Squatters Rights near the Big Powder in 1892 while still working for the N Bar Ranch. That same year, the two brothers canvassed the open r...
The 900-20 Archery Only Antelope licenses were drawn with Deer B and Elk B licenses in mid-July. All other antelope will be drawn on Aug. 8. This delay gives local biologists time to complete antelope population surveys that often don’t even start until mid-July, and then to set the final quotas accordingly. On Aug. 12, hunters can buy over-the-counter and surplus B licenses (antlerless) for deer and elk. Also, on Aug. 12, surplus general antelope, antelope B and antelope archery 900 series licenses go on sale. The antelope archery 900 s...
Glenn Victor "Vic" Harrod, age 78, of Weston WY passed away August 3, 2019 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital. Vic was born August 7, 1940 in Gillette WY to Glenn and Cynthia (Hemenway) Harrod. He attended Trail Creek School and graduated from Campbell County High School in 1958. Vic married Helen Sanburn in May of 1976. Vic lived on the family ranch his entire life until August of 2014 when he moved to Primrose Retirement Center in Gillette. He enjoyed life on the ranch and getting together...
Doris Wyoma (Pettibone) Jones, age 95, of Miles City passed away at the Powder River Manor in Broadus on August 1st 2019. Doris was born on October 26, 1923 on the Homestead near Maysdorf, Wyoming. She was the daughter of William John Pettibone and Gertrude Cordilia (Thrush) Pettibone. The family moved to Powder River County Montana in 1939. Doris was a house wife; she did child care in her early years. She enjoyed sewing, crafts and cards. Doris married Leland C. Jones November 19, 1946 in...
July 29, 2019 at 9:30 pm Everett Calvin Burley passed away at the Campbell County Hospital in Gillette, WY, where he was transported by ambulance, following an accident at his beloved family ranch. His loving wife, Bonnie was at his side and he was surrounded by his family. Everett was born Sept. 5, 1932 in Miles City, Mt. to James and Freda Burley. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Freda (Mitchell) Burley and his sister, Carrie Weber. He is survived by his wife Bonnie Burley,...
July 22, 2019 Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Donna Giacometto, Lee Randall, and Rod Schaffer present. The meeting was called to order. 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 was in for the 2019-20 preliminary budget meeting. The library board consisting of Greg Childress, Jacy Collins, Shane Copps, Jeannie Traub and Diane Stuver met with board for a 2019-20 preliminary budget m...
In PR County Justice Court Powder River Co Sheriff’s Department Terrance Johnson, Vail, AZ, fail to drive to right of roadway except to pass, $85. Pavlovic Konstantinidi, Syracuse, NY, nighttime speeding (82/65) $70. Willson Moore, Freeport, ME, speeding in restricted zone (47/30) $85. Andrew Horiuchi, Hillsboro, OR, nighttime truck speeding (65/55) $55. Montana Highway Patrol David Younger, Laurel, MT, daytime speeding (80/70) $20. Derek Harrison, Topeka, KS, daytime speeding (80/70) $20. Michael Jones, Colona, IL, daytime speeding (79/70) $20...
By Denise Ternes, Broadus School Principal Dear Parents, Guardians and Broadus Schools Students, I hope this message finds your summer enjoyable and rewarding. Summer can be the best time of the year to spend quality time with family and friends and forget about school for a while. However, I also hope that you are doing some daily reading to keep your brain exercised. If you do not remember some of the reading ideas from your teachers, you can go to our amazing public library and pick something to read. You can also check out e-books to read...
Matthew Curtis Zellers and Jennifer Joy Grothe, Broadus, MT...
The local Art and Soul art guild is sponsoring a Memorial Art Display at the Henry A. Malley Memorial Library. Some of their work is pictured above. Included in the display are works from Gary Gatlin, Buzz Tarter, Georgia Damm, Marilyn Hayes, Elsie Reder, and Millie Burke. Bob Janssen's beautiful hand turned wooden bowls are also on display in the glass case. Also on display at the library through late September is "Winter Wonder", the 2019 Traveling Collection from the WaterWorks Art Museum in...
