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By PR Extension Office What is under the hide is always the interesting question following the 4-H market livestock classes at the Fair. How does the live placing compare to the placing on the rail? Due to ultra-sound capabilities, the information is more readily available, according to Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. “We will still hold a ‘carcass show’ at Broadus Meats,” said Rumph. “It helps to evaluate a carcass visually to understand the differences in marbling and backfat. Carcasses processed at Broadus Meats will be available f...
A fire last week burned over 170,000 acres of Rosebud County, prompting evacuations, the closure of Hwy 212, and cutting off power to the majority of Powder River County. The burning coal-seam caused Richard Spring fire was first called in on August 8th, beginning around 10 miles Southwest of Colstrip. The fire took off on Monday and Tuesday, burning to the Tongue River to the Southeast, and jumping the Tongue in at least two locations. The majority of the fire stayed west of the river, burning the majority of the area between Lame Deer,...
By PR Extension Office Despite fire, heat and power outages, the Powder River County Fair endured last week. Many challenges arose and capable community leaders met them head on keeping the Fair flowing with just a few hitches, according to MSU Powder River Extension agents Mary Rumph and Julie Riley. "Everyone was supportive, accommodating and understanding," said Rumph. "It exemplified what a 'community' Fair is. A warm thank you to all!" "It was an impressive show of problem solvers we had w...
The Powder River Working Horse Show took place last Thursday, with competitors vying for a custom saddle along with top honors by utilizing their riding skills, as well as their horse's training and ability to try and best the local competition in several categories including cutting, heading, heeling, reining, ranch conformation, ranch riding, ranch trail, barrel racing, and pole bending. Taking home the top honors this year was Britt Williams, followed in second by Kaila Williams and in third...
By PR Extension Office Despite a summer of heat and grasshoppers, and fair week kicking off with wildfires, road closures and power outages, Powder River County fair exhibitors endured. Fair exhibits were exceptional from garlic and watermelons to gladiolas, zinnias and sunflowers, colorful quilts, crocheted afghans and zucchini bread and butter pickles and decorated gourds and intricate jewelry, there was something to see and admire for everyone. Cash awards are determined by both the q...
August 19, 1921 Kelsey’s Honey Crop To Be Under Last Year Due to drought conditions, the crop of honey to be gathered this year by Frank T. Kelsey at Moorhead will be under the record of last year. This year his estimate is for 8,000 or 9,000 pounds of extracted honey and 7,000 pounds of comb honey. Last year he collected 11,000 pounds of extracted honey and 1,200 pounds of comb honey. Mr. Kelsey had 83 stands of bees a year ago last spring and now has 200 stands. The Kelsey honey is gathered from pure alfalfa and sweet clover and always f...
By Julie Long Students of all ages are invited to bring their backpacks and worship with us at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church this Sunday, August 22nd at 10:00 for the annual blessing of the backpacks, students, school supplies and the new school year. This blessing also includes teachers, administrators, school board members, school bus drivers, lunch room and office workers, school maintenance workers, counselors. Anyone associated with our schools is included in the blessing and is invited to join us. As this 2021-2022 new year of learning b...
By PR Extension Office The 4-H Horse Show kick started the County Fair last Tuesday and tested the skills of horse and rider during an all-day event. From showmanship first thing in the morning to the Working Ranch Horse show classes finishing up in time for the parade, youth competed for top prizes. Ray Williams farmed and watered the arena in preparation and superintendent Heather Cunningham kept the show going throughout the day. Ted and Cathy Elgin brought yearlings to town for the contestan...
By PR Extension Office “Tuffy”, “Willy” and “Ferdinand” were the best bum calves at the County Fair, shown by proud exhibitors Emma and Jaxson Mills and Paisley Harper. Bum lambs and a goat were shown by Layla Brownfield, Denver Kuhbacher, Rickee Bilbrey, Dolly Randall and Rowdy Ryan and included “Katy Perry”, “Meany”, “Oreo”, “Princess” and “Arrow”. “Look out, older exhibitors, as these young pre-4-H exhibitors gain age and experience, there will be some tough competition down the road!” warned the Powder River County Livestock Fair Judge Kev...
By PR Extension Office The tension in the air was palpable as fairgoers at the 4-H Silent Auction vied for the final bid to take home a hand-made or home-made 4-H entry. It was 4-H entrepreneur, Tyler Gardner, who first created the Silent Auction at the Powder River County Fair. Gardner felt the auction would create an opportunity for 4-Hers to test their entrepreneurship skills and recoup some of the costs. One item is allowed in the 4-H Silent Auction, per project, per 4-H exhibitor. The highest bid went to Colton Jones for a side table he m...
By PR Extension Office Considered an endurance event, the Round Robin Showmanship contest is the final opportunity for an exhibitor to demonstrate their expertise and composure following an exhausting four days of Fair, according to MSU Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. Qualifiers for the Round Robin are the top two exhibitors in each species. Often, an exhibitor will qualify with more than one species; resulting in a third or fourth place showman participating in the Round Robin. The g...
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Shaun Weldon, Chattanooga, TN, speeding in restricted zone (90/65) $95. Courtney Nutting, Denver, CO, speeding in restricted zone (80/65) $65. Courtney Nutting, Denver, CO, vehicle not properly registered, $85. John Cott Jr, Missoula, MT, speeding in restricted zone (87/65) $95. Lindy Bartlett, Alzada, MT, speeding in restricted zone (80/65) $65. Cristoval Larios-Iniquez, Yakima, WA, speeding in restricted zone (83/65) $85. Cynthia Wickham, Furry Creek, BC, speeding in restricted zone (84/65) $85. Julia D...
By PR Extension Office 4-H members showed up with quality and quantity at the PRCF this year, according to Powder River Extension Agent Julie Riley. "We were grateful, this year, that 4-H members experienced the interviews with their judges." explained Mary Rumph, Powder River Extension Agent. Last year, the pandemic restricted in-person interviews. "I haven't even met some of the 4-H photography kids," explained Connie Barnhart, "and they've been in the project two years. It's such a p...
The Broadus Bumblebee Daycare, has opened up shop at the former site of Coyote Valley Saddle Shop, the Broadus Wellness Center, and the original Broadus hospital, now owned by Joe & Renee Gnerer. The facility will be fully licensed with the state, with daycare services provided by Lead Teacher Hattie Arithson, and Teachers Sophia Davis and Molly Lloyd, as well as volunteers. Daycare Director Nicole Gardner told us that the nonprofit organization will provide daycare services for up to 12 kids,...
Local fire assets responded to a number of incidents over the past several weeks. The Rock fire burned 14 acres, 30 miles south of Broadus on July 27th, and was caused by a burning coal seam. On August 1st, the Rough Creek fire burned 78 acres, 37 miles southwest of Broadus, west of Moorhead. The Bradshaw fire, in similar vicinity of the Rough Creek fire, burned 833 acres, beginning on August 4th. The Line Creek fire burned a tenth of an acre 40 miles southwest of Broadus on August 6th. On August 7th several lightning cause fires kicked off, in...
Powder River EMS, the county’s EMS services which has taken over for Jesse Ambulance Service, recently acquired an SUV that will be used for a variety of services including Community Integrated Healthcare and EMS calls. We sat down with EMS Director Shane Copps to discuss the new vehicle, as well as some data compiled from July ambulance calls. The new ride is a 2020 Ford Explorer, purchased through the help of the School Community Development Council. The SCDC provided a loan to cover the c...
Raevyn Slovek was sworn in last week as the Broadus Ward 1 Councilwoman. Slovek will fullfill the remainder of Pete Wenzel's term. Raevyn is pictured with Mayor Lyman Amsden. (Photo courtesy Cass Zimmer)...
Once again, the summer has passed by very quickly and we are looking forward to the first day of school on Thursday, August 19th. Beginning Monday, August 16th all staff will return to school and begin preparations for the 2021-22 school year. Every August your elected trustees are responsible to review and approve the school budget for the school year. This year your district began budget preparations in April when they decided not to run a levy due to the effects of COVID-19 on our community. This allowed us to use Federal-ESSER II stimulus...
Montana’s adult-use marijuana market opens in five months. Local governments have until then to sort out just what legalization will look like in their communities. By Justin Franz, Montana Free Press, www.montanafreepress.org With five months until Montana’s adult-use marijuana market opens up, municipalities from Kalispell to Billings are figuring out what legal cannabis will look like in their communities. Voters legalized general-use cannabis for adults last November and the Legislature sorted out additional details during its session thi...
August 12, 1921 List of Eight Grade Graduates A complete list of eight grade graduates from the several schools of Powder River County is given herewith. They were successful in passing the required state examinations and are entitled to enter high school. They are: Helen Yarger, Broadus School; Charles Lewis, Broadus School; Fay Harrington, Broadus School; Ruby Harrington, Broadus School; Frank Tucker, Willow Crossing; Byran Tucker, Willow Crossing; John Tucker, Willow Crossing; Hazel Green, Anderson; Edward Hanson, Anderson; James Thompson, B...
DPHHS reports 18% increase in vaccine administration from last week Courtesy MT DPHHS State health officials said today the trend of hospitalizations in Montana connected to unvaccinated COVID-19 patients has remained constant over the past several months. Specifically, Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Adam Meier said that COVID-19 related hospitalization data from the past 8 weeks from June 5 to July 30 shows that 89% of Montanans who were hospitalized had not received the COVID-19 vaccine. The data includes 358...
July 2021 Boss Office Products 2356.72 Brodart Co 85.92 Chemnet Consortium 80.00 Concordance Healthcare Solutions 89.07 Copps Hardware & Lumber 799.70 Cowboy Wife Designs 28.00 D & P Electric 156.13 Fulton Electric 436.00 Gardner Weed & Pest 5610.00 Gone Ropin' Construction 90.00 Great West Engineering 20783.00 HD Supply 152.76 Henry Schein 761.10 Hi-Tech Auto Repair, Inc 226.19 Home Depot Credit Services 923.34 Jeff A. Noble 832.80 Lincare 3768.55 Medline Industries, Inc. 919.03 Motorola Solutions 5472.00 Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. 293.65...
Kindergarten 2-Boxes 200-count tissues 1-Container disinfectant wipes 1-Backpack 1-Paint shirt 12-#2 lead pencils (standard) 2-Erasers (not art gum) 1-Box of eight crayons 1-Box of eight watercolor paints 1-8 oz. bottle of white Elmer’s glue 2-Glue sticks 1-Pair of scissors 1-Box of erasable colored pencils 1-Pocket folder 1-Inexpensive set of adjustable headphones *(NOT ear buds) 1-Inexpensive computer mouse-wireless preferred Nutritious snacks First Grade 2-Boxes 200-count tissues 1-Container disinfectant wipes 1-Paint shirt 12-#2 lead p...
Dustin and Kristie Lanke of Broadus are excited to announce the birth of their baby boy, Presten Cullen Lanke. Presten was born at 1:06 PM on July 2, 2021 weighing 7 pounds and was 20 inches long. His paternal grandparents are Debbie and Tim Lanke of Broadus and maternal grandparents Chad and Tommie Mettler of Timber Lake, SD....
By PR Extension Office When it comes to home food preservation, a pressure canner is a very important piece of equipment. The dial gauge on your pressure canner should be checked annually, which can be done free of charge at the MSU Extension Office- Powder River County in Broadus explained Julie Riley, Extension Agent. There are two types of pressure canners, a weighted gauge and a dial gauge. The difference is that the weighted gauge rocks or jiggles under pressure, whereas the dial gauge has a dial that registers the amount of pressure in...
