30 Years Ago

Thursday, July 21, 1988

Local AAU swim team still performing well

Powder River AAU Swim Team members are continuing to place well at area meets. Ten of the fifteen team members placed in fourteen events in competition at Miles City on July 9. Then, on July 17 at Forsyth, 11 individuals and four relay teams placed in 35 separate events.

Coaching the team this year is Phoebe Norris, head lifeguard at the city/county swimming pool. She is assisted by Gaylene (Mrs. Tim) Fortner.

At Miles City, Luke Brewer placed fourth in the 25 yard back-stroke event for the eight and under age group. Jamie Richards won fifth in the 50-meter yard free-style event for the 11 and 12-year-olds and Jill Mellor placed fifth in the free-style competition for the 9 and 10 year-olds. Chelsea Davis was a double event winner in the 13 and 14-year-old group. She placed second in the 100-meter back stroke competition and second in the 50-meter free style event. Mindi Hilliard, competing in the 13 and 14-year-old division, placed sixth in the 50-meter free-style event. Ronna Denny placed fourth in the 100-meter breast-stroke in the 15-18-year-old division with a time of 1:49.94. Kristie Coulter won sixth in the 50-meter breast-stroke. Jennifer Shafer, competing in the 15-18-year-old division, was the only team member to place in three events. She won fifth in the 50-meter free-style, fifth in the 100-meter free-style and third in the 100 meter back-stroke competition.

At Forsyth, Chelsea Davis, competing in the 13 to 14-year-old division, paced the team by winning four first place medals. She won the 10-meter free-style competition with a time of 41.24, the 50-meter back stroke with a time of 47.35, the 100-meter free-style with a 1:41.28 time and the 100-meter back stroke with a time of 1:56.83.

Also at Forsyth, Kristie Coulter placed in four events in her nine to 10 year-old age group. She placed second in the 50-meter breast-stroke, fifth in the 100-meter I.M. competition, fifth in the 50-meter free-style and eighth in the 50-meter back stroke competition. Blaine Fortner placed fifth in the breast-stroke for his 11 to 12-year-old age group. Mindi Hilliard placed in three events in her 13 to 14-year-old division. She placed second in the 100-meter free-style, fifth in the 50-meter free style and fifth in the 50-meter breast-stroke. Jill Mellor also placed fourth in four events in her nine to ten-year-old age division. She won first in the 50-yard fly-stroke event with a 1:02.05 time, third in the 50-meter back-stroke, fifth in the 50-meter breast-stroke competition and sixth in the 50-meter free-style.

Kacey Compton, competing in the 11 to 12-year-old division, placed in five events, more than any other team member. She placed first in the 100-meter breast stroke with a time of 2:01.85, second in the 50-meter breast-stroke, third in the 50-meter free-style, fourth in the 100-meter free-style and eight in the 50-meter back-stroke. Phoebe Norris placed first in the 100-meter breast stroke with a 1:52.5 second time and second in the 50-meter breast stroke. She competed, again, in the 15 to 18-year-old division. Stacey Fortner placed second in the 50-meter fly event, and seventh in the 50-meter free-style and 50-meter breast-stroke. Ronna Denny placed first in the 100-meter breast-stroke competition among the 13 to 14-year olds with a 2:14.35 time. She also won third in the 50-meter breast-stroke event. Heather Robinson in the nine to 10-year-old group, placed first in the 50-meter back-stroke with a time of 57.90 and fourth in the 50-meter free-style. Luke Brewer, in the eight and under age division, placed fourth in the 25-meter back-stroke.

In relay events, the nine to 10-year-old 100 free style team of Stacey Fortner, Heather Robinson, Jill Mellor, and Kristie Coulter placed second with a 1:41.81 time. The nine to 10-year old medley relay team placed first behind the skills of Fortner, swimming the breast stroke, Robinson, who swam the back stroke, Mellor, who swam the free style and Coulter, who swam the fly-stroke. The 15 to 18 free-style relay team of Norris, Davis, Denny and Hillard placed second in the competition.

Stevens’ wood carvings sell-out Calgary

Otter Creek-- “We left a little bit early, but attendance was so good that they were predicting it would reach over a million,” Keith Stevens said this week on returning home after showing his woodcarvings at the annual Calgary Stampede and Art Show in Canada.

Keith and his wife Doris were there several days, returning Tuesday night, on their annual trip to the Art Show, where Keith sold all ten of the wood carvings he exhibited.

Stevens’ specialty is bird carvings, and he is noted for the realistic portrayal of his subjects and their settings. “It was a sell-out,” he commented. “All in all, they were expecting a real successful Stampede.”

Keith stated that on the trip to Calgary they drove through some very drought-stricken areas, alternating with lush spots. They whole effect was very spotty.

“The weather at Calgary was just perfect,” he added.

Canada looked very beautiful and had lots of rain. A rain shower every evening of their stay at Calgary added to the comfortable weather.

Two seated among NRA’s top ten

Two Broadus area men are seated in the top ten in two Northern Rodeo Association events for the season.

Enoch Schaffer of Broadus is seated second in the team roping standings and Guy Howell of Powderville is in ninth place in that event. Howell is also seated eighth in the calf roping standings.