30 Years Ago

Thursday, December 15, 1988

Mader established as Lady Hawks all-time great

Lady Hawk standout Lody Mader emerged as one of Broadus’ all-time leading athletes during her four-year career with the varsity squad.

Lody, who ended her high school basketball career at the close of the season several weeks ago, is among the all-time leaders in six different statistic categories. She set three new records, which had remained untouched for nearly a decade, and was among the top two athletes in four other categories. The new records will no doubt give future Lady Hawks marks to shoot for a number of years to come.

Lody leads in total points scored in a single year with 396, breaking Susie Carlson’s old record of 380. She is the new leader in career defensive rebounds with 354, breaking Sharon Perry’s previous record of 252. And, she leads in total career rebounds with 542, again breaking a record held by Carlson, 488. Lody is second in free-throw percentage for one year with 71 percent. Kari Miller holds onto first place with 74 percent completion ration. Lody is only one point off Miller’s career free-throw percentage, averaging 68 percent to Miller’s 69. Her single game scoring streak of 27 is second high and trails the 29 mark set by Carlson.

Carlson, who now shares honors with Lody as perhaps the most brilliant of Broadus’ all-time Lady Hawks athletes, still remains far in front for total career points with 1020. Lody follows with 891 while SharLa Russiff, yet another outstanding local athlete, is third with 832.

Christy Himelspach this year established herself in the record book also. She is in second place with single year assists with 48. Carlson holds all-time record of 94 while Russiff is in third with 45.

Four of five matmen win at Forsyth dual

Four out of five Broadus Hawk wrestlers won their matches in competition at a dual meet in Forsyth last Saturday.

Three boys, competing in the 130-pound division, posted wins. Shane Copps pinned his opponent while Scott Rhodes and Nick Vernon won by superior decisions. Curt Philip, wrestling at 135 points, won by superior decision also. Todd Sanburn lost his match in the 145-pound division.

“The boys are looking a lot better. I can already see a lot of improvement,” said coach David Dalthorp. “And I expect them to improve even more as the season progresses.”

The team is expected to be at full strength after the holidays when Broadus hosts the annual Powder River Invitational. The event is one of the largest tournaments in Southeastern Montana and usually draws between 10 and 20 teams from the Tri-State area. Matches will get underway Friday morning, January 6 and will continue on through Saturday afternoon.

Bits and Pieces by Shirley Stuver

Ralph and Charlotte Carlat were accompanied by Virginia Reynolds on a three-week vacation, returning Friday. At Phoenix, AZ, they visited Charlotte’s daughter and husband, Richard and Evelyn Smith, taking them a dressed turkey, and went to see London Bridge, purchased from England in the 1960s and set up across the Colorado River near Lake Havasu. In Folbrook, CA, they stayed with a son, Warren Wojeck and his three sons, where Levi McEuen is staying and attending college, and a daughter, Carolyn Schroeder. They also visited Ralph’s California brother and wife, Gerald and Marybeth Carlat and family. Next stop was Rexburg, Idaho to see Tyrone McEuen and wife, who both teach there. At Bozeman they stopped and enrolled in the wool grading school and “learned a lot”. They reported that Lee Fruit and Ted Quade of this area were also taking advantage of the school.

School bus driver Anna Traub of Bay Horse has a full load this year. She says, “They’re an interesting bunch and I enjoy them”. She has her own three, Travis, Talana and Evan; Choni and Wade McClure, whose parents are Jim and Erna McClure of the Bay Horse - Three Bar divide; Bill and Evelyn (Tink) Portwine’s three of school age, Billy, Greg and Jodi; Kevin and Kollette Johnson; Barbie Van Horn, kindergarten age daughter of Dennis and Cheryl who live in the home of the late Winnie Considine on Butte Creek; Jodi Larson, daughter of Pat and Debbie Daily; Amy and Eric Fredrickson; kindergarten age Billy Stuver; Cole, Bobbi Jo and Shayna Smith, children of Robert and Sharon of Third Creek; three sons of Steve and June Ray, Tim, Steve and James who live in the big Schaffer-Russell home, and the Russell girls, Jeri Lyn and Katie. Things are looking good along the Powder when there are that many children in a short distance, and with more small ones coming up for school age.

The Sunday School children of the Congregational Church presented their Christmas pageant during part of the church hour on Sunday, with Marilyn Thaden and Ann Emmons directing. The casting and choice of “Twinkle, the Christmas Star” in presenting the Christmas story simply, was inspirational. Narrators were Jacy Emmons, Missy Archer, Lincoln Best and Erica Barnhart. Twinkle was Kelda Wilson, Michael was Lindsey Archer, and angels were Beth Mainwaring and Alaina Burley. Shepherds were Jillian Powell and Megan Mobley, and Wise Men were Philip Emmons, David Scoles and Keegan Wilson. Joseph was Patrick Emmons, Mary was Shanna Huckins, the sailor was Josh Thaden and the scientist was Lyssa Thaden. Stars were Colt Draine, Matthew and Michael Eustice, Jennifer Hoehne, Elliott Barnhart, Emily Scoles and Jody Gay. Choir members gave up their space for the children, and from the front row of the sanctuary, joined the children in the final and beautiful son of “Every Child is a Gift from God.”

Winds which did major damage elsewhere in the state howled through Broadus and the surrounding area on Tuesday December 13, reducing visibility to almost zero at times from blinding dust. The strongest velocity measured at the LaFlamme weather station was only 57 mph, but no one was home for part of the day and the anemometer has to be seen in its fluctuations, having no permanent mark for high and low as the thermometers do. Light snow of one and one half inch on the 13th brought the dust to rest at least momentarily.

Moisture content was .11 inch.