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Jagertown ready to rock the Fallon County Fair

By Lori Kesinger “There’s a party going on in Jagertown …” sums up everything you want to say about the band coming to the Fallon County Fair.

Jagertown is a high-energy, country-rock band with a new perspective on what country could be. This invigorating band explores the country genre while incorporating innovative rock elements. Jagertown is a mix of Eric Church and Chris LeDoux with a Lynyrd Skynyrd twist. They have traveled and performed with many major headliners and headlined many large festivals, concerts and county fairs.

“A project that started as a basic idea of a few chords and lyrics became something so much bigger,” said Jesse Brooks, Jagertown bass player. Other members of the band in-

clude frontman Preston Creed, violinist Liz Anderson, guitarist Troy Haun, and drummer Demetri Mannos.

The band arrived on the scene in 2006 with their self-titled album followed by “Love On the Radio” and their recent release “Sleepin’ With My Boots On”. They approach every event with the goal of entertaining the audience.

“Those in the mood for old school honkytonk should look elsewhere; those looking for road-trip, feel-good, anytime music are in the right place,” Creed said.

Jagertown will be rockin’ country music in place of the Copper Mountain Band on the Patio after the motocross event Thursday, Aug. 20, after Two Way Crossing on Friday, Aug. 21, and after Loverboy on Saturday, Aug. 22, up to 1 a.m. every night.

Jagertown will be rockin’ country music in place of the Copper Mountain Band.

Crazy Days July 24 and July 25 in Baker

By Lori Kesinger Businesses will be giving customers an opportunity to save money in their hometown with instore specials and sidewalk sales during Crazy Days on Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25.

A children’s bike and pet parade will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Children are encouraged to dress themselves and their pets in costumes and decorate their bikes. Participants should meet north of the Corner Bar to join the parade down Main Street to Reynolds parking lot.

Crazy Days is sponsored by the Baker Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.

Cancer survivors and their caregivers took the first lap followed by the parade of teams.

Photo by Darlene Hornung

Relay for Life raises funds and awareness

By Lori Kesinger Honoring cancer survivors, remembering those lost to the disease and raising funds to help end cancer forever were all part of the gathering at the Roger Schmidt Amphitheater in Baker July 17.

The sixth annual American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life had seven teams and 80 participants raising about $46,500 for the fight against cancer. Numerous dedicated volunteers, teams and sponsors made the community supported Relay a success.

A Survivors’ Supper was held in the big tent for cancer survivors and their caregivers.

Dena Kirschten of the Relay Committee welcomed everyone to the event. The Pledge of Allegiance was presented by the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. Pastor Joel Noel served as chaplain for the opening prayer. Keynote speaker of the evening was Sara Helgoth of Baker. Helgoth shared her story as a caregiver for

her husband, Nick, and his courageous battle with brain cancer. Eran Thompson of the ACS Cancer Action Network also spoke during the ceremony.

After the opening, survivors and their caregivers took the first lap followed by the parade of teams.

The Luminaria Ceremony was held after dark in honor of survivors and in memory of those who lost their battle to cancer.

Vaughn Zenko of the Rock Jocks was again an integral part of the Relay. He emceed and provided music entertainment throughout the night.

The enthusiasm and purpose of the participants could not be diminished throughout a cool, sleepless night. Teams of people camped out around the track and members of each team alternated walking around the track. Food, games and activities provided entertainment throughout the night and breakfast was served early in the morning.

The teams were all working towards a common goal in fundraising. Top teams were: Team Grif-

fith $7,504.00; Eagle Flyers $7,239.78; Together For A Cure $5,573.80; Longfellow Gang $4,965.11; Prairie Hikers $2,314.00; You Will Never Walk Alone $1,647.00; and Askin For A Cure $1,546.00.

Relay donations directly support local cancer patients by providing free or discounted hotel stays to cancer patients while undergoing treatment, the “Look Good Feel Better” service teaching women battling cancer beauty techniques and the “Reach to Recovery” program offering understanding, support and hope. The ACS also remains the largest private funder of cancer research to find cures and better treatment for cancer.

More people, especially volunteers, can get involved in the Fallon County Relay for Life next year by contacting Alyson Murnion at 406-3738489 or alyson.murnion@cancer.org.

Schmidt resigns from Council

By Lori Kesinger City Councilor Brandon Schmidt, who represents Ward 2, has resigned due to health issues.

The Council formally voted to accept his resignation July 15.

In a July 1 letter to the Council, Schmidt stated he must resign due to ongoing health issues. He has been dealing with heart problems since the beginning of May. Schmidt won election to the Council in 2013 after running opposed for the seat.

Mayor Clayton Hornung stated it was a tough decision for both Schmidt and the Council. The Council will appoint a new council member to serve out the rest of Schmidt’s term.

Tester announces critical payments for Montana counties Senator Jon Tester announced that Montana counties will receive nearly $27 million in Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) to pay for essential services for local residents.

PILT payments are made by the Department of the Interior to 55 Montana counties with federal lands that are not taxable by local governments, but the lands’ presence creates demands for local government services, such as law enforcement and infra-

structure.

“PILT is a critical tool for Montana counties to improve schools, upgrade roads, and invest in rural communities,” Tester said.

“These payments help keep rural communities alive, and we need to make PILT permanent to give rural counties the certainty they need to grow their communities.”

This year’s PILT payments to Fallon, surrounding counties, and total acres affected

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FILES OF THE TIMES 10 YEARS AGO Friday, July 29, 2005 -Mother Nature kept Baker and Plevna Volunteer Firemen very busy July 22. A horrendous thunderstorm with many lightning strikes kept crews busy all night. . . July 16-17 four Baker swimmers participated in the 20th State Games.

Those taking part were Valencia Tromble, Solenn Jacobsen, Chandler Losing, and Alain Jacobsen. Chandler won two bronze medals and Alain won six bronze medals. Alain and Solenn’s mother, Isabelle, went along to encourage her children and to swim in four events. She won three silver medals, and one gold. . .

Galina Wolenetz and Gaye Sander, both of Baker, painted Montana rams for a unique art project to raise money to restore the old railroad depot in Billings. One hundred rams were painted this year by artists from all over the state.

They will be auctioned off Sept. 17 and all proceeds go towards the depot restoration. . . . Lawrence Steffes celebrated his 80th birthday recently. . . O’Fallon Historical Society received a grant in the amount of $3,500 to purchase a new computer and PastPerfect software. . . In the Plevna News it was stated that Sandstone Creek looked like the Mississippi River June 30 - it covered the Plevna swimming pool. . . A week ago, M.J. Callen of Forsyth, a former Baker resident, received a box in the mail from the U.S. Government. He opened it up to find a Bronze Star medal.

Callen served in the U.S. Army Infantry during WWII. 20 YEARS AGO Friday, July 28, 1995 -Mother Nature must have had a bad day July 18. Before the day was over, crops were destroyed, windows broken, yard lights smashed, and paint and stucco stripped off houses.

High winds accompanied hail, driving hail stones through windows, breaking down trees and destroying crops. . . A new rental service will soon be opening. Griffith Rental at 123 N. 1st St. West will offer a large selection of articles to fill your every need. Owner is Jason Griffith. . . Mayor Kelly Coldwell has declared Aug. 12, Pre-Fair Clean-Up ‘95.

The route along Highway 12 from the east to the west edge of Baker is the area scheduled for this year’s beautification. .

Irvin and Evelyn Noftsker will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 6 in Fairview. . . Brittany Straub was the happy recipient of the KFLN bunny. She registered for it during the visit to the radio station by the Northern Ag Network. . . Reynolds celebrates 70 years of business.

the team contest of tossing water balloons during Crazy Days activities. . . Crimestoppers now established in Baker. . . . Presale tickets for the Fallon County Fair begin July 29.

Featured this year will be Reba McEntire Saturday night and Conway Twitty Sunday night. . . The children of Rick and Debi Wiman took first place in the Crazy Days kids’ parade. . . Mark Hecker recently completed a week long junior leadership training program at Camp Arcola Boy Scout Camp south of Anaconda. . . Fallon County Emergency Board and Commissioners request our county be included in the many other Montana counties as a disaster. We have been plagued by drought, grasshopper infestations, some hail and a late frost presenting losses to the majority of farmers.

40 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 24, 1975-Betsy Ann Hersrud sports a big smile as she is given the crown, trophy and ribbon as well as the title of “1975 Fallon County Fair Queen”. . .

While backing up to an oil pit in order to empty it, Alan Coldwell was burned when the gas fumes from the pit exploded. He was rushed to Fallon Memorial Hospital for treatment and the next day was taken by helicopter to Rapid City where he boarded a jet for Texas. Another patient, Leon Tague, burned in a propane gas explosion in Plevna, was also on the flight to Texas. . . Stormi Dahl and Guy Schneider were the first Askin Play day contestants to have their names engraved on the Brenda Barrett Askin and Wade Berzel memorial trophies. . . To date, 20 percent of all skunks taken in the control areas of Fallon County have been diagnosed as rabid by the Department of Livestock.

50 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 15, 1965-Mareen Jacobs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jacobs, was selected associate editor of the 1966 Sentinal yearbook at the University of Montana. . . Mr. L.E. Lushbough will conduct the worship service at the Baker Community Church next Sunday. He is a retired rural YMCA worker from Wisconsin and now serving a Congregational Church in Massachusetts. He and his wife are visiting her sister, Bertha Blaser. . . Ralph Hecker is the new superintendent of the schools in Plevna. . . Lynne Anderson of the Links of Luck 4-H Club and Ross Major of the Gumbo Gophers 4-H Club of Ekalaka have been selected as delegates to represent Montana at the second session of the National 4-H Citizenship Short Course in Washington, D.C.

30 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 25, 1985-- 60 YEARS AGO Kandi Koenig and Kelly Jo Thursday, July 21, 1955 -Crawford took first place in Starting July 23 at the Lake

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Theatre will be a super serial, “Riding with Buffalo Bill”. . .

William Defferding will leave Baker for Europe as a delegate to the International Series of Conventions sponsored by Jehovah’s Witnesses. . . I.L. Schuchardt, M.D. announced the opening of his office for the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics in the Schultz building. . . Hot weather is crowding the swimming pool, according to Mr. Eggen, lifeguard and swimming instructor, who is here for the summer from Hysham.

70 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 20, 1945 -Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Thomas have sold their shoe business to Alfred Cozad, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cozad, who will take possession Aug. 1. . .

Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Beach are in the service: Cpl. Dwight Beach is stationed in Manila where he was recently released from a hospital; Seaman 2/c Richard Beach has been in active duty on an aircraft in the Pacific since Jan. 1945; and Pfc. Clifford Beach serves with the infantry in the Philippines. . . John Lang has purchased the two former Burt houses from the city and will soon move them from the site of the new city hall.

80 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 25, 1935-The “gin” marriage law passed by the last legislature threatened to upset matrimonial affairs of this state. However, experts say that marriage is easy in Montana in spite of the new law. . . An official certificate signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt came this morning confirming the appointment of R.E. “Berry” Morris as Baker postmaster. . . A continual stream of interested people circulate around the location southeast of Baker where the MontanaDakota Utilities has the stage all set for drilling the first real deep test well in the BakerGlendive Anticline.

90 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 23, 1925 -Joe Scanlon of the Miles City Star, C.W. Towne - publicity man for the Montana Power, W.W. Cheely of the Montana Newspaper Assn., Great Falls, O.A. Dahl of the Ekalaka Eagle and Karl Pleissner of the Fallon County Times held a convention Sunday at the Baker Hotel and Cozy Cafe.

The first three gentlemen named were making a tour through eastern Montana. . .

Earl Hoke of Westmore and Milton Summerton from east of Baker participated in a Frontier days celebration in Detroit, Mich., July 16-18.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Since the ‘80s, income for working people has either remained stagnate or declined, while income for the wealthy has exploded. Our country is splitting in two, becoming a nation where a few are the haves and the rest of us are the havenots.

Solar energy could help reverse this trend. Because the cost of solar panels has fallen dramatically in recent years, they are reaching parity with utility rates in Montana, and are below it in many areas of the country. Costs are expected to continue to fall. This could help working people a lot - if the barriers to fair access to the grid for net metering and community solar projects were removed.

With net metering, you put

Weather Vane

solar panels on your roof, but you remain connected to the grid. When the sun is shining, your meter goes backwards; when it isn’t it goes forward. At the end of the year, your utility bill should average out to zero.

When you pay for a solar system, you are making an investment that adds to your assets, instead of just paying a utility, gaining nothing.

But MDU doesn’t want to go in this direction, keeping customers firmly under its thumb to keep profits high. It is currently proposing a plan to the PSC that, on top of dramatically raising rates, would add another barrier to net metering by raising the cost of it. Tell the PSC MDU must be stopped.

Wade Sikorski (via email)

Gotta Question Q. “With all the legals and commissioner minutes in the Fallon County Times regarding local subdivisions, these questions pertain to the Fallon County Planner. It is understood that the Fallon County Planner is paid $75/hour.

When he has to step down due to a conflict of interest, which has happened, and another planner is brought in to do his job, which has happened and this one is also paid $75/hour, who pays for the travel time for the second County Planner? Does that fall to the taxpayers of Fallon County and if so, why?”

A. Although Faron Henderson, Contracted County Planner gets paid $75/hour for the work that is done for Fallon County, he does not charge the county for travel time. He does, however, charge the county $75/hour to do comprehensive planning and floodplain management. Forrest Sanderson, Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, also does contracted planning services for Fallon County. When a situation should arise that causes a conflict of interest, such as being hired to do consulting services for a subdivision, the county has Forrest step in to do the review on the subdivi-

sion. This scenario could arise even with a full-time planner employed by Fallon County, and would warrant using another planner to step in to do the review. Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson are paid for these land use services such as doing a review on a subdivision by Fallon County. Faron Henderson, Trotter Engineering, does not receive payment for the times he is consulting for private individuals. The services offered by both contracted planners comes out of the Planning Department Budget, which is adopted and approved by the Fallon County Commission. These services are professional services which can enhance our community’s land use development, and therefore a decision was made to contract with both individuals. Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson has been contracted with us for a number of years now, and helped with the Growth Policy and Zoning Codes for Baker.

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Baker blood drive There is a need of 500 people a week to donate blood to serve the 47 area hospitals in this region. One out of every three people will need blood during their lives, but only one in 20 people regularly give blood.

At the Baker United Blood Drive July 15, there were 32 donors with 37 units of blood given. Refreshments served were donated by the Willard Homemakers Club and the Bank of Baker.

Extension Calendar July 24 - Tri-County Weed Tour July 28 - Fallon County 4-H Horse Play Day July 29 - 4-H Regional Small Animal Judging Day in Miles City Aug. 4 - Carter County Fair entries due Aug. 6-9 - Days of ‘85 Fair and Rodeo Aug. 12 - Fallon County Fair entries due Aug. 19-23 - Fallon County Fair.

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Cards Twelve people came out to play pinochle July 19 at the Baker Senior Center. There were three tables of four players each.

Winners were Levi Hlebechuk - won twice, Jerry Neary, and Gwen Setinc. Alice Kay Schweigert had a double run and a double pinochle at the same time.

Pinochle will be played again next Sunday, July 26, at 1:30 p.m. at the Baker Senior Center.

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Notice of City of Baker Council Vacancy The Baker City Council will accept letters of interest from residents in Ward II to fill a vacant city council position. Ward II comprises the area of the City limits North to South, West of and parallel to the alley located adjacent to 1st Street West.The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office until the next general election and until a successor is elected and qualified.

Letters will be accepted, prior to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 5, at the Baker City Office in the Fallon County Courthouse, 10 West Fallon Avenue or may be sent to City of Baker, Attn: Mayor, Clayton Hornung, Box 1512 Baker, MT 59313.

For further information you may contact City Clerk Kevin Dukart at 406-778-2692.

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Harvard study covers use of hand sanitizer at Reynolds Markets

Residents of Superior Care Villa enjoyed a personalized tour of the Pennel Oilfield owned by Denbury Resources. The tour was given by Jim Hufford, lease operator at Denbury. Pictured are Judy Hufford, Florence Herbst, Michelle Shumaker and Harold Pratt along with other residents on the bus.

Jim Hufford is shown giving Harold Pratt as well as the other Villa residents who went on the tour a Denbury cap and T-shirt.

Courtesy of Sidney Herald

By Mike Francingues A team of Harvard and MIT students recently found in a study conducted in Sidney, Glasgow and Baker, they could affect the amount of people who make use of free hand sanitizer pumps at local grocery stores.

Robert Reynolds, Miles City, is a recent Harvard graduate who conducted the study as part of a cross-enrollment class at MIT. The class, Health Behavior Change Lab, focused on students testing different techniques to change health behaviors, Reynolds said.

The idea for the experiment first came about while he was talking with his uncle John Reynolds, president and chairman of the board for Reynolds Market.

“I worked at Reynolds Market in Miles City as a teenager,” Robert said.

“One project I did a few months ago in England was on redesigning grocery carts to make it easier to buy healthful foods. I spent time talking to John Reynolds in Sidney about what it’s like to run a grocery store.”

The two discussed ways Reynolds Market was trying to become a healthier market place, including placing healthful recipes around the store to encourage buying more healthful product. Another one of the ideas was trying to improve rates of use for hand sanitizer stations.

So Robert and his team set out to create a study to see

if they could impact the amount of people using hand sanitizer stations. In Glasgow and Sidney, yellow footprints leading to the hand sanitizer pumps were left out on alternating days, while in Baker no footprints were left out. The pumps were then monitored and usage rates were compared to number of customers from the day.

“In the Sidney store, it almost tripled the use of hand sanitizer, but the usage rates were still less than one out of 10 people,” he said.

“Glasgow rates did not show much of a change, but there was an error in Glasgow. It was unclear whether the footprints were leading to the pump or a garbage can.

“I study how to change health behaviors, like eating better food, smoking less or increasing hand sanitizer usage,” Reynolds said. “I hope to become an expert at testing health behavior change techniques and learning which work and which do not. Businesses, governments and nonprofits implement initiatives all the time aimed at changing people’s behaviors. However, too often once these initiatives are put into action their impact is not tested.

By running experiments like the one we did at Reynolds Market, we can learn how effective our ideas are, and then adapt these initiatives so they can have a bigger impact.”

This is the main take away from this experiment, Reynolds said, is how im-

Dr. Alister Martin and Robert Reynolds presenting the study at MIT.

portant it is to test ideas instead of implementing them and assuming they work.

He and his team see this experiment as a precursor to a hand sanitizer usage experiment they hope to conduct in hospitals.

“Data on hand hygiene amongst physicians in clinical practice shows that hospitals have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to meeting the high standards they set for physician hand hygiene compli-

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Baker Senior Center Alice MacKay of the Villa is shown sporting her Denbury cap and T-shirt from the oilfield tour.

Legal Tip of the Week Did you know … you have rights when a debt collector contacts you? The collector must send you a written notice within five days of contacting you for the first time. The notice must say how much you owe, name the creditor, and tell you what to do if you don’t agree with the debt.

(If you disagree with the debt on the notice, you have to send a letter within 30 days.) Debt collectors may not harass, abuse, mislead, lie, or be unfair to you. You do not have to talk to a collector if you don’t want to. Often, it is better to demand that the collector contact you in writing instead.

You can tell the collector to contact you only in writing and then hang up the phone.

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ance,” said Dr. Alister Martin, the study’s co-author who is a Harvard Medical School graduate and an emergency room physician.

“Our experiments show that simple low-tech environmental cues in grocery stores could lead to a cleaner place to shop, and if the results from our study carry over, we believe these same simple interventions in hospitals could lead to a healthier environment for patients to be treated in.”

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July 24 Dakotah Rusley, Karen O’Donnell, Maxine Rost, Randy Hastig, Statler Medearis July 25 Bonnie Spriggs, Iva Setinc, Rafe Varner, Riley Chaska, Gary Irgens July 26 Dave Wiseman, Gene Kringstad, Phillip Rusley July 27 Amanda DeGrand, Angel Dulin, Briana Sposili, Travis Koenig July 28 Alvin Wenz, Randi Wenz, Kylee Hilde, Lynda Newell, Taylor Nelson July 29 Corey Herbst, Lane Straub, Raquel Tronstad July 30 Chad Griffith, Pat Ehret, Savannah Miller, Amber Durden The 2015 12U Cal Ripken State Tournament champion Miles City All-Stars: front row, from left to right - Aidan Cline, Cole Prell, Brenan Hager, Jayden Venable and Dalton Polesky. Middle row - Corbin Jerrel, Anthony Ramirez, Kade Mosley, Dylan Holmlund, Kyle Minow and Riley O’Donnell of Baker. Back row - Danny Anderson, Coach Warren Venable, Coach Jason Ramirez, Carson Hunter, Head Coach Keith Polesky and Coach Kurt Holmlund.

12U All-Stars win state title Courtesy of the Miles City Star

By Marla Prell Star Staff Writer For the second time in two weeks, a Miles City youth baseball team has captured a state title.

On Sunday at Bender Park, the Miles City All-Stars won the 12U State Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament in the eastern division. They will now advance to the regional tournament in Meridian, Idaho, beginning play on Thursday morning.

They will join the 13U Miles City All-Stars in Meridian, who also won the state title at home on July 12 and will represent Montana at regionals this weekend.

“I was just extremely proud of the kids for playing so well and battling so hard, and quite frankly, they just never gave up,” said Head Coach Keith Polesky.

On Sunday Miles City advanced to the championship against the Glendive AllStars. The home team had a healthy lead after the fourth inning, 11-4. Then Glendive

had a huge fifth inning, scoring six runs to make it 1110, Miles City. Miles City got one run in the bottom to lead 12-10.

Glendive fired back in the sixth, surging ahead 14-12.

With the best timing imaginable, Riley O’Donnell of Baker hit a home run for Miles City in the bottom of the sixth and brought in Jayden Venable to tie the score at 14 and send the game into extra innings.

With Venable on the mound, Miles City managed to hold Glendive scoreless in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh, Kade Mosley got on base. Danny Anderson hit a single, and Mosley scored the winning run.

Polesky noted that many of the same athletes were on the team that won the 10U state tournament two years ago.

“It’s tough to win a state championship, but to win two with the same class of kids is almost unheard of, and I’m just really proud of them,” he said.

least one county event to enter in the fair. There was Communications Day May 26 which counted as a county event. In other old business, Market Quality Assurance and Temple Grandin were here June 3.

New business - the club talked about different ideas for a club tour. The club was reminded that all members should look over the add/drop list after the meeting to see if anyone would like to change anything. The food booth work schedule for fair was also passed around to see if all of the members were okay with their times to work. The club was also reminded they need to turn their stall reservations in to the Extension Office. President Nicole asked if anyone was going on any summer trips or camps, also if anyone was going on the Oreo trip. May 30 was market sheep and goat weigh-

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“I’m extremely happy with the way the tournament was run, and the parents pitched in, and all the donors and sponsors,” he added.

Miles City was unbeaten coming into the championship. Four teams represented the eastern division: Miles City, Glendive, Glasgow and Richland County.

Miles City’s first game Friday in pool play was against Glendive, whom they beat 97. On Saturday they defeated Richland County 13-3 and Glasgow 12-11.

That made Miles City the number-one seed facing number-four Glasgow in the first semifinal game Sunday, and Miles City won 4-1.

The second semifinal featured Glendive and Richland County, with Glendive fighting for the 7-6 win.

Anyone wanting to donate to help fund the team’s travels to Meridian should make checks to MCYBA, and write 12U Regionals in the memo and drop off with treasurer Jason Strouf at 18 S. Fifth St. or mail to MCYBA, P.O. Box 332, Miles City, MT 59301.

Red Butte Ramblers 4-H Club

By Emily Shumaker, Secretary The eighth meeting of the Red Butte Ramblers 4-H Club was called to order by president Nicole Allerdings at the Plevna Senior Center May 21. The American Pledge was led by Breana Crisler. The 4-H pledge was led by Chloe Tudor. Roll call was answered with “the strangest thing you saw on the highway”. Earlier, before the meeting, members of the club cleaned up the highway

by Plevna.

There were 21 members present. Secretary Emily Shumaker read the minutes of the last meeting and they were approved as read. Caleb Ploeger read the treasurer’s report.

For old business, the club talked about the road signs to see what road sign to do next.

The club was reminded that each member must have at

in and tagging. May 31 was the fitting clinic.

The meeting was adjourned and the family picnic followed.

• July 13 2015 - July 19, 2015 - 29 Calls for service: 4 agency assists; 6 animal complaints; 2 citizen assists; 3 extra patrols; 1 harassment; 3 informations; 2 public safety complaints; 1 theft; 4 traffic stops; 3 welfare checks Anyone with any information on any area crime is encouraged to call Crimestoppers at 406-778-2222. Calls are never recorded and rewards are offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of responsible parties.

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Miles City - The Bureau of Land Management Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council will set aside an hour for public comments as part of their regular meeting in Miles City July 29.

Interested public can meet at the RAC in the main conference room of the Miles City Field Office, located at 111 Garryowen Road.

During the meeting, the RAC will receive district and field office updates, hear a report from the Pumpkin Creek Subcommittee and give reports to BLM managers on relevant public

land issues.

The one hour public comment period will begin at 3:30 p.m. During the public comment period, interested individuals can address the council on topics of interest related to BLM management on public lands.

RAC meetings are open to the public. The RAC is composed of 15 persons who represent different resource interests on public lands and provide advice to BLM managers under the authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. For more information, contact RAC coordinator Mark Jacobsen at: 406-233-2831.

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THE BENCH

City Court • Daniel A. Scovell, Glasgow, disorderly conduct, $185, Public Defender fee of $250, restitution of $726 with a $72.60 supervisory fee, $510 to the Fallon County Ambulance Service, $216 to Angela Scovell, jail of 10 days with 10 days suspended on conditions for six months, credit for 2 1/2 days served prior to sentencing, no violations of any local, state or federal laws, pay fine, fees, and or surcharges as agreed/ordered, pay back all Court costs/restitution, attend, complete, comply and pay for: WiseChoice LifeSkills Anger Management Course, Anger Management Counseling - 40 hour minimum, seek and maintain employment at a minimum of two contacts per week and provide the Court the employment search log, provide the Court with proof of employment via paystubs submitted to the Court by the 5th of each month once employed, no contact with Angela Scovell other than through counsel of record of either party, notify the Court/Counsel immediately (within 48 hours) of any change of address or telephone number during suspen-

sion/deferral period, ticket issued 12/1/14.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, 7 p.m., Holy Rosary conference room 2, call Diana 406-232-1458 or Nicole 2325698, July 23.

Crazy Days, July 24-25.

Dino Shindig, Carter County Museum, Ekalaka, July 25-26.

Changed For Life church services, 10 a.m., Baker Senior Center; 80th birthday party for Joan Beach, 2-4 p.m., Baker Senior Center, July 26.

Fallon County Planning Board meeting, 7:00 p.m., court room, Fallon County Courthouse, July 27.

Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., American Lutheran Church; Codependent Support Group, noon, American Lutheran Church; Lake Board meeting, 5:30 p.m., courthouse basement conference room, July 28.

60th anniversary celebration for Carl and Gloria Hepperle, 12 - 3 p.m., American Lutheran Church, Baker, Aug. 1.

Changed For Life church services, 10 a.m., Baker Senior Center, Aug. 2.

Justice Court • Jacob Michael Weimer, Baker, speeding on non-interstate, exceed night limit of 65 MPH, 75/65, bond forfeited $20, ticket issued 6/15/15.

• Matthew Vincent Troy, Augusta, speeding on non-interstate, exceed day limit of 70 MPH, 80/70, bond forfeited $20, ticket issued 6/15/15.

• Aaron Charles Warner, Baker, fail to carry proof or exhibit/insurance in vehicle, owner or operator, 2nd offense, $385, jail of 10 days with 10 suspended on conditions for six months (1/15/16), shall surrender vehicle registration receipt and license plates for a period of 90 days, no violations of any local, state and federal laws, pay fine, fees and or surcharges as agreed/ordered, attend, complete, comply and pay for WiseChoice LifeSkills Course - Driver Responsibility, notify the Court/Counsel immediately (within 48 hours) of any change of address or telephone number during suspension/deferral period, proof of valid insurance for each month of the suspension period filed by the 10th of each month, ticket issued 6/28/15.

BAKER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AUCTION Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Longfellow Gym • 1:00 p.m.

Items Available for Auction: Saturday Night Special - July 25 Fried Chicken Dinner w/Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Vegetable, Dinner Roll and Salad Bar 12 pc. Chicken Dinner w/Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Dinner Rolls, and Coleslaw (TO GO ONLY)

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BLM News

HOPE, do you feel alcohol is causing problems, we can help, Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at the American Lutheran Church.

District Court is in session the first Tuesday of the first full week of the month and as often as business warrants. Interested persons are welcome to check a specific schedule at the office of the Clerk of District Court.

Fallon County Library hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; closed Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.

O’Fallon Historical Museum Open Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on legal holidays.

Driver Licensing Schedule, second and third Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., courthouse

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Champions Ride Saddle Bronc Match

Saturday, August 1, 2015 1:00 p.m. MST Home On The Range Arena Exit #7 on Interstate 94

Saddle Bronc Event sanctioned by the P.R.C.A.

Concessions Available Limited Bleachers • Festival Seating Calcutta of Cowboys entered in Long Go Friday, July 31 at ND Cowboy Hall of Fame, Medora, ND 5:30 Social • 7:00 Calcutta Calcutta auction of final qualifying cowboys during Saturday’s intermission

Advanced tickets available at: 701-872-3745 or www.hotrnd.com

Multiple Computers & Laptops (Dell) CISCO Wireless Access Points 5 - 42” TV’s (tube) Office Chair Clay Wheel Metal File Storage Cabinet THE FOLLOWING FALLON COUNTY BOARDS HAVE MEMBER EXPIRATIONS AND/OR VACANCIES

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Council on Aging

Number of Positions Open 1

Three Year Term

Lake Advisory Board

1

One Year Term

Lake Advisory Board

1

Three Year Term

Salary Commission (Tax Paying Citizen)

1

Three Year Term

Tax Appeal Board

1

Board

Term

(open position) (open position) (open position)

One Year Term (open position)

If you are interested in being a member on any of these Boards, please send a letter of interest to:

Fallon County Commission PO Box 846 - Baker, MT 59313-0846 or deliver to the Clerk And Recorder’s office by 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 3, 2015.

The Commissioners will appoint board members at 4:00 p.m. on August 3, 2015.

Appointee terms will begin ixmmediately.

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FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015

Quantum Energy teams with Native Son Holdings LLC

The Baker Rookie League (7-8 year olds) finished their first season. They had a great season and are excited for next year.

Coaches: (l-r) Justin Moser, Paul Schwartz and Jason Coulter. Back row: Jaron Kesinger, Sheldon Johnson, Jackson Moser and Gentre Coulter. Middle row: Jarek Janz, Sincere Ely, Aiden Schwartz, Chance Follmer, Drake Graham and Chad Griffith. Front row: Chase Follmer, Tucker Miller, Jerrick Moser, Cru Schwartz, Christopher Brawley, Bat girl Devyn Schwartz. Not pictured: Wyatt Hagadone.

Tempe, AZ - Bakken refinery developer Quantum Energy, Inc. (OTC PINK:QEGY) and Native Son Holdings, LLC are pleased to announce their intent to form a joint venture for the construction and operation of a 40,000 barrel per day refinery in Berthold, ND. The joint venture will be known as “Quantum Native Processing Partners, LLC”, and will be owned by Quantum and Native Son Refining, LLC, a subsidiary of Native Son Holdings, LLC. “Native Son Refining includes a team of engineers who have prepared a construction permit application for a 40,000 bpd facility that doubles our planned capacity.

Teaming with NSR on a Berthold site accelerates our plans and is the equivalent of building two of our previously planned facilities,” said Stan Wilson, chairman of Quantum.

“This proposed joint venture is the result of the efforts of new Quantum Advisory Board member, Rob Monday, the founder of the Native Son companies. We expect to have our permit application filed

yet this month,” said Andrew Kacic, Quantum CEO. “Our engineers have successful prior experience with the North Dakota permitting process for refineries and we are excited to lend that capability to Quantum. This alliance with Quantum fast tracks our own previous plans for a 40,000 bpd refinery and is a welcome strategic event to our efforts,” said Rob Monday, managing member of NSR. Quantum and NSR have also been approached about a possible joint venture with a Canadian TSX company to build a 40,000 bpd facility in either Manitoba or Saskatchewan and ongoing discussions are taking place.

Quantum has signed two year option agreements with landowners in Baker and Fairview, MT and Stanley and Berthold, ND for Energy Center refinery sites and is making progress in firming up relationships with other strategic alliance partners, refinery design teams, engineering firms, major diesel off-take sources and potential funding sources as well as crude supply candidates.

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Most people in Fallon County have gotten their first cut of hay, but aren’t sure about getting a second cut this year. Drought conditions continue to spread east across the state as the western drought grows.

We hold a regular weekly cattle and feeder cattle sale every Wednesday.

We buy sheep and weigh-up horses every Thursday.

Special Sales as advertised. Give us a call to visit about your marketing plans.

C & D Yards • Baker, Montana Open between 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesday. Your cattle will be delivered to Lemmon Livestock on Tuesday evening and will be sold on Wednesday.

Cattle will be on feed & water and there will be a brand inspector on site.

Wed., July 29: Regular Sale Wed., Aug. 5: Regular Sale w/ 1st Big Yearling Special Wed., Aug. 12: Regular Sale w/ Yearling Sale

Wed., Aug. 19: Regular Sale w/ Yearling Sale Wed., Aug. 26: Regular Sale w/ Yearling Sale

You can now reach us on the Internet at www.lemmonlivestock.com If you have livestock to consign or would like us to stop at your ranch, please call Lemmon Livestock at

605-374-3877 or 800-822-8853

Paul Huffman C & D Yards Clint Ehret

Owner/Manager Baker, Montana Baker Field Rep.

Lots Start Closing

Tuesday, August 4th, 6:30 p.m.

Property Inspection Dates:

July 26 & August 2 • 2 - 4 p.m.

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Area Church Directory AMERICAN LUTHERAN, Baker Bruce & Reba Kolasch, Pastors

EMMANUEL EVANGELICAL FREE, Plevna Joe Noel, Pastor

MEDICINE ROCKS CHURCH, Baker Jim Biswell, Pastor

ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC, Ekalaka Rev. Thomas Tobin

Sunday 10 a.m. - Worship service Sr. High Youth - call for schedule Monday Noon - Sr. High Lunches (twice a month) Thursday 3:30 p.m. - Youth Loft on Confirmation Thurs.

4:30 p.m. - Confirmation - (call for schedule) 3:30 p.m. - Faith Weavers (twice a month) 7 p.m. - Youth & Family Worship w/Communion

Sunday 10 a.m. - Sunday school 11 a.m. - Worship

Sunday 10 a.m. - Sunday School Bible Classes 11 a.m. - Worship celebration

FIRST BAPTIST, Baker Levi Durfey, Pastor

PEACE LUTHERAN, Plevna Bruce & Reba Kolasch, Pastors

Saturday 4 p.m. - Mass (Second and Fourth Saturdays) Sunday 11 a.m. - Mass (winter) 10:30 a.m. (summer) (First, Third and Fifth Sundays) Sunday 1st Sun. of month - Council of Catholic Women Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - Bible Study

ASSEMBLY OF GOD, Baker Pastor Rod Kilsdonk

Thursday 7 p.m. - Prayer and Adult Bible Study Youth Group (ages 12+) Truth Seekers (ages 3-11) Sunday 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 11 a.m. - Worship Service and Radio Broadcast 1:30 p.m. - Afternoon Service

Sunday

9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship Thursday 7 p.m. Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m. Youth Group - Youth Center

FIRST BAPTIST, Plevna

BAKER COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Neva Rathbun United Church of Christ

ISMAY COMMUNITY, Ismay

Thursday 7 p.m. - Prayer and Bible study Sunday 10 a.m. - Sunday school 11 a.m. - Worship Mid-September - Winter 10 a.m. - Sunday School Sunday 11 a.m. - Worship

Monday 4:15 p.m. - Singing at Nursing Home (2nd & 4th Mon.) Thursday 4:15 p.m. - Singing at Superior Villa (2nd & 4th Thurs.)

6-8 p.m. - Community Dinner Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Church service

LAKEVIEW BAPTIST, Baker Mike Davis, Pastor

CHANGED FOR LIFE, Baker Joseph Nagell, Pastor

MARMARTH BIBLE CHURCH

Sunday 10 a.m. - Worship service at Baker Senior Citizen Center

Sunday 10 a.m. - Sunday School 11 a.m. - Worship Wednesday 7 p.m. - Mid-week Bible study Thursday 7 p.m. - Awana Clubs (age 3 - grade 6) Sunday

5 p.m. - Worship Service 4 p.m. - Sunday School

Sunday 11 a.m. - Worship Service 1st Sunday - Cowboy Church Thursday 3:30 p.m. - Confirmation (ALC/PLC at American)

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC, Marmarth Saturday 5 p.m. - Mass

ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC, Plevna Rev. Thomas Tobin Saturday 4 p.m. - Mass (First, Third and Fifth Saturdays) Sunday 10:30 a.m. - Mass (Second and Fourth Sundays)

ST. ELIZABETH, Ekalaka Bruce & Reba Kolasch, Pastors Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Worship Service 5 p.m. - 1st Sunday - Cowboy Church with potluck Wednesday 3:30 p.m. - Faith Weaver Friends (1st & 3rd Wed.) 5 p.m. - Confirmation (call for schedule)

ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC, Baker Rev. Thomas Tobin Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

7 p.m. - Mass 8:30 a.m. - Mass (winter) 8 a.m.- Mass (Summer) 1st Mon. of month 11:30 a.m. Catholic Daughters 7 p.m. - Bible Study

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F ALLON C OUNTY T IMES

FALLON COUNTY TIMES

Commissioners Proceedings Monday, July 13, 2015 9:00 AM CONVENECommissioner’s Office at the Fallon County Courthouse PRESENT William L. Randash, Chairman; Steve Baldwin and Deb Ranum, Members and Brenda J. Wood, Clerk and Recorder CORRECTION TO WEEK OF JULY 6th MINUTES July 7, 2015-A correction of the minutes from the Timber Creek Acres Public Hearing was noticed to the Commission by Mary Grube and agreed to by Faron Henderson.

The Minutes stated: “Faron said the Planning Board agrees with the staff report and the recommendations by Forrest”. The minutes should state: “Faron had stated that he and his clients agreed with the staff report and the Planning Board’s recommendations. Our apologies to the individuals involved and for any problems this may have caused anyone.

July 9, 2015- A correction of the minutes from the meeting with David Espeland and Selena Nelson was noticed to the Commission by Rosemarie Dahlman.

The minutes stated: “David stated Rosie Dahlman came on behalf of the residents regarding this matter (Fire Drill and Evacuation Plan); the Maintenance Department is planning to do some training, etc. Also, Rosie said the call system is not operational; David stated they did not realize that so he will be checking into that”. In the areas in which Rosie Dahlman’s name was used should have read Alice Rose Straub. The Clerk and Recorder would like to apologize for using the incorrect names pertaining to the above statements. My apology for any problems I may have caused when addressing Rosemarie as “Rosie” and for any other problems this may have caused anyone.

9:00 AM COMMISSION REVIEW OF FOLDER ITEMS Reviewed and Signed Journal Entries #663-Move from code 900-Capital Outlay to code 220-Operating Supplies in the Fair Fund.

Reviewed Department Reports and Newsletters Special Project Technician Reports-July 7, 2015 report for Gun Range Project, Iron Horse Park Project, Cold Storage – Fairgrounds; Big Barn-Fairgrounds; South Sandstone Project.

Mike Madler-Activity Report-Mike reported on the old files he has been going through for Fallon County from the time when Mike was employed by Fallon County as the Planner/Surveyor for Fallon County. All historical and useful project data was combined, categorized and stored. Mike reviewed old aerial photos, Department files that Mary Grube, Ad-

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port-Fallon County was allotted $4,561.50 in the budget for placement of juveniles.

Fallon County paid $28,090.61 in secure and nonsecure Detention of Juveniles.

Fallon County was reimbursed $3,534.89 from Eastern Region Juvenile Detention funds.

Reviewed County Revenues Sands Oil Company-May, 2015 Oil and Gas Royalties$93.26 Reviewed Miscellaneous emails, letters and notices from State Agencies and other Entities.

Invitation-The Commission was invited to the Baker Fire Department steak fry July 29, 2015-6:00 PM at the Baker Fire Hall.

Sanitarian letter-The Commissioner’s received a copy of a letter sent to a business owner pumping pit water from an elevator. This was causing extremely offensive odors to be placed in the streets thus causing a nuisance to surrounding neighbors and businesses. The City of Baker agreed to clean up the water as a one-time deal. Business Owner agreed not to pump the water onto the streets again.

Sanitarian email-The Commission received a copy of an email sent to Richard Menger, Sanitarian by the Community Manager for the Relay for Life. The Community Manager’s concerns were for food safety. The Sanitarian discussed his concerns were mostly to keep cold items cold and hot items hot and the concern for serving home canned goods to the public. Sanitarian expressed baked items should not use raw milk or non-inspected eggs as an ingredient. Also, to make sure and empty garbage’s frequently to keep the fly population down.

Discuss approval date for September Mid-Month claims Decision was to meet at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 18th to approve the claims for Mid-Month due to the Commission’s attendance at MACo Convention.

Prince Lease-Discuss/Decision to exchange one month lease for chips The Commission will discuss this when Bobby Wiedmer, Road Foreman meets this morning.

Sign NAPA Auto Parts Retaining Wall Project Agree-

Box Culvert Project.

Auction Item Discussion 4 Wheelers-The Commission wants to keep the 4Wheelers for now.

Dividers-Basement Office Dividers-The Commission made the decision to place them in the auction.

Sign notice to ProceedKramlick/Sparks Project and NAPA Retaining Wall Project The notice to proceed for the above projects was stricken from the agreement as long as the agreement was signed and all bonding was received.

9:45 AM Dale Butori-Weed Supervisor Weed discussion-The group discussed protocol for handling complaints of landowner’s that are not taking care of weed issues on their properties. Discussed the process if a complaint is received regarding a landowner. Dale explained this can sometimes be a long process. If the process goes far enough a Court Judge could issue paperwork to Dale and this would probably consist of having the Weed Department go spray the weeds, at a cost to the Landowner.

Commissioner Ranum discussed various weed issues within county right of ways and on owner’s property.

10:00 AM Bobby Wiedmer, Road Foreman and Alba Higgins, Shop Foreman Brosz Engineering-Shannon Hewson, Brosz Engineering will not be in today but phoned and stated he is hoping to hear something regarding the delineation for the Sparks wetland this week.

Carlson and McCain are the contractors working on the delineation and plan to have their report finished this week and Brosz will then send the report to the Army Corp of Engineers for review.

Safe-The Commission thanked Bobby and Alba for seeing to it the safe was moved from the Museum to the Town of Plevna Office.

Little Pine Trail-Bobby reported the culvert for the Little Pine Trail is in the yard at the County Shop.

Chris Hanson AccessBobby reported he has viewed the access and the road going in to the Hanson property. The landowners will have to complete work to bring it up to County specs before the Road Department

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entire road easement rather than just the spots where there are noxious weeds. Bobby explained they are doing the weed program like this because it cuts the blading and the mowing time down.

Bobby stated he will not run blades just to get rid of the weeds.

Flagged culvert-There is a flagged culvert on Hidden Water Trail because it is soft.

Bobby stated they plan to haul a load of gravel to this spot when they get time.

Prince, Inc.-Wrote a letter to the Commissioner’s asking if the County would like to take the chips they left on the property they lease from the County in lieu of one month’s rent. Bobby will go view the chips first.

Broom-The air-conditioner for the old broom quit working and they cannot sweep with the windows open. They are working on the problem; commented they will be glad to have the new broom so they have a 2nd broom. Alba stated the Parks employees are changing bristles on the Skid Steer broom so they can use it if they have to.

Sterling Truck-The airconditioner on one of the Sterling trucks is also not working; passes all the vacuum tests. Alba stated they are continuing to work on it.

Packing Arena-Discussed packing the indoor arena for Barb Lechler, Fair Manager.

They usually do this before they place the pens for the Fair livestock. The City of Baker has borrowed the steel packer; will find out if the City still needs it, if so the County could use the rubber

equipment.

Stop sign-Commissioner Randash discussed a stop sign on Airport Road that has no paint left on it. Bobby will go check it out.

Weight limits-Commissioner Ranum discussed placing weight limit signs in Stanhope Addition due to the trucks that are tearing up the roads (which were freshly chip/sealed). Discussed the process of setting up a public hearing. Would need to contact Darcy about setting 5-ton weight limits and the process.

Speed Limits-Bobby stated they will be putting up the speed limit signs on Roxy Lane as they were inadvertently missed after the public hearing.

10:35 AM Clayton Hornung, Mayor-City of Baker stopped to let the Commission know the City crew will not be using the packer until Monday of next week.

Bobby will find out when Barb will get the water for the indoor arena and will contact Lance Wedemeyer, Public Works Director to arrange a time to pick it up.

Speed Limits-Commissioner Ranum discussed including a speed limit for Coral Creek Road (to the Landfill) in the Public Hearing for the weight restrictions.

This would then allow the

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The Commission reviewed the Commissioner Proceedings from July 6-July 9, 2015.

Commissioner Baldwin made the motion to approve the July 6 – July 9, 2015 Commissioner Proceedings with grammar and spelling corrections. Commissioner Ranum seconds the motion. 3 Ayes.

0 Nays. Motion carried.

11:45 AM PUBLIC COMMENT No Public Members appeared for Public Comment.

RECESS Commissioner Baldwin made the motion to recess.

Commissioner Ranum seconds the motion. 3 Ayes. 0 Nays. Motion carried.

Noon Recess 1:15 PM RECONVENE PRESENT Deb Ranum, Member and Brenda Wood, Clerk and Recorder 1:15 PM Nicole Benefiel, Justice of Peace 1:20 PM William L. Randash, Chairman and Steve Baldwin, Member Personnel-Nicole discussed allowing Linda Kennel to work more hours to assist Nicole’s office. Nicole would like Linda to be able to go through the retention schedule, to assist in asking for permission to destroy those items that can be, and allow the availability of more SEE COMMISSION, PAGE 8

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Commission CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 room to store documents in the upcoming years. Nicole has Linda come in to answer phones when the other staff is out of the office; Linda is also the Community Service Supervisor. Nicole did not add this to her budget and wanted to get permission to add the additional hours to her budget.

Nicole stated she would give the guidance needed to give Linda the knowledge she would need to fulfill these duties. Nicole further explained she also has City court items in the vault; once Linda is near completion for the County she would contact the City of Baker to complete the same thing for them. Nicole was asked how many hours she felt this would take.

Nicole had no idea but felt it would be Full-Time, until completed. The Commission granted permission to allow Linda to work the extra hours in this position until complete but will also need to check with Debbie Wyrick, Deputy Clerk and Recorder/Payroll and Julie Straub, Human Resource Manager regarding the hours, etc. Nicole also stated Linda would receive the same pay she does when working in the office answering phones, etc.

Education-Nicole wanted to thank the Commission for allowing her all of the educational opportunities she is afforded.

Nicole really appreciates the ability to attend all of these trainings.

MJI Training-While on this thought, Nicole would like to add an additional $1000 to her training budget to have the ability to attend MJI Training also Nicole commented on how impressive this training was to her.

The Commission granted permission to add this to her Justice of Peace budget also.

1:40 PM Nicole left the meeting.

1:40 PM-Barbara Ketterling, Treasurer/Assessor and Don Dilworth, IT I-Cloud-Don stated they received a quote from Tyler Technologies to back up our County Financial Software on the I-Cloud. The I-Cloud backup disaster set-up quote from Tyler is $4,935.00 per year.

Tapes-Don explained the County would still use the tape back-ups as well. Don would like the new IT person to complete the back-ups.

Barb stated she would like the server moved out of her office. Don explained it would be placed in the locked room where the other server is located and felt the new IT person would change the tapes, etc. Permission granted to proceed.

Door-Barb stated she had noticed the Commission had the door between her office and the Department of Revenue on the agenda and asked what was decided. The Commission invited Larry

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Richards, Regional Manager for the DOR to come and discuss this further with them.

1:58 PM Julie Straub, Human Resource Manager 1:58 PM Debbie Wyrick, Deputy Clerk and Recorder asked if she could ask a few questions first. Debbie was asked to proceed.

Landfill-Get an estimate for the door to the old storage building at the Landfill.

Citizen Damage-Member of the public ran over a spray paint can at Iron Horse Park and wants to know if the county will pay for the damage to the vehicle. Decision was to see if power washing the vehicle will work first (at the County’s expense); if not we will go from there.

Landfill pickup-Debbie asked if the old Sheriff vehicle should be insured with comp and collision. The decision was yes.

New Airport buildingDebbie stated they have never included any contents on the insurance for this building.

The Commission felt the only contents were privately owned airplanes (insured by owners); Debbie will contact Roger Meggers, Baker Air Service to find out if there are any County contents.

New Shop at LandfillThere are no contents on the insurance for this building either. Debbie will contact Tom Kachel, Landfill Manger to find out what contents there are.

Fair-The old announcer booth will now be used as an electrical building. Will discuss with Barb Lechler to decide if this building will need to be insured.

New crow’s nest-The decision is not to insure it.

Rodeo Office-Decision is to insure this building when it has been completed and moved.

2:07 PM Debbie left the meeting.

2:07 PM Back to Julie’s meeting.

Inside/Outside Maintenance Notice-Discussed the Memo went out on Friday informing employees of the separation of duties between Inside and Outside Maintenance. Outside Maintenance will no longer be assisting with what should be Inside Maintenance duties. The de-

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cision was to meet with Inside Maintenance to make sure they will complete projects they have been asked to complete as Inside Maintenance. Commissioner Ranum asked Departments to turn in letters with items they have asked to have completed but have never been completed.

Julie will take care of this matter.

Fire Alarm-Friday the 10th there was a fire alarm and the Inside Maintenance Supervisor was gone that day. The Assistant did not know the proper procedures. Julie explained the Inside Maintenance Supervisor needs to complete emergency procedure protocol to be followed by her staff.

Towing a vehicle-Commission will talk to Law Enforcement about a vehicle that has been in the back parking lot for some time.

Dispatch Manuals-Julie explained the Detention Section may need to change once the recruitment of Detention Officers takes place. Brenda Hoeger, Dispatch Supervisor was contacted by Julie about her recommendations and was very willing to accommodate. Julie would recommend the Commission approve the manuals as they were very well written.

PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003)Julie explained this is a federal law and is the first United States federal law passed dealing with the sexual assault of prisoners. The bill was signed into law on September 4, 2003. This was discussed as there was a prison in Montana that had frequent issues with this problem. It was designed to put the policies and procedures in place.

Manuals-Julie further discussed various items she felt she would like to see changed slightly and again Brenda Hoeger, Dispatch Supervisor was very willing to accommodate the changes.

Acceptance-The Commission will accept the manuals after all changes are made to them.

CLOSED HIPAA Special Project Position Description-Julie is still working on this position description and has received some feedback from

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DuWayne Bohle on his position. This position would remain under Joe Janz’s supervision. The Commission will have the authority to direct this position to complete other needed tasks.

Essential Functions of this position as designated by the Supervisor and/or the Commission were discussed CLOSED-HIPAA Inside Maintenance-As asked, a letter was received from a Department regarding the bulletin board they had asked to have hung by Inside Maintenance.

Retention Schedule-The Commission stated the Justice of Peace will visit with Julie about adding hours to the budget for an existing employee to work, on retention schedule papers, for the Justice of Peace office.

Rifle Range position(s)The group discussed full time/part time Attendants and Supervisor/Attendant Detention/Reserve Officers-Discussed the possibility of Detention Officers also becoming Reserve Officers.

They would have extra training to complete for this. They would need to have Detention Officer Basic and Reserve Officer Training in order to do both. Detention Officer training is a 4 week course and Reserve Officer Training is an 80 hour training that is held in Glendive (usually try to complete these hours on weekends). This is just something for the Commission to consider, no decision was made at this time.

Quote-The quote received for the Human Resource Office furniture and conference table and chairs was approved by the Commission. The total quoted from SBM was $5,131 which includes delivery and set-up fees.

3:59 PM Debbie Wyrick was told not to insure the electrical building at the Fairgrounds.

4:00 PM Scott Rabbitt, Park Supervisor Scott stated they got busy putting tables, etc together for the Relay for Life and lost track of time. Apologized for missing his scheduled meeting.

4:00 PM-Darcy Wassmann, County Attorney Department of Revenue Lease-The Commission will wait to sign the Department of Revenue Lease agreement as the Commission wants to discuss this with Larry Richards, DOR-Regional Manager when he meets with the Commission next Monday. Darcy feels the County would have to send a letter of rejection, even though the Lease was received after the expiration date.

4:05 PM Jerrid Geving, Fair Board Member joined Arena-The group discussed the progress of the arena and how nicely it is shaping up.

Roxy Lane-Jerrid stated Roxy Lane looks good.

4:10 PM Jerrid left the discussion.

BACK TO DARCY’s MEETING Vault space-Commissioner Ranum asked if it was possible to charge lease on the vault space used by the Department of Revenue for items stored in the County vaults downstairs. Darcy stated she felt the County should be able to charge for this space as well.

Land Leases-Darcy stated her office has most of the County Land leases finished and has a few questions on them. The Commission had earlier stated they would like the rate to be in comparison to the State rates. The 2015 rate is currently $14.41 AUM. The old leases varied from the flat rates to $6.50 per AUM. Discussion- Commissioner Ranum discussed the fact that most state leases are 30 days and then you are off the lease for the balance of the year.

Fallon County charges that rate for the entire year. Commissioner Randash did not realize that was the way Fallon County figured the leases.

Discussed having a scheduled time to let their animals in and remove them from the lease. The group also discussed most of the leases are not fenced and the animals are allowed to roam from County pastures to private individuals pastures. No decision was made at this time.

County Road EasementCounty will not accept an easement unless the individuals bring the road/approach up to specs. Darcy stated she would have no problem drawing up the easement if the legal description could be more accurately described.

The Clerk and Recorder stated her office cannot draw up the easements as the Clerk and Recorder’s office is the repository for the easements, etc.

Draft Board ResolutionThe Clerk and Recorder gave Darcy a copy of the very rough Draft Resolution for the County Boards. Darcy asked if the copies of the old Resolutions were available to show what portion of the Resolution would be updated. If so, Darcy feels those would be needed to refer back to the portion that will be updated.

Discussed this being a reorganization of the Board Resolution.

5:12 PM Darcy felt they should put all the items back on the agenda again for next week and left the meeting.

5:15 PM RECESS Commissioner Ranum made the motion to recess.

Commissioner Baldwin seconds the motion. 3 Ayes. 0 Nays. Motion Carried.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:00 AM RECONVENE PRESENT William L. Randash, Chairman; Steve Baldwin and Brenda Wood, Clerk and Recorder 9:00 AM Tom Parker, GEUM Environmental Tom introduced himself to the Commission. Tom will be assisting Fallon County and Sanitarian with the Baker Lake issues and gathering information to send to the EPA and other entities as needed.

Tom stated Richard Menger will not be able to attend today.

Tom and the Commission left to review the Baker Lake.

12:00 PM ADJOURNED ADJOURN s/William L. Randash, Chairman ATTEST: s/Brenda J. Wood, Clerk and Recorder

It’s Fair Time! and time for Fallon County Times’ Special Fair Issue

THINK SAFETY!

Deadline July 31, 2015 Inserted in Fallon County Times August 14 Baker, Montana Inserted in Bowman, ND Finder August 19

FOR RENT One and Two Bedroom Apartments

Prairie Manor Available for low & moderate income households. Rent will not exceed 30% of the adjusted monthly income.

For further information call or write:

Prairie Manor 213 Rosemary Way Lynden, WA 98264 Telephone: (360) 927-8694 TTY: 711 “Accessible interviewing will be made available.”

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Fallon County Fair August 19 - 23, 2015 Call Tammy at 406-778-3344 or fax 406-778-3347

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REAL ESTATE Jim Hurley Broker, Owner Home 406-778-3735

Indian Trail Ranch Realty, LLC 406-778-2402

Judy Brown Sales Cell 406-891-0133

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New Listing: 3 Bedroom, 2 Baths, central air. 910 S 3rd St. W. Asking $120,000.

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Four five acre plots west of Baker in a prime new subdivision. All four plots will have access to one new water well. Priced Right.

NOTICE __________________________ NOTICE: Dance, Dance, Dance, Sunday, July 26, Thee Garage Showroom, 2-5 p.m.

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WANTED __________________________ WANT TO PURCHASE: Minerals and other oil/gas interests.

Send details to: P.O. Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201.

37-36p __________________________ WANTED: Will buy junk cars and scrap metal. Please call 701928-0325. Please leave a message.

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FREE __________________________ FREE: Kittens to give away. Call 406-853-0907.

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FOR RENT ____________________________ FOR RENT: Three bedroom, two full baths trailer, newer carpet and flooring throughout, central air, 8x16 porch and 8x16 deck, off street parking. No smoking, no pets. $1,000/month, first, last month + deposit. Call 406-8530829.

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FOR SALE ____________________________ FOR SALE: Huge lot, good neighborhood in Baker. Zoned R1, single family, stick build or modular, 1.33 acres - roughly the size of seven standard city lots combined.

City sewer and water on property.

Asking $79,900. Call 406-8530829.

30-33c ____________________________ FOR SALE: New three bedroom, two bath home with main level utilities, full unfinished basement, and attached garage. Call J & M Lumber, 406-778-2030 for showing.

6tfc ____________________________ FOR SALE: Three bedroom, two bath single level home in Ekalaka with appliances. Includes privacyfenced backyard, new roof, propane and wood stove heat. For information or viewing call 406853-3080.

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HELP WANTED ____________________________ HELP WANTED: The City of Baker, Montana is accepting applications for a full-time employee in the Department of Public Works.

The applicant must possess the skills necessary to operate and maintain heavy equipment as well as perform strenuous labor under, at times, adverse weather conditions. A valid Montana Commercial Vehicle endorsement is required within three months of hire. The applicant will be subject to random drug and alcohol testing and must undergo a drug screen and test negative prior to employment. Application form and a copy of the job description may be obtained at the City Office at 10 West Fallon Avenue in Baker. Completed applications may be returned to the above location or mailed to: City of Baker, P.O. Box 1512, Baker, MT 59313. Open until filled. The City of Baker is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

30-31c __________________________ HELP WANTED: Fallon County is accepting applications for temporary workers to assist in the presentation of the Fallon County Fair from August 19-23, 2015. Positions include: ticket sales, ticket takers, janitors, gatekeepers, clerks, superintendents, superintendent helpers, stage hands, and drivers. Applicants 16 years and older are preferred. Pay is in accordance with the county

salary schedule. Applications accepted until all positions are filled. Fallon County is an equal opportunity employer. We reserve the right to reject any and all applications. Submit applications and inquires to: Barb Lechler at the Fallon County Fairgrounds Office, 3440 South Hwy 7, PO Box 998, Baker, MT 59313, 406-778-2451. 29-31c __________________________ HELP WANTED: Red River Inn & Suites is accepting applications for wait staff, cooks, and front desk. Please call 406-7783321 or stop in at 410 W. Montana, Baker.

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GARAGE SALE ____________________________ GARAGE SALE: Saturday, July 25, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Baker Bowling Center parking lot. Tons of girls’ and boys’ clothing, women’s clothing, baby toys, bunk bed, brand new flat top stove, portable dishwasher, household items, glider chair, lots of assorted items. Troop #2140 will be selling lemonade, Girl Scout cookies and snow cones.

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MOVING SALE __________________________ RANCH MOVING SALE: Open daily 12 - 7 p.m. and by appointment, mile marker 59 between Miles City and Baker. Bi-directional tractor, rake, header, twine, harness, saddles, tools, smokers, crocks, rugs, hides, household, horns, wagon, old stuff, new stuff, gobs of stuff! 406-772-5747. rmsdonkeys@midrivers.com.

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CARDS OF THANKS ____________________________ CARD OF THANKS: We would like to thank the Baker Volunteer Fire Dept. for their quick response to our fire. Your assistance was greatly appreciated.

Chuck and Donna Abrams 30c ____________________________ CARD OF THANKS: I would like to thank my family and friends for the taxi services to my appointments. Also, thanks for the prayers, visits, flowers and food. My recovery is coming along very well since my shoulder surgery. Victoria you are great.

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LEGALS ____________________________ NOTICE Mid-Rivers Wireless offers cellular telephone service and two low-income telephone assistance programs as outlined on page 37 of our 2015 Montana/Dakota Regional Telephone Directory. Lifeline provides Federal Universal Service support to reduce monthly service charges paid by qualifying low-income residential customers.

Link up provides Federal Universal Service support to reduce service connection and line extension charges paid by qualifying low-income residential customers residing on Tribal Lands. Eligibility standards for the above programs are determined by the Federal Communications Commission and state commissions. Please contact the Mid-Rivers Wireless office in Baker at 406-778-2812 or 1-800452-2288 for further information.

30c ____________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF DRAFT AIR QUALITY OPERATING PERMIT AQM 5026-018 1. On June 5, 2015, the Department of Environmental Quality (Department) received a renewal application for an air quality oper-

ating permit from Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company - Vida Compressor Station. The application was given number OP 248406. The address of the permittee is 1661 Cabin Creek Road #1, Baker, MT 59313. The facility location is East 1/2 of Southeast 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Township 10 North, Range 58 East, Fallon County, MT. 2. The draft operating permit required by ARM Title 17, Chapter 8, Subchapter 12, Operating Permit Program will be issued to the applicant on July 24, 2015.

3. The operating permit will allow for the operation of the natural gas compressor station which includes the following processes: eight natural gas-fired compressor engines and other various natural gas-fired heaters and boilers.

4. Any member of the public desiring to comment must submit their comments to the Department at the Department of Environmental Quality, Permitting and Compliance Division, Attn. Air Quality Permitting Supervisor, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana 596200901. Comments may address the draft permit or information submitted by the applicant. In order to be considered, the comments must be received within the 30-day public comment period which is from July 24, 2015 to August 23, 2015.

Copies of the application and the draft operating permit may be inspected at the Department office in Helena. Contact the permit writer, Loni Patterson, at (406) 444-1452, or the Department Branch Office nearest the source, with specific questions relating to this draft operating permit.

5. Any member of the public desiring to request a public hearing must submit a written request to the Department at the above address. The request must be received within the 30-day public comment period.

6. The Department intends to issue the proposed operating permit after the comment period has expired and after any public hearing which might occur. A copy of the proposed operating permit may be obtained at the above address.

After the 45-day EPA review period, the Department intends to issue a decision on the operating permit. The permit does not become final and effective until 30 days after the decision is issued by the Department. A copy of the final operating permit may be obtained at the Department address.

7. Any person jointly or severally adversely affected by the Department decision may request a hearing appealing the operating permit before the Montana Board of Environmental Review. Any appeal must be filed within 30 days after the Department issues the decision.

The request for a hearing shall contain an affidavit setting forth the grounds for the request and shall be submitted in triplicate to: Chairman, Board of Environmental Review, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana 59620. Any hearing will be held under the provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedures Act. 30c

MNAXLP ____________________________ FINAL BUDGET MEETING Baker Public School District #12 Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:00 PM The Trustees of Public School District #12, Baker, Montana, will meet for the purpose of considering and adopting the final budget for the 2015-2016 school year. The meeting will be held in the board room at the high school and may continue from day to day until the final adoption of the district’s budget. Any taxpayer in the district may attend this meeting and be heard for or against any part of the final budget.

Jennifer Mettler District Clerk Baker Public School, District #12 Baker, MT 59313 30c ___________________________ NOTICE The Fallon County Commissioners are seeking five (5) persons to volunteer to serve on the Fallon County Board of Adjustment. The typical appointment to the Board of Adjustment is for a term of two (2) years. However, where the Board is being newly created, staggered terms of one year (2 positions), two years (2 positions), and three years (1 position) will be assigned by the Board of County

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Commissioners. The Board of Adjustment serves in a quasi-judicial capacity and has all of the duties and authority found in 76-2-221, 76-2-223, and 76-2-224 M.C.A. Additionally, some or all of the members of the County Board of Adjustment may be appointed to the Airport Board of Adjustment as provided in Airport Affected Area Regulations.

Letters of interest should include your full name, address, telephone number, email address and a brief statement as to why you are interested in serving on the Fallon County Board of Adjustment and mailed to: Fallon County Clerk and Recorder, County Board of Adjustment, P.O. Box 846, Baker, MT 59313. You may apply via email at the following address: falloncc@midrivers.com. Letters must be received by 1:00 PM Monday, August 3, 2015, with appointments made by the County Commissioners at their August 3, 2015, regular Commission meeting.

Persons intersted in serving on the Board of Adjustment must reside within Fallon County and outside of the City of Baker and the Town of Plevna and be willing to attend up to 12 public hearings/meetings per calendar year. For additional information, please contact Mary Grube, Planner’s Secretary, 406-778-7111.

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MNAXLP ____________________________ Workforce Housing Zoning Regulations PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 10 West Fallon Ave. Baker, MT 59313 (All items pertaining to this public hearing notice can be viewed in the Fallon County Planning Department.)

The Fallon County Planning Board and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed August 2015 Workforce Housing Zoning Regulations.

The hearing is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in the Fallon County Courthouse Courtroom located at 10 West Fallon Ave., Baker, Montana, on Monday, August 3, 2015. The proposed site is handicap accessible.

The proposed regulations are designed to: • Implement the 2013 Growth Policy; • Secure the public from fire and other dangers; • Promote public health, public safety, and the general welfare; and • Facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.

In addition to the above items, the Planning Board will consider the following items in the adoption of zoning regulations: • The reasonable provision of adequate light and air; • The effect on motorized and non-motorized transportation systems; • Promotion of compatible urban growth; • The character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and • Conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the jurisdictional area.

The proposed regulations will be applicable to and affect all lands in Fallon County, Montana, located outside of the incorporated City of Baker and the Town of Plevna.

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HELP WANTED FOR SALE FOR RENT WANTED THANKS REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

New Listings: Beautiful Recent Completely Remodeled 4/6 BR - 2 BA - Top of line Gourmet Kitchen, cabinets and appliances. 307 - So. 3rd St. W. - See Photos and additional description at bakermtRealEstate.com 2011 - 28x36 Manuf. Home - 3 BR - 2 BA - 1 Car Detached Garage. 308 Keirle Rd, Baker Only $119,000. Motivated Seller REDUCED to $99,000.

4 BR - 2 BA - 1460 square ft. Main level, Full Basement - attached 1 Car Garage. Great Location near high school - 319. W. Center needs updating - $140,000

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2 Houses on one lot - Live in one, Rent other for income - Nice large kitchen and dining room - 509 So. 1st St W. $89,000. Motivated Seller. REDUCED to $75,000.

4 BR - 2 BA - over 2,000 sq feet living area, walk out daylight Basement - Great Landscaping - att. 2 car GAR. -Separate RV Shop - 510 S. 6th St W. $220,000. PRICE REDUCED $212,500.

ACREAGE FOR SALE 122 acres one mile north of Baker, Montana Highway frontage, City Water/Sewer.

NORTHWEST REAL ESTATE Bob Herbst Box 1511 • Baker, MT 59313 406-778-2995

w w w. b a ke r m t re a l e s t a t e . c o m A copy of the Workforce Housing Zoning Regulations is available for public review at the Fallon County Planner’s Office during regular business hours or on the Planner’s website at falloncounty.net. All questions may be directed to the Planning Office, P.O. Box 1134, Baker, MT 59313; 406-778-7111; or: plannersec@midrivers.com.

Public comment is encouraged.

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MNAXLP __________________________ Darcy L. Wassmann, PC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1136 Baker, MT 59313 Telephone: (406) 778-2422 Facsimile: (406) 778-3466 darcywassmann@midrivers.com Attorney for the Personal Representative Montana Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Fallon County In the Matter of the Estate of Erna M. O’Donnell, Deceased

Probate Case No. DP 2015-15 Judge: Hon. George W. Huss NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Is Hereby Given that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to the Raymond O’Donnell, Personal Representative, return receipt requested c/o Darcy L. Wassmann, P.C., Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 1136, Baker, Montana 59313, or filed with the Clerk of the above entitled Court.

Dated this 30th day of June, 2015. s/Ramond O’Donnell 2 Winchester Pl. Glendive, Montana 59330 28-30c

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MONTANA STATEWIDE CLASSIFIEDS TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. Complete programs, refresher courses, rent equipment for CDL, Job Placement Assistance. Financial assistance for qualified students. SAGE Technical Services, Billings/Missoula. 1-800-545-4546. _________________________ Career opportunity with Montana Livestock Ag Credit. Requires an agriculture background and bachelor degree. If interested visit us @ ag-credit.com or call 1-800-332-3405. _________________________ NEW HOME SUMMER BLOWOUT!! Single Wides, Double Wides & Modular Homes at Clearance Prices!!

Modular Homes starting at $79,500 - Tape & Texture Throughout, Oak Cabinets, Glamour Bath & Much More. 16 x 80 Singlewides - Tape & Texture Throughout & Oak Cabinets starting at $45,900. Elite Homes - Call Troy at 406-696-6282 OR Jason at 406-855-2279. _________________________ Custom Log Home Packages.

Our patented log building sys-

tem eliminates settling problems and saves money. Call Nordique Log Homes, Swan Valley, Montana: 406-7545647. Email: info@nordiqueloghomes.com _________________________ For Sale a 1952 GMC Fire Truck. Very cool truck! Siren is terrific and fun! Once used by the Chester Volunteer Fire Department. Call (406) 301-3447. _________________________ Authentic Timber Framed Barns. Residential-CommercialStorefronts. Design-Build since 1990. Authentic Handcrafted, Pegged Frames Installed, Starting at $18/SF. Traditional Turnkey Barns From $40/SF. Built to Last for Generations.

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Call Creative Finance & Investments @ 406-721-1444 or visit www.creative-finance.com

HELP WANTED

D&M Solutions, Inc. Is looking for a person to fill the position of Tire Repair Technician/Shop Laborer D&M Solutions, Inc.

PRIMARY DUTIES: Performs shop services including truck tire repair, replacement, rotation and evaluation. Services may be performed both on the road as service calls and in the shop as repairs or maintenance. Duties also include washing trucks, light maintenance, sweeping shop, garbage removal, general housekeeping in the shop and store front grounds keeping, driving pickup to pickup employee paperwork and deliver to the accounting office.

Must have a valid driver’s license.

If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Del Espinosa @Office 406-778-2756 or Cell 406-891-0091 For an application, please call D&M Solutions, Inc. • 406-778-3107

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Agro-Security critical for all farms and ranches Many people involved in agriculture believe that agro-security centers around large farms and ranches with multiple buildings housing chickens and swine.

They picture workers and visitors suiting up in white plastic coveralls with hair nets and booties dipped in disinfectant.

However, in many cases, agrosecurity is paramount to keeping your animals from contracting a contagious disease, whether it’s quarantining a new horse or not sharing water buckets at a 4-H show.

“We frequently think of agrosecurity focusing around a big disease, such as avian flu or hoof and mouth disease,” notes Jeanne Rankin, DVM, who spoke on agro-security at Montana Farm Bureau’s Summer Conference last month in Sidney.

“These are very serious, quickly spreading diseases. Foot and Mouth (cloven hoofed livestock), High Pathogenic Avian Influenza, Vesicular Stomatitis (all livestock including horses) and other contagious diseases can even be passed around by someone in a delivery truck driving onto your place.

Rankin explains that once foreign animal diseases are detected, often herds and flocks are depopulated and international trade is stopped immediately which has a devastating effect on

everyone from breeders to the middleman to consumers. It’s important to prevent spread of any disease and take action when necessary.

“You can do a lot of your own bio-security. For instance, use your own good sense. If you buy a bull or bring an animal back from a show, don’t just dump him out with the others. Do a two-week quarantine with separate feed buckets, water buckets and don’t allow your livestock to rub noses with other animals.

Remember, some diseases spread on clothes, so be aware of that,” the veterinarian says. “Biosecurity can be something as simple as using separate cleaning utensils for sick pens and healthy pens, and having different forks for the hay pile and the manure pile and changing your boots, coveralls and gloves between attending to sick, and healthy animals. It’s wise to limit access to your animals from foreign visitors, especially if they are from a country where disease is know to exist.”

If you do have an animal that comes down with sores or is drooling, call your vet immediately. “It’s important to get a local accredited state veterinarian to your place because if there is a disease, movement can be stopped and the impact to your herd is contained,” Rankin cau-

tions. “Your vet can contact the state vet if the disease is suspected, and sampling and investigation must be done by a specially trained veterinarian known as a Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) within 24 hours of receiving the report. Laboratory diagnosis is done by the National Veterinary Lab at Plum Island, NY.” “We are working to get people trained in handling animal medical emergencies,” says Rankin.

“We are trying to spread the word about what to do if FMD, VS, Swine Vesicular disease, or another disease is suspected.

State and Federal veterinary agencies will be involved if it is a foreign animal disease but all emergencies are local in impact and response.”

It’s very important to have an Agriculture/Animal Emergency Preparedness team in place and a heirarchy for when a disease does strike. It’s so significant that many people are involved, from producers and Extension to agricultural organizations, feed stores, and non-government agencies.

More information may be found at www.farmandranchbiosecurity.com or on the Extension Disaster Education Network: http://eden.lsu.edu/Pages/default.aspx

Legislative update

enue for our state, mostly from eastern Montana. Much of that revenue will come from folks who are simply not able to pay the increases. Many of the very people who helped build this great state will not be able to afford to retire here.

In addition to raising the taxes, SB 157 will require the state to hire an additional 12 full-time employees to complete the work of reducing the reappraisal schedule from six years to two years. As I said in May, Governor Bullock has just added insult to injury by raising taxes on the same communities he refuses to direct proper investments into which are struggling with infrastructure failures and deficiencies.

At this time, the only remedy homeowners have is to file an appeal with the local revenue office utilizing an AB-26 form

or; you may skip that step and file your appeal directly with the County Tax Appeal Board (CTAB). The amount of tax will only be considered as it relates to the valuation of your property. If you feel they have valued your property higher than it is actually worth, most definitely file an appeal.

Please be sure to file your appeal within the 30 day period of your appraisal notice. This is critical if your appeal is to be considered.

I will continue my efforts to make the governor understand the negative ramifications this has on our communities and specifically our most vulnerable citizens on fixed incomes.

Please feel free to contact me if you need any assistance with this at:

By Sen. Matt Rosendale I’m sorry to say that the July 16 update brings no good news.

When I wrote the Legislative Update May 4 just after the conclusion of the legislative session, I had explained that SB 157 (Tax Reappraisal legislation) had been signed into law

by Gov. Bullock and that more than likely it would cause the real estate taxes to be raised throughout most of eastern Montana.

Those of you who have received your tax bill already know this to be true. I have had phone calls from individuals whose tax bill has doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled!

Many of those individuals are on a fixed income and not receiving any benefit or increased income as a result of the oil and gas development which is taking place in our region. Many of the communities have already seen a substantial downturn in the economy as a result of the plummeting oil prices.

The governor’s policy was wrong and misguided! The legislation is projected to raise an additional $10 million in rev-

mattrosendale@midrivers.com or 406-687-3549.

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Fair Corner

By Alicia Knapp Check out the ad in the newspaper to work at the fairgrounds. This is a great opportunity to earn some extra

cash. The Fair needs all kinds of workers from superintendents to ticket takers to stage hands.

They are in particular need of a barn superintendent (outdoor), a 4-H superintendent (indoor), and ticket takers. Stop by the

Fair Office or call 406-7782451 for more details.

Still time to finish up projects, groom an animal, or can some vegetables. The more exhibits, the better the fair. Support your county fair!

Coming to the Fallon County Fair: Loop Rawlins Wild West Show

By Lori Kesinger If you’ve been a fan of America’s Got Talent (AGT) on NBC, you might remember watching a whip cracking, trick roping and fancy gun spinning performer during season nine last year. This year at the Fallon County Fair you will have the opportunity to watch him up close and personal.

Loop Rawlins made it through all the cuts on AGT to perform at Radio City Music Hall. He is one of the most respected cowboy showmen in the world.

Loop grew up in Tucson, AZ. When he was eight years old he saw a live performance of trick roping and decided to give it a try. At 16, he competed and won five international Wild West Arts awards in Las Vegas. Loop has opened for country music stars, performed for celebrities, and appeared on several TV shows.

You won’t want to miss this one of a kind act keeping the traditions of western entertainment alive. Loop Rawlins Wild West show will be on the Free Stage Friday, August 21, through Sunday, August 23.

You can connect with him on find out more at video performances on Loop Loop Rawlins Facebook page, looprawlins.com or watch Rawlins YouTube channel.

The Baker High School Class of 1975 would like to invite teachers, upper and under classmen, friends and family to join us for an open-house at “Thee Garage” • Saturday, August 22, 2 - 4 p.m.

We would love to visit and re-connect.

WE ARE NEEDING ALL OUR FELLOW CLASSMATES TO GET REGISTERED FOR OUR BIG REUNION. For more details: 605-641-9242 Renee or E-mail : renatalks@hotmail.com renee@blackhills.com traceew@hotmail.com

We are looking forward to seeing all locals and those from afar