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August 16, 2019
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Fallon County Fair Schedule of Events
Friday, August 16
8:00 a.m. Steer Roping 9:00 a.m. Swine Show 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Vendor Booths 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Free Stage Acts 1:00 p.m. Sheep Show 3:00 p.m. Beef Cattle/Indoor Silent Auction Begins 5:00 p.m. Market Beef Show 5:00-7:00 p.m. Free Stage Acts 5:00-9:00 p.m. Freckle Farm Petting Zoo 7:00 p.m. Xtreme Bulls and Extreme Jousting Band on the Patio up to 1:00 a.m. Free Stage Acts: Mystic Circus, Eric E., Bear Hollow Wood Carvers; Pippi the Clown.
Saturday, August 17
Wednesday, August 14
8:00 a.m. Horse/Horse Trail 11:30 a.m. Llamas & Alpacas 2:15/3:15 p.m. Cat/Dog 4:00 p.m. WPRA Slack
Thursday, August 15
8:00 a.m. Dairy Cattle Show 8:00 a.m PRCA & WPRA Slack 9:00 a.m. Goat Show/Goat Trail
12:15 p.m. Open Bum Lambs and Goats 1:00/2:00 p.m. Rabbit/ Poultry 4:00 p.m. Knights of Valour Meet and Greet 7:00 p.m. Talent Show
8:30 a.m. Round Robin Showmanship 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Vendor Booths 10:00 a.m. Fallon County
Fair Parade 12:00-2:00 p.m. Free Stage Acts 12:00-9:00 p.m. Freckle Farm Petting Zoo 1:00 p.m. PRCA Rodeo Military Day 4:30 p.m. 4-H/FFA Livestock Sale 5:00-7:00 p.m. Free Stage Acts 7:00 p.m. Josh Kehr 8:00 p.m Uncle Kracker Band on the Patio up to 1:00 a.m. Free Stage Acts: Mystic Circus, Eric E., Bear Hollow Wood Carvers; Pippi the Clown.
Sunday, August 18
10:00 a.m. Cowboy Church @ Fair Grandstands 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Vendor Booths 11:30 a.m. 4-H Awards Ceremony 12:00-2:00 p.m. Free Stage Acts 12:00-6:00 p.m. Freckle Farm Petting Zoo 1:00 p.m. PRCA Rodeo Tough Enough to Wear Pink Day
3:00 p.m. Indoor Silent Auction Ends 4:00-8:00 p.m. Pick up Checks & Exhibits in Main Hall 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free Stage Acts 6:00 p.m. Baker Wrestling Club Demolition Derby Free Stage Acts: Mystic Circus, Eric E., Bear Hollow Wood Carvers, Pippi the Clown. Ticketed Event Pricing Talent Show: free admission Steer Roping: free admission Knights of Valour Meet & Greet: free admission Xtreme Bulls and Xtreme Josusting Night: Reserved: $20, Adult GA: $10, Kid GA: $5 (10 & under free) Uncle Kracker: Reserved Adult/Kid (higher up): $15, Reserved Adult/Kid (lower): $25, Pit Adult/Kid: $35. PRCA Rodeo: Reserved: $20, GA Adult: $10, GA Kid: $5 (10 & under free) Derby: GA: $7, 6 & under free
Plevna School excited to welcome new teachers
By Shannon Johnson
This school year Plevna Public School is welcoming Suzanne Smith to their team of teachers. Smith will be teaching fifth-grade science, sixth and seventh grade language and arts, and three periods of intervention. Smith grew up in Glasgow, MT. Before graduating from Glasgow High School in 1985 Smith participated in band, cross country, track and speech and drama. After graduation Smith decided
that she wanted to pursue a higher education. Smith attended college at Montana State University in Bozeman and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in child and family studies in 1993. When she graduated college, she started out as a job coach for the developmentally disabled before starting a career as a probation and parole officer in Bozeman and Great Falls. “I started out in Bozeman and I’ve lived kind of all over. I spent ten years in Florida,” she said. “The last thirteen years I’ve been back in Montana.” Along with probation and parole, Smith also worked in child protection and spent some time as a stay at home mom. Seven years ago, she moved to Baker and began working at the Fallon County Courthouse in the Treasurer’s Office. In April of 2018 Smith was ready for a career path change and hit the books again, studying online through Western Governor’s
University where she obtained her master’s degree in teaching in April of 2019 and did her student teaching with Mrs. Hastig in her fourth grade class at Longfellow. “I had a lot of fun with that. I really enjoyed the kids,” she said. Smith had a long road to finding her career path as a teacher and has done a little bit of everything along the way, although teaching was what she had wanted to do when she first started college. “I love being in school and I love learning,” Smith explained. “It made sense. In the beginning I wanted to teach anyway.” Smith is eager to begin her new career and get to know the parents and kids in the community. “I’m very excited about the group of people I’ll be working with in Plevna,” Smith smiled. “It’s a very supportive environment. The community is incredibly supportive of the school, so I’m very excited about that.”
Plevna Public School will be welcoming another new teacher this year for their fourth grade students. Kara MacKay grew up in Superior, where her mother worked as an elementary school teacher and her father worked as a history teacher and later on, a PE teacher. During school MacKay participated in several sports as well, including basketball, volleyball, tennis, and softball. “Both of my parents coached too,” she added. After graduating high school in 2002, MacKay moved to Cheney, WA to attend college at Eastern Washington University. After her first year in Washington, she transferred to the University of Montana in Dillon, where she would graduate in 2006. MacKay explained that her mother was her primary source of inspiration to become a teacher. “In high school I was her (MacKay’s mother) aid in her classroom and I think that helped me decide what I wanted to do.” After graduation, MacKay taught for a year in a small
town near Bethel, AK called Tuluksak. After her year there, MacKay returned to Montana and taught for four years in Sunburst, a town near Great Falls. Recalling meeting her husband, Danny, Kara said, “He was going to the University of Montana in Missoula and I had mutual friends from Sunburst that were also going there. I think it was a Griz game actually. We were all together and we met and that was it.” After spending several years living six hours apart, MacKay decided to take a job teaching in Troy, where Danny lived and worked. The newlyweds had their first child, a boy named Braxton who is now six years old. MacKay taught for one more year, and after three years in Troy they decided to move to Plevna so she could spend some time being a stay at home mother. They moved to Plevna and had a little girl named Briley, who is now four. After a few years in Plevna they moved to Willard, and built a home
next to Danny’s parents. The MacKay’s are currently awaiting the arrival of their third child. “This will be the last one,” chuckled MacKay. “Three is the limit.” After five years of being a stay at home mother, MacKay is excited to get back to teaching. “This job came up and it was not the perfect timing,” she explained. “But it’s been long enough. I miss it (teaching).” “The staff and the community seems to be really nice, so I’m excited,” MacKay smiled.
O’Fallon Community Combat Raider 19-3 scheduled for Sept. 10-12 Choir rehearsals
The O’Fallon Community Choir will start preparing for their Christmas Concert Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Longfellow music room. Celebrate Christmas through the joy of music. If you like to sing, come join the choir Monday, Sept. 9. Short practices, good fellowship and the joy of music! Contact Debbi Varner at 406-778-3542 for more information.
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. - Combat Raider, a military exercise involving various aircraft, is scheduled to begin Sept. 10 in parts of the Powder River Training Complex (PRTC), and will conclude Sept. 12, 2019. Combat Raider provides joint and coalition training under realistic scenarios that support full spectrum operations against modern threats and replicate today’s combat operations. There is also potential for increased noise levels from areas around Ellsworth Air Force Base and throughout the PRTC. A map of the airspace is available for reference on the Ellsworth Air Force Base website at https://www.ellsworth.af.mil/ Portals/146/documents/AFD-151103-009.pdf. As a reminder, non-military aircraft should thoroughly review the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notices to Airmen, or NOTAMs, and review flight plans to avoid the PRTC. This can be done by calling 1-800-WXBRIEF, or visiting online at https://sua.faa.gov/ and http://www.1800wxbrief.com. The NOTAMs for the exercise, issued by the FAA 72 hours prior to its start, will act as the final official notice.
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