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BAKER, MONTANA
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Dinner, Bake Sale, Bazaar & Raffle
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Plevna Community Center • Plevna, MT Raffle to be held at 1:00 p.m.
Serving 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Baker Fire Department and Police Department awarded $5,000 Grants Plains All American Pipeline L.P. Grants On the evening of June 17, Plains All American Pipeline L.P. hosted a safety informational gathering for law enforcement and first responders in Fallon County. Departments attending were Fallon County EMS; Fallon County Sheriff Department; Plevna Fire Department; Baker Police Department and the Baker Fire Department. Everyone met at the Plains Facility West of Baker. Plains representative Mr. Gregg King explained how the company operates it’s facility and how the pipeline operates. Then all returned to Baker for lunch and a safety PowerPoint presentation on Pipeline Safety. Mr. King answered questions relating to pipeline safety. He
Fallon and Carter County welcome a new Extension Agent By Shannon Johnson
“It’s everything from livestock to gardening and food preservation to 4-H with the youth,” Michael Millward, Fallon and Carter County’s new Ag and 4-H extension agent explained about his position. “My first day of work was September 3.” Michael grew up in the small south-central Utah town of Bicknell. While growing up he spent a lot of his time working in the mountains with cows and working down in the valley tending to the hay fields that would be used to feed the livestock during the cold winter months. “I fell in love with range science,” he said. After graduating from high school, Michael took his passion for range science and attended college at Brigham Young University in Rexburg, Idaho where he would graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife, Range, and Ecology with an emphasis in range. When he wasn’t busy studying, he worked at the university livestock center as the student manager, where he was responsible for several class projects, as well as all of the livestock. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree, he moved on, still in pursuit of education, to New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. There he would obtain his master’s degree in Animal and Range Science, studying the grazing distribution of cattle in large pastures. While he was studying at NMSU, he also managed the 60,000-acre Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center. After obtaining his master’s degree, Michael stayed in New Mexico where he worked
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at NMSU as a rangeland specialist working at the USDA Jornada Experimental Range Station. Michael knew that he wanted to come to this region for work. “I’ve always loved this area,” he explained. So during his job search when he saw a position for Carter and Fallon County he was excited to apply, and even more elated when he received the position. He moved here with his wife Hayley and their two boys, ages four and one. “It’s beautiful,” said Michael. “I love it here.”
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handed out information for the Plains All American First Responder Grant for all the departments to apply for. On Sept. 11 the Baker Police Department and the Baker Fire Department were each awarded $5,000 grants to purchase equipment for their departments. Baker Police Chief Mike Reddick accepted the check on behalf of the police department and Baker Fire Chief Tom Bruha accepted the check for the fire department. Plains Co. representative presenting the checks was Enden Nelson.
Eastern Montana Food and Ag Development Center Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation (EPEDC) is excited to announce the creation of a regional Food and Agriculture Development Center that will serve 12 counties in eastern Montana, including Fallon County. The purpose of the Eastern Montana Food and Agriculture Development Center (FADC) is to encourage the development of Montana’s agricultural resources to ensure that more of Montana’s food, agricultural and alternative energy dollars circulate in Montana. The center will focus on adding value to our existing resources within Montana, keeping more of our agricultural products
within the state by processing them locally, and exponentially increasing the value of our products before they leave Montana. The FADC is a joint effort through Eastern Plains Economic Development Center, of which Fallon County and the City of Baker are members, and Great Northern Development Corporation. These organizations applied to the Montana Department of Agriculture for $121,576 for initial funding for the Eastern Montana Food and Ag Development Center. This will be the first FADC in Montana east of Joliet. “We are thrilled to offer services that can support our
local farmers and ranchers, as well as others interested in gaining knowledge about the food and agriculture industries. We have such a wealth of ag resources and knowledge in eastern Montana. This program will provide one more tool to help strengthen and stabilize our economy,” said EPEDC Director Beth Epley. It can provide assistance for a wide variety of things ranging from product development and testing to food processing and packaging to market research and feasibility studies to promotion of farmers’ markets. “This is an opportunity for our local farmers to
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A dream comes true and brings with it excitement on the south edge of Fallon County. Many communities have already embraced the fall season of the year by holding what is known as a pumpkin patch, but people living in the very southeast corner of Montana have had to travel to enjoy the activities associated with the pumpkin themed activities. This year, starting on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29, and continuing each weekend through Oct. 26 and 27, Big Mac’s Patch will be opening a pumpkin patch just 13 miles south of Baker and five miles west of Willard. After retiring from Mid-Rivers Communications, Laurie MacKay got busy planning her long dreamed of pumpkin patch. The pumpkins were planted and the brainstorming and building the fun activities began. The garden was slow due to the cooler and wet weather, and though the fruit are still struggling to get past the blooming stage, there will be some jack-o-lanterns for purchase. Even though the
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