Crusher unit to collect 400 junked cars in Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass County commissioners announce a three week timeline for an Idaho firm to bring a car crusher to Big Timber. The unit can smash 100 to 150 cars daily and will handle about 400 junked vehicles, with potential Montana route expansion. Plans include a fenced site near the city landfill and joint work with the Big Timber Jaycees and city officials.
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Sweet Grass County
Bjorndal
Montana
Big Timber Jaycees
Collec
Tax bills mailed in Sweet Grass County for 1974 levy
Sweet Grass County Treasurer Margaret Busha mailed 1 500 tax statements expected to raise over 1 million dollars for city county and state operations and for school districts. First half due November 30 and second half May 31. Penalties apply if half not paid by Nov 30. special improvement district levies due immediately. For City of Big Timber the 1974 levy is 195.29 mills up 11 percent from last year. Tax, valuation methods and rates explained.
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Sweet Grass County
Margaret Busha
Big Timber
Remap would unite Sweet Grass and Park counties in one House district
Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission proposes a plan that lumps Sweet Grass County and most of Park County into a single House district with Livingston excluded. The Livingston area would form another House district, and together these would create a Senate district. Local party leaders express cautious support if the plan becomes effective, predicting better representation and common agricultural interests.
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Sweet Grass County
Park County
Livingston
Montana
Yellowstone
Carbon
Stillwater
Wheatland
Conrad Fredricks
Fredricks
Sweet Grass
Park Counties
Richard
Jan) Counter
Democratic Party
Red Lodge
Columbus
Rural Park
House of
Time to adjust clocks for Daylight Savings ends
Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend causing clocks to revert to standard time. Residents are urged to set clocks back one hour before bed Saturday night to stay synchronized with neighboring communities.
CDO Mulls Local Health Planning Council
Representatives from the South Central Regional Health Planning Council will meet with the Sweet Grass Community Development Organization to discuss forming a local health planning group. A plan was outlined Oct. 18 at the CDO annual meeting to review and set local health care priorities and give county residents a voice in planning.
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South Central Regional Health Planning Council
Sweet Grass Community Development Organization
CDO
Federal Building
Leroy
Barbara) Schilling
CDO Board
Big Timber
New officers elected for Sweet Grass CDO leadership
The Sweet Grass County Community Development Organization elected Mrs Tom Brownlee as president and Kenneth Hanson as vice president with Mrs LeRoy Schilling as secretary treasurer. New terms were set for several directors and plans discussed to locate another medical doctor for the county and form a health planning council.
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Sweet Grass County
Leroy
Barbara) Schilling
Perry Anderson
Dub Dotchkiss
Schilling
Dennis
Donna) Holman
Ray
Rita) Esp
Brownlee
Darrell
Alice) Laubach
Tom Findley
Hanson
John Drivdahl
Sweet Grass County teacher named Montana Teacher of the Year
Mrs Margaret Jo Lavold of Sweet Grass High School was chosen as Montana Teacher of the Year by the Montana Education Association. The 13 year SGHS veteran in senior English and Spanish received the plaque Oct 18 in Billings from MEA official Bess Franzen.
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Montana
Margaret
Jo) Lavold
Sweet Grass
Montana Education Association
Billings
Lavold
SGHS
Bess Franzen
Combined Campaign to Open in a Week
The 1973 Sweet Grass County Combined Campaign starts in a week with training sessions for volunteers tonight and Friday. Donors can designate funds to agencies including American Red Cross and American Cancer Society. The goal remains 3900 dollars, hoping for strong turnout after 6000 raised in 1972.
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Sweet Grass County
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
Montana Heart Association
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of America
Sweet Grass Community Hospital Guild
Jeanne Elgen
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City of
Health Planning Council
Thomas Ivey
Findley
Ivey
Doyle Stocks
Stocks
Edwin Webber
Mary Ann Lowary
Sweet Grass County High School
David Boys
Sweet 16
Randy Leslie Schiele
Benedictus
Mrs. Lavold
Wanda Bonnarens
Karen Nitcy
Jane Grosfield
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