Choteau Swimmers Clinch Sixth Federation Title
Choteau Lions Swim Team defended their state federation championship at Lewistown 50 meter pool with a final 243 points as Cut Bank and Plentywood battled for second. The meet highlighted butterflies as Choteau pulled away on day two to secure the title amid close scores from Cut Bank Plentywood and Columbia Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Lions
Westcentral Federation
Lewistown
Chateau
Cut Bank
Plentywood
Choteau
Columbia Falls
Krahe
Harlem
Shelby
Scobey
Malta
Roundup
Whitefish
Chinook
Fort Benton
Chester
Conrad
Harlowton
Townsend
Dutton
Choteau FFA Teams Shine At State Fair Livestock Soils And Range Wins
Choteau Chapter FFA won first in livestock judging second in soils and third in range at the Montana State Fair in Great Falls. Team members Bill Campbell Mitch Peters Dennis Van Setten and Lyle Hodgskiss led the effort with Van Setten high in livestock and Campbell high in soils. Dairy and swimming meet records and top finishes are noted for Choteau swimmers as well.
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Choteau Chapter
FFA
Great Falls
Bill Campbell
Mitch Peters
Dennis van Setten
Lyle Hodgskiss
van Setten
Harvest Slowed By Rain and Short Storage Capacity
Harvest resumed after a several day delay caused by a Wednesday rainstorm. Warm sunny days followed by cool weather threaten further delays. Farmers report surprisingly good winter wheat yields despite low moisture, with spring grain and barley outlook uncertain but promising.
Montana grain storage squeeze amid low prices slows harvest
Farmers face storage shortages as prices stay low and much grain remains unsold. Montana spring crops benefited from showers but moisture is short, delaying winter wheat harvest which reached 55 percent by Aug 6. Spring wheat, barley, and oats harvests were under way, with alfalfa hay cutting continuing.
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Montana
First Football Practice Set For Aug. 22
Chateau High School announces football practice begins Monday August 22 with seniors juniors and sophomores at 7 am and freshmen at 9 am. Equipment and shoes will be issued and physical exams arranged with doctors Johnson Wilcox Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau High School
Rich Dean
M.A. Johnson
John Wilcox
Porter Cannon
Cannon
Dean
Rattlesnake Killed Monday In Chateau
Duane Toren Sr. and Buster Wiseman killed a young rattlesnake Monday on the highway near the swimming pool. Toren warned residents, especially youth, to use extreme caution since even rattlers without rattles can be dangerous. He advised reporting sightings to an adult and noted no other recent sightings in Chateau.
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Duane Toren Sr
Buster Wiseman
Toren
Chateau
Chateau City Increases Mill Levy To 65 For Budget Year
The Chateau City Council approved a final budget of 409839.01 with a 65 mill levy, up 14.2 mills from last year, due to reduced tax base and rising costs. Key allocations cover police, streets, water, sewer, and recreation. Tourism donations totaled 986.81 this year, and several building permits were approved.
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Chateau
Dorothy Klotz
Polce
Bob Jensen
Police Commission
Bob Gormley
Tony Jaconetty
Tom Dunlap
New Teton Memorial Hospital
Jim Dellno
Dellwo
Dellware
Murphy Curtis Partnership Formed In Choteau
Leo H. Murphy and Gregory L. Curtis form a law partnership in Choteau with Gerald A. Bollinger as associate. Murphy, a former Teton County Attorney, recently resigned as Choteau City Attorney after 24 years. Curtis joined in 1975 and was reappointed as city attorney in 1976. Bollinger, from Glasgow, previously clerked for the Montana Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo H. Murphy
Gregory L. Curtis
Murphy
Choteau
Teton County
Curtis
University of Montana Law School
Chateau City
Gerald A. Bollinger
Bollinger
Macalester College
St. Paul
Montana Supreme Court
Larson
Mini-Fed Swim Meet Set for Saturday at Chateau
Eleven teams will send swimmers to the fifth annual Mini-Fed meet at Chateau this Saturday August 13 starting at 10 a.m. Last year the event drew 150 swimmers. entries are limited to those placing no higher than sixth in the divisional meet two weeks earlier. The one day event is individual with no team scores.
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Chateau
Choteau
Wayne Krahe
Cut Bank
Columbia Falls
Shelby
Harlem
Malta
Fort Benton
Roundup
Harlowton
Conrad
Dutton
Pishkun Lake Receives Rainbow Trout Plant
The Montana Fish and Game Department released 11 000 rainbow trout fry into Pishkun Lake on August 3 with 2 000 legal-sized fish planned. Biologist Bill Hill and local sportsmen Pete Howard Jim Hamilton coordinated the effort aided by Speck Denison guiding the truck in low water. Written comments on future planting are invited to be sent to Howard or Hamilton for the September Fish and Game Commission consideration.
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Montana Fish and Game Department
Pishkun
Bill Hill
Pete Howard
Jim Hamilton
Hill
Fish and Game
Speck Denison
Denison
Pishkun Reservoir
Howard
Hamilton
Fish and Game Commission
Howard and Hamilton
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Teton Memorial Hospital
Bob and
Ray Carlson
Carlson Boys
P.O. Box
Fairfield
Mont
Bob Carlson
Ray
Choteau Ffa
Stan Rathman
Dru Nordhagen
Theresa Scott
Federation of Swim Teams
Stan
Todd Curtis
Skip Higgins
Kirk Dunckel
Jonel Carlson
Donna Ferris
Kent Depner
Brad McCauley
Kim Carlson
Diane Ferris
Susan Jensen
Kurt Depner
Greg Armstrong
Bob Scott
Angela Forrest
Tony Dreyer
Rich Scott
Sun
Don LaBaugh
Iceberg Lake
Swift Current
Glacier National
Council
BOR
U.S
Clayton Ketchum
Sherburne
Bob Findorff
al Tesch
Tom Eckerson
Jackson
Rose Slanger
Rice
Cleo Lensing
Hobson
Murphy,Curtis
Pishkun Lake
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