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■, s HiSfOiiiCaU LiBKhr ;i <ji- h u m Ht'L.t.N'-i HT b 9 6 0 1 * * c r 0 1 0 0 5- 1 / 0 1 / 9 0 Zenchlku reports. Page7 T u e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 2 1 , 1 9 8 9 Volume 108-No. 47 Serving Southwest Montana S ta s 1881 D i o n , M o n t a n a 5 0 C e n t s i X . t i a Y e a g e r p l a c e s i n c o n t e s t . . . Lori Yeager ofDillon was named to fourth runner-up honora in the M in Mon tana USA contest held re cently a t th* W ill eon Audi* torfum in Bozeman. At ■take in the contest were the winners o f M in Mon tana Then USA and Misa Montana USA. Stephanie Wallace o f Great F all* was named MiM Montana Teen USA and Kimberlee Bur ger ofBillings wae awarded the title of M iss Montana USA. M o n t a n a T V p r o g r a m s e t . . . Montana, in recognition of its centennial celebration, will be featured on the Dis covery Channel Nov. 27, Dec. 1 and 2. The program, \Montana-America’s Natu ral Park,’ is an award-win ning feature that {Promotes Montana as a destination and an attractive vacation spot I t was originally pro* duc«dbyMQTVofMissoula for the Montana Travel ' Promotion Division in ths state's D e p artm e n t of Commerce. ' The half-hour program will be broadcast a t 6 p.ni. on Nov. 27 and rebroadcast at 8 a.m. Dec, l a n d . l l p.m. Dec. 2. In addition, twQHVP* motionsfeatutingGovernoit, .Q f a n f l f « n k a n a t u i l l k * t i a a i l ^ ion; * w e s t e r n a l u m n i i , *' r a i s e c a s h . . . Alumni ofWestem Mon tana College have shown “huge* support for their almamater during the 1969 fall Phon-A-Thon, accord ing to Sandra Kennedy, event coordinator. - \Our Alumni really came dd ] nedy.^lhe alumni ] through for us,* said Ken nedy.Th e alum ni pledged over $20,000 toward this classroom academic equip m e n t\ ■ In a4dition to donations for classroom equipment, $3,000 more was raised for the. .'B ill and . V ir g in ia . Straugh Athletic Endow- ment/Kennedy said. T h is yen'* Phon-A-Thon was tremendous,” Kennedy said. * \suic ,i;;, A lm a n a c ....... Bualnesa/Ag C la s s ified.. C o m m u n ity... Sports Ufe *e*eeeeeaee( eaaaeeeeeeee I •eeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeaeeet MTHtaSUCOf TMETTMUNE: T V ie w ff lir ir n n r n n y iljn ( V M n a t o i f M i Dillon's Weatherwatch Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 < Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 H 39 40 46 52 54 60 60 L 26' 11 30 27 37 34 29 31 Fpt A new ice rink, to be built with a $10,000 donation from Pfizer to. the Dillon Jaycees, is being placed on hold while the insurability of the facility is being investigated by School DistrictlO. Keni Smith, representing the Jaycees, formally requested permission to place the facility on property just south of Parkview Junior High, on land owned by the district Smith, talking to.the board, told the group Pfixorhadbeen interested in a \visible project* whenthenwneywudonated, part of nearly $60,000raised by Pfizer employees and ih e com pany through the United Way. Consideration had beengiven, Smith said, to the recreation area on the other side of the school, but was not as desirable because of its isolation and the problems associated with getting water to the facility. , The rink, which also incorpo rates a summer tennis court, is a totally concrete facility, with aneight-inchcurbingaroundthe entire area. t ' • • • . . ‘‘ After showing the plank of the proposed 135’x60’ rink and lot, which included two dugout type warmingareas, the project was opened up to public com ment fay the nearly dozen resi dents that had shown up for the meet&g. 8 In^ naponse to ^pestiwnu^ ; would by MoirtJtiia Power' and consideration has been given to a vending-type machine placed on a power pole to p ^ for the electricity to light the facility. The preject would tap into dty>watw and the project could begin as soonas an okay from the board was received. Winter use of the rink would be avail- able this vear or early next, and sible noise problem. ^ The board, after listening to presentations and discussion for nearlyan hour andahal£ agreed to further examine the iutar- ance liability questions before making a find decision. Another problem,-this one. with exposed heating pipes at the Mary Innes school jiod in-: volving a .student who appar entlyburned himself oh a h o t ' radiator pipe prompted board chairmanWairen to request an investigation into nw at Mary Innes. Janet Sciyder, mother ofastudent at the school, said her sm grabbed a hot ra diator pipe ana received aasood ingin chOdrra’shairatFaikvtew areactuallyinorgiuuc.T h e school is currently monitoring air conditjonsat Parkview IBe- j^ r y ■f\d f : S liilflfllf to the StatoDepartanwtofborfth. “The .non throe. - u .. f ' the tennis court would be com pleted in the spring. \Ihe pl#n is to compact thegravd now and flood i t this winter.” - with insurance, thdrpresent insurance carrier denied coverage fcr the rink unless another carrier or entity covered i t as an additions! fa- ............ ,<faa 'propoeed':^te , m a n y e f i i m i expressing worry aboota pea- Hunters found Monday - Two hunters, reported to be lost in the Hennebeny Gulch area, werefoundon Nov. 20 after spending the nightin the moun tains. 'Steve MillerreportedNov. 19. that his partners, Dan Shriver and Pat Howard, were in the Hennebeny area. Miller had dropped tha two off and they were to walk down the gulch. The two decided it was too far to walk and wentback on top ofthe gulch and spent the night with a group of hunters from Butte. Miller reported that he had dropped the two off at 1:30 and that he had driven all night lookingfor them. He notified the Beaverhead Searchand Rescue and the two were located right away in the Butte camp. Lima man dies on road Raymond Bettie, 33 of Lima, diedofanapparentself-inflected gun shot wound Nov. 14, shortly after the vehicle he was driving left the road. BetUe apparently lost control ofhis vehicle four miles north of Dell and after it left the rbad h t became despondent and teokhis own life. Hei was reported to be seen drinking in Lima and Dell shortly before the accident by a former employ* w d rpdis- cotnmissiohers' time Monday' during their regular session. Employees' health insurance, which is budgeted at $129,000 for the current year, has taken a • sharp increase, commission chairman Randy Tommerup said. Even after tentatively dropping viaion and dental cov erage, and reducing liability from unlimited to $1 million, the total bill payable ly Ighe county has increased $11,000 over the budgeted ainount The commissioners have met .with several insurance carriers, Tommerup said, but the unin surability of several people on the Current program has made , switching carriers veiy difficult . Currently, although no final decision has yet been made, the county is planning toredoce the. amount of contribution (now at $75 a month) toward depend ents’ coverage. Some considera tion is also being given to self- insuring at least a part of the said*' \ “Itappears we w ill stay with Great West, the current insur ance company,andpass some of thecostsalong and atjjust bene fits,” commissioner Dave Moes said. The commissioners also met with Judge Frank Davis isnd with the county attorney, Tom Scott, considering a possible .claim additional payment by ) Frank HulL Hull recently resigned after 22 years as the countsjuvenile probation officer. Hull, who has been classed a part-time officer fay the county commissioners, says he has not been treated fairly, particularly by the commissioners health insurance benefits, ant cites additional time and effort over the past 22 years that were not compensated. Judge Davis recommended thatthecommissioners consider a settlement on Hull's claims. The commissioners have re- ie^siSiifisieners - have coaqpsvvMfMWiBiiURjr w o n m redistrirfingthe countyinto; three aiiMs equal in ‘ filed last > county to comndssionere all of them 1 anddfr sections as wdL of tha plan, is now being donein order to make the Dec. 1; deadline ordered fay the court ' The commissioners directed the Wise River-Polaris road and a culvert south ofDillon, which had previously been removed. will be ntoved and used f ir sand stonigefbrsandingcn Badger Pass. • ' ' .c; D i l l o n e y e s m a j o r a n n e x a t i o n p l a n s The C ity o f D illon h a s eyes on I n e arly 260 acres o f adjoining lan d i t would like to bring into | th e c ity lim its during the next 10 years. Everett Johnson, c h a irm a n o f the city’s planning board, told the council p relim inary work on the proposed annexations has been completed and a m ap drawn to show the areas where the c ity could extend it s lim its. Dan Nye, presenting the p la n , said the proposal is to annex by pieces. Nye also noted the committee needed direction from the state Attorney G eneral on exactly how to proceed w ith theannexations. \We’ll need to take a b ig b ite o f the chaw o f tobacco to u n d e r take th is ,” Mayor W ilson said, referringto the annexation proc ess. \We should proceed.” The p la n was returned to the planning board, w ith directions to work w ith the city’s ju d ic ia ry committee to determ ine proce dures for the a c tual annexation. The board also considered sev eral requests for b u ild in g per* nuts, including & 5-3 you: ih a i approved a p e rm it for V ig ilante Co-op on agarageon the ir down town property. The p e rm it h a d been requested after construc tion h a d begun. The council also approved requests from Ken Grose for a 5’x40’ foot a w n in g a t 39 N . Idaho and a garage by Lloyd W inden a t 359 Arizona. The council was form a lly notified o f the s u it a g a in s t the city,.brought b y .a group o f lo t owners a t Meadowview Ceme tery and the resulting injunc tion against the d t y transfer- ringfunds from a p e rpetual care fund to other funds. \We have been advised n o t to.discuss the m a tter,” W ilson s a id . The d ty has begun work on selectingan architect fb r the new d t y fire h a ll, W ilson told the coundl. A jo in t m e e tingw ith the • county commissioners, fire h a ll trustees and the Mayor approved the purchase lease contract w ith Norwest Investm e nt Service for $365,120 a t 8.4 percent inter e s t W ilson explained. Councilm an M a rtin Bren neke requested an o rdinance to provide a $25-$60 fine for im properly parking in a hand i capped zone.
