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Dillon Tribune - Wednesday. September 24. 1997 - Page A-3 Twin man competes in national Karaoke fina w m s s s s s m [ ■ Winning smile ; Steven Cooper of Twin Bridges is heading to Orlando, FL to take p$rt in the National Karaoke Championships. (bounties receive larger PILT funding \Both Madison and Beaverhead Counties will be receiving larger shares of PILT fundings for the 1997 fiscal year, accoridng to U. S. Sen. Max Baucus, who released thfe payment totals. v Beaverhead County will recieve $373,102, compared to $251,974 laBt year. Madison County will receive $257,595, compared to $225,379 in 1996. PILT funds are Payments-In- Lieu-of-Taxes, authorized by Con gress and administered by the Department o f the Interior’s Bu reau of Land Management for compensating counties for non- taxable federal lands located within their boundaries. Western offers Stargazing Explore the night sky during Stargazing, a class sponsored by the Division o f Outreach o f West ern Montana College o f The Uni versity of Montana. The class is set for Mondays, October 13 - De cember 8 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm. 'Each week, stargazers will meet on or close to campus and view the night sky. »Unaided by magnification, our ey£s can spot constellations and planets. ^Students will leam which ones aif visible on a given date and the tiije and place in the sky to locate them. Students will be able to use their own binoculars, spotting scopes or telescopes and the in structor Tom Satterly will provide two telescopes. Discussions will include basic astronomy, mythology o f the stars and using the Internet for ama teur astronomy. Cost of the class is $45 and in terested students need to sign up by September 29. The class is open for 9th grade through adult and younger children may attend for $25 but must be accompanied by an enrolled adult. Please call 683-7537 for more information. By Paul Stewart A Twin Bridges man is prepar ing for the trip of a lifetime in Orlando, Florida where he will compete against the best Karaoke singers in the United States. Thirty five year old Steven Coo per, who works as a janitor at Safeway, won a spot as an alter nate to the finals after a series of contests held by “Boots Country Karaoke\ at Jackson Hot Springs during the summer. Dean Lebret was the overall winner, but due to a medical emergency in his family will not be able to attend. As a result Cooper will head for Orlando on September 25 to rep resent Montana in the “Coast to Coast Karaoke 97 Finals\ which will be held at the MGM Ameri can Gladiators Arena. The tele vised event, which takes place over two days, will feature singers from all fifty states. A series o f heats will eliminate all but 10 finalists. If Cooper gets to the final then he stands an ex cellent chance of becoming Na tional Champion, in addition to coming back home with $5000 in his pocket, he'll have a state of the art Karaoke System. “It’s a dream come true for me,\ he said. \I’ve always wanted to perform in front of thousands of people, so getting the chance to play at the MGM arena is really fantastic. I’m thrilled.\ Cooper has been performing, on and off, for about five years, after he began singing in Church. A highlight of his career came last year when he sang without Karaoke equipment at the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown in Butte. \I got to the local finals,” he said,” but got beat out at the end by Cactus Junction.” Cooper’s strongest songs, are “Through the Years,” and “Lady” by Kenny Rogers, “Keepers o f the Stars,” by Tracy Byrd, and his se cret weapon for the finals, “Blue Moon” by the Marcels. He ex plained that he intends to sing WMC hosts sixth year of Oktoberfest The sixth annual Oktoberfest dinner of Western Montana Col lege is set for Friday, October 3 in the Straugh Gymnasium Arena. An authentic German feast will be served from 5:30 to 7 pm. Lively German music and polka tunes will be performed by Beier’s Ba varian Beer-Barrel Band. There will be games for children provided by WMC student organizations and clubs. Tickets are $10 for adults, $6.00 for children age 5-12 and children under 5 will be admitted free. Tick ets can be purchased at the WMC College Relations Office. For more information, please call 683-7305. Please bear with us • M FNI Insurance will be moving to our new location next Thursday and Friday, Sept. 25 and 26. On Thursday and Friday our phones will be down, as well as our computers. We will do our best to continue to serve our customers during all the chaos. If anyone has any claims, changes, or payments needing immediate attention, please stop by 27 S. Pacific. We will be open and ready to serve our customers Monday, Sept. 29,. 1997, at our new location: 530 N.Montana (Old KFC Building) Watch for our Open House! A n n r? G o f ì ì ì c ì ì . f.'ia n i? a e r ; 1 I y ^ the last first. “Everyone will proh- ably exjx^ct a guy from Montana to sing something country or cow boy. I just want to throw some thing a little different, at them.” W ide most of his time will be spent at the competition, he hopes to be able to visit some family while he is down there. Meanwhile his wife Anita, and two kids Kaylee 8, and Wayne, 6 will have to rely on the telephone for progress reports on the competi tion. Cooper was keen to express his thanks to Harvey and Boots Lake who originally held the local heats of the competition. He also insisted on thanking everyone who subse quently sponsored his journey to the event and his accommodation while he is there. In one instance a clothing store has provided his stage gear. “Without these people I wouldn’t be able to go and com pete,” he said. “I want to say thanks, I really appreciate it.” Area youth continues family tradition of making Eagle Scouts A Jackson youth, Jake Olsen, recently completed the require ments to earn Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout. After completing the Cub Scout program, he joined Boy Scout Troop 262 in 1996. He has earned 40 merit badges and held various leadership positions. He is currently chapter Chief o f the Nez Perce Chapter o f Order o f the Arrow, a fraternity within the Scouts which studies and promotes Indian lore and camping skills. He is now a member o f the newly-formed Boy Scout Troop 600 in Jackson, where he is Senior Patrol Leader. For his Eagle project, he made a long jump track and pit for the Dillon Middle School. In the project he worked with faculty and administrators o f the school, fellow boy Scouts and other members o f the community to plan, coordinate and carry out the project. More than 100 hours of volunteer work went into the project. Those who helped him with the project included LS Ready Mix, ABC Rental, Steve Huffaker, Darrin Morast and Troop 262. He received his Eagle Scout award at a court o f honor earlier this summer, joining a family tradition o f Scouting that includes his father and four uncles who have all earned the Eagle rank. He is the son of Scott and Susan Olsen. S h o p & C o m p a r e ! W h y ? -Very Competitive Prices! -Save Mileage and Gas! •Friendly Service by People You Know and Trust H U R R Y IN NOW! ON H America’s Most Preferred ______ Brand! Consumer Brand Preference Surveys Rank Maytag Washers, Dryers And Dishwashers Number One! 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