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VOLUME 99 ISSUE 48 BAKER, MONTANA 59313 fctimes@midrivers.coin 406-778-3344 4 - : $1.00 FRIDAY, NOVEMBiandla Let the celebrations begin. . . Baker's Countdown to Christmas events By Sherry Vogel As the holiday season draws near, the Baker Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture presents a celebration of the home- town marketplace. The merry making begins on Black Friday, Nov. 27, as local merchants will extend their regular store hours until 7 p.m. for Christmas shopping. Saturday, Nov. 28, holiday shoppers are encouraged to shop In Baker for their gifts during \Small Business Saturday\ in support of the local economy. This year the Fantasy Food Fair will delight many on Satur- day night, Dec. 5, as local restauranteurs offer samples of sa- vory appetizers starting at 7 p.m. The wine will flow throughout the evening as vendors from far and near share sam- ples of their finest. A festive display of beautifully decorated Christmas trees will be the backdrop at this venue held at Thee Garage Showroom. The pinnacle of our hometown celebration is the 'Baker Busi- ness Countdown to Christmas' to be held Wednesday, Dec. 9. Local store keepers will be open until 7 p.m. to accommodate Christmas shoppers as they stroll the downtown area in search of the perfect gift. The festivities begin at 4 p.m. when Santa arrives at the new fire station to have his picture taken with area kiddies until 6 p.m. Santa's elves will be collecting a can of food or a small donation to the Community Cupboard for the picture taken courtesy of the Baker Fire Department. Every- one will want to stroll into the warm and cozy Thee Garage Showroom between 4:30-7:00 p.m. for a delicious and hearty bowl of chili served with all the fixings. This chili supper is served by Friends of FMC Foundation for a free will donation. Also, conveniently located in Thee Garage from 4:30-7:00 p.m. will be Bohle Images Photography in conjunction with the Baker Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture offering, for the first time ever, \Expressions for Christmas\ which will offer a 10x10 print for $20. Images will be delivered in time for Christmas. All profits will be donated to Christmas Wishes. Bundle up the (aunty, bring your blankets and thermos of hot cocoa as you enjoy the grand finale of this day of celebration as it concludes with the annual Parade of Lights sponsored by the Fallon County Recreation Department which will begin at 7 p.m. The parade route will start from the north Fallon Med- ical Complex parking lot, cross Montana Avenue and turn right (east) on Railroad Avenue, turn right at the Corner Bar to con- tinue down Main Street, cross the four-way stop go south and turn right towards the Post Office. At the Post Office, the pa- rade will turn right (north) on First Street, then turn left (west) on Montana Avenue, returning to Fallon Medical Complex. All residents are encouraged to light up their homes with hol- iday cheer and festive ornaments as the annual Baker Chamber Christmas Light Decorating Contest will take place again this year. Homes will be judged after 5 p.m. Monday. Dec. 14. First place will receive $50 in Baker Bucks, second place - $25 in Baker Bucks, and third place - $15 in Baker Bucks. Annual Science Fair held at Baker High School By Sherry Vogel The second annual Science Fair for students 10-12 grades was held at Baker High School Nov. 17. The fair, under the direction of Mrs. Linda Rost, had 27 projects presented with 60 students participating. Although this is Baker's second Science Fair, this is Mrs. Rost's ninth year supervising a science competition. Before transfering two years ago to the Baker School District, she was the science teacher in Ekalaka for seven years. \While at Carter County High School,! had eight students compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and four have won awards at the Fair (three fourth places, one third place, and mul- tiple special awards). Four students have competed at the National Jun- ior Science and Humanities Symposium, and one received first place among all of the national projects. This student then attended the Lon- don Youth Science forum as part of his prize for winning Nationals.\ said Rost. • Mrs. Rost's dedication and hard work has paid - ciff - IT& has guided students to find success in the field of science. A few of her students. after graduation, are pursuing careers in science. Recent Baker gradu- ate, Lauren Wang, attended the Intel International Science and Engi- neering Fair in Pittsburgh, PA, last year with her project on The Effect of Human Voice on Cattle Heart Rate. She is currently attending Cali- fornia Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA, majoring in animal science. She plans to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. The progression of competition from the local level onto Nationals looks like this. Grand prize winners from the Baker fair will be eligible to move on to Regionals, which will be held in Billings Mar. 18-19 Winners there will move up to compete in the State Science Fair in Missoula, Mar. 21-22. The final level of competition state -side is the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which hosts 1,500 students from over 70 countries. ISEF. which organized in 1959 and now is in its 56th year, is featured in the movie \October Sky\. SEE SCIENCE FAIR, PAGE 4 First Large Force Exercise scheduled Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. - The first Large Force Ex- ercise of military aircraft has been scheduled for Dec. 2-3 in the newly opened Powder River Training Complex. During this period, people living under the Powder River 2, PR 3, and Gap B military operating areas can expect to see multiple types of aircraft utilizing these areas simulta- neously. During the scheduled times for the exercise, non- military aircraft should thoroughly review the Federal Aviation Administration's Notice to Airmen, or NOTAMS. and review flight plans to avoid these areas and altitudes. This exercise is designed to train aircrew under realistic scenarios that support full spectrum operations against mod- em threats and replicate today's contingency operations. This type of training is limited to ten days each year, with each exercise lasting no more than three days, and only occur once every three months. The new PRTC officially opened Sept. 17 under its chart- ing by the FAA, and military flying operations began Sept. 18. This will be the first LFE for the PRTC and this news release serves as the official public notification for the event. For more information on the PRTC, visit: http://www.ellsworth.almil/prtc.asp. Those interested in l'RTC scheduling information should visit: https://sus.faa.gov/ As a reminder, aviators intending to fly in the PRTC are always encouraged to check official NOTAMS prior to flight. This can be done by calling I -800-WXBRIEF, or vis- iting online at: lutp://www.1800wxbrielcom and https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov (l -r) Juniors Sienna Schuler and Megan Greiff presented their project on making solar cells out of cop- per and copper oxide plates in a salt solution to judges Ed Jones and (not pictured) Jay Rost. Photo by Sherry Vogel Baker benefits as Farmers Union celebrates 100 years By Sherry Vogel The Farmers Educational Cooperative Union, later to become National Farmers Union, was founded in 1902 in Rains County, Texas. The first Montana local was formed at Ronan in 1912 with a Polson local established shortly thereafter. Prior to 1916. the Farmers Union in Montana was weakened by the lack of a state organization. The national charter required a combined local membership of 5,000 before the state could be chartered. Montana's farm population was too small, too widely scattered, and too unstable to qualify. In April 1916. thereafter, national president Charles S. Barrett granted Montana a state charter under a special dispensation. The organization barely survived the drought years of 1917-1919 then had a brief boom during the prosperity of 1920-1921, only to be hit by the Great De- pression, which started in the mid 1920s for Montana farmers. however, spurred by the widespread unrest of farming during the Depression, the Union grew rapidly throughout the late 1920s and 1930s. The area farming communities of 011ie and Willard were the first to organize cooperatives in Fallon County during this era. Later agreeing to consolidate to form the current Farmers Union Oil Company of Baker, Montana, in August 1949. These constituent associations organized not for profit as such but for the purpose of associating a large number of farmer patrons so as to reduce costs through joint action. This enabled them to purchase their supplies and equipment and to control the sale and distribution of their products so that ultimately they could secure a reasonable retool from their farming opciations. Dedicated to the interests of the family farm, the Farmers Union pursues a three -fold program of education. cooperat ion, and legislation. The education department sponsors a lending library, summer camps, workshops and correspondence classes for farm families. Farmers Union legislative division lobbies on the federal and state levels to push for legislation benefiting family farms. Farm cooperatives like Cenex Farmers Union Co-op, while not a formal part of the Farmers Union, have always been closely allied with the Union, often using the name \Fanners Union\ as part of their title. Like the cooperative movement met the desperate need of the drought and depression -hit farm- ers to cut costs and to get better prices for their products; so the Cenex Harvest States (CBS) franchise which is a leading global agri-business owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the U.S. CIIS is committed to helping its customers, farm -owners and other stockholders grow their businesses through its domestic and global operations. The majority of our country's two million farmers are mem- bers of the nearly 3,000 farmer -owned cooperatives. They pro- vide more than 250,000 jobs and annual wages of more than $8 billion. Our local Cenex Farmers Union Oil company has returned over 5.4 million dollars of savings to the local community over the past 66 years since its establishment in Baker. 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