Sept. 9-15, 2021
Andrew Evjene, of Two Dot, competes in the Top 6 saddle bronc riding at the Helmville Labor Day Rodeo on Monday. For more photos of the rodeo, see page 8.
Subdivision reviewed
“It’s nice to see a big crowd here tonight— big interest,” Planning Board Chair John Spaeth said at last Thursday’s meeting of the board.
The meeting drew interest for the discussion of the Trout Creek Subdivision.
The subdivision, near the new fire hall on Skalkaho Road, consists of five plats. In the subdivision’s covenants, those plats can be further divided only one more time.
Two lots are 27.83 acres. One is 20.01 acres and the larger two are each 121.75 acres.
Because the county is unzoned, the development has to be approved under the rules of subdivision in the county, and all those regulations have to tie back to a specific law, County Planner Linda Bouck said.
Remains found in 2014 finally identified as Texas man
Closure has finally come for one Texas family.
After seven years, the skeletonized remains found in the Welcome Creek Wilderness in 2014 have been identified. Granite County Sheriff Scott Dunkerson told the Mail that DNA testing revealed the remains to belong to David Jon Milek, of Dallas Texas. He was 32 years old the last time he was seen by his family in 2011.
At one point, Milek’s sister had hired a private investigator to search for her brother, yielding no results.
The remains were found by a hiker in 2014 in the Bidwell Gulch area on Lower Rock Creek.
For years, the Sheriff’s Office could not identify the remains, despite years of researching missing person databases in the United States and Canada.
Lady Prospectors win round one of cross-county volleyball
Last Tuesday, August 31st, the Lady Trojans made a trip to Philipsburg for a volleyball match against the Lady Prospectors. It was the home team who took a 1-3 opening conference win by the scores of 26-24, 16-25, 20-25 and 18-25. The Lady Trojans took a trip to the Bitterroot on Thursday, Sept. 2, for a match with the Lady Tigers from Darby. The visitors took a 3-2 win by the scores of 18-25,25-17,15-25, 25-23 and 15-9.
Under new direction with Paige Fickler as head coach and assisted by Sabrina Shows, the Lady Trojans are young with limited varsity experience, but they seemed to have things pretty much in control in the first game of the match with the Lady Prospectors. Behind the serving of Jessie Struna, who served 6 straight with a pair of aces included. The gals from the northern end of the county were in front 23-15 when Reese Pitcher took the serve and brought her team back to a 23-22 tally. The score was tied at 24. The Lady Trojans scored the last two over time points for the win. Struna led with 8 (2 aces), while Pitcher scored 10 (2 aces).
In the second game, the home team held a 6-10 advantage after the first rotation. It was tied at 12-all when Ella Tallon took the serve. She scored 9 straight that included 3 aces. The Lady Trojans had closed to 16-23 before the Lady Prospectors made it a 16-25 win. Struna scored 5 with a pair of aces added. Tallon had 10 to pace her team.
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Subdivision reviewed
“It’s nice to see a big crowd here tonight— big interest,” Planning Board Chair John Spaeth said at last Thursday’s meeting of the board.
The meeting drew interest for the discussion of the Trout Creek Subdivision.
The subdivision, near the new fire hall on Skalkaho Road, consists of five plats. In the subdivision’s covenants, those plats can be further divided only one more time.
Two lots are 27.83 acres. One is 20.01 acres and the larger two are each 121.75 acres.
Because the county is unzoned, the development has to be approved under the rules of subdivision in the county, and all those regulations have to tie back to a specific law, County Planner Linda Bouck said.
Remains found in 2014 finally identified as Texas man
Closure has finally come for one Texas family.
After seven years, the skeletonized remains found in the Welcome Creek Wilderness in 2014 have been identified. Granite County Sheriff Scott Dunkerson told the Mail that DNA testing revealed the remains to belong to David Jon Milek, of Dallas Texas. He was 32 years old the last time he was seen by his family in 2011.
At one point, Milek’s sister had hired a private investigator to search for her brother, yielding no results.
The remains were found by a hiker in 2014 in the Bidwell Gulch area on Lower Rock Creek.
For years, the Sheriff’s Office could not identify the remains, despite years of researching missing person databases in the United States and Canada.
Lady Prospectors win round one of cross-county volleyball
Last Tuesday, August 31st, the Lady Trojans made a trip to Philipsburg for a volleyball match against the Lady Prospectors. It was the home team who took a 1-3 opening conference win by the scores of 26-24, 16-25, 20-25 and 18-25. The Lady Trojans took a trip to the Bitterroot on Thursday, Sept. 2, for a match with the Lady Tigers from Darby. The visitors took a 3-2 win by the scores of 18-25,25-17,15-25, 25-23 and 15-9.
Under new direction with Paige Fickler as head coach and assisted by Sabrina Shows, the Lady Trojans are young with limited varsity experience, but they seemed to have things pretty much in control in the first game of the match with the Lady Prospectors. Behind the serving of Jessie Struna, who served 6 straight with a pair of aces included. The gals from the northern end of the county were in front 23-15 when Reese Pitcher took the serve and brought her team back to a 23-22 tally. The score was tied at 24. The Lady Trojans scored the last two over time points for the win. Struna led with 8 (2 aces), while Pitcher scored 10 (2 aces).
In the second game, the home team held a 6-10 advantage after the first rotation. It was tied at 12-all when Ella Tallon took the serve. She scored 9 straight that included 3 aces. The Lady Trojans had closed to 16-23 before the Lady Prospectors made it a 16-25 win. Struna scored 5 with a pair of aces added. Tallon had 10 to pace her team.
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