May 14-20, 2020
Graduates gallop
Despite a change in the traditional graduation ceremony this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Drummond’s graduates found a way to smile through it all, including, from left, Kyla Kolbeck, Wyatt Rigby, Conley Wagney and Abby Egbert, who rode their horses during the graduation parade held for graduating seniors.
County seeks funding
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Health Director Leigh Ann Holmes provided details about a COVID-19 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant to the Granite County Commissioners at their meeting last week.
“We applied for this on behalf of Deer Lodge and Granite County” Holmes said.
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) grant provides up to $40,000 per county and encourages counties to choose the items that meet their communities’ unique realities and resources. The Department anticipated receiving additional funding soon for COVID-19 through a grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
A recent county-wide survey distributed by the Healthy Granite County Network identified mental and behavioral health as a main concern of county residents.
Drummond hires Dean of Students, talks AD salary
At last Monday’s Drummond school board meeting, Shona Bradshaw was sworn in as the newest member of the board of trustees, replacing Bob Suthers, who filled out his elected term.
Scott Struna was reelected as board chair. Alex Verlanic was elected to vice chair and school office manager* Toby Wetsch was reelected to the clerk/business manager position.
Schools Superintendent Christina Barbachano reported that money has not necessarily been saved since the novel coronavirus outbreak caused school closures across the country because all the money will go to other places. She noted the schools have paid less for transportation, and said the teachers have done a great job keeping supply purchases low. Any money not spent by the end of the year will be put into the interlocal agreement between the elementary and high schools, which can be used to fund other projects, Barbachano told the board.
The board voted to hire Janet Hauptman and Darcy Schindler as Deans of Students for the elementary and high schools.
Commission nixes county-wide dog ordinance idea
At their May 12 meeting, Granite County Commissioners discussed correspondence from Anna Provost about dogs running at large in the county.
Provost noted there is a leash law in the town of Philipsburg, and that the Whiskey Flats subdivision, where her property is, has a Homeowner’s Association. While the plots are private property, the roads are public, and “people let their dogs run around,” Provost told the commissioners.
She asked if there county be some regulations about dogs running off-leash in the county. Provost pointed out that she loves dogs, but wants dog owners to be responsible and care for their dogs.
“I don’t think we need a dog pound or anything like that,” Provost said.
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Despite a change in the traditional graduation ceremony this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Drummond’s graduates found a way to smile through it all, including, from left, Kyla Kolbeck, Wyatt Rigby, Conley Wagney and Abby Egbert, who rode their horses during the graduation parade held for graduating seniors.
County seeks funding
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Health Director Leigh Ann Holmes provided details about a COVID-19 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant to the Granite County Commissioners at their meeting last week.
“We applied for this on behalf of Deer Lodge and Granite County” Holmes said.
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) grant provides up to $40,000 per county and encourages counties to choose the items that meet their communities’ unique realities and resources. The Department anticipated receiving additional funding soon for COVID-19 through a grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
A recent county-wide survey distributed by the Healthy Granite County Network identified mental and behavioral health as a main concern of county residents.
Drummond hires Dean of Students, talks AD salary
At last Monday’s Drummond school board meeting, Shona Bradshaw was sworn in as the newest member of the board of trustees, replacing Bob Suthers, who filled out his elected term.
Scott Struna was reelected as board chair. Alex Verlanic was elected to vice chair and school office manager* Toby Wetsch was reelected to the clerk/business manager position.
Schools Superintendent Christina Barbachano reported that money has not necessarily been saved since the novel coronavirus outbreak caused school closures across the country because all the money will go to other places. She noted the schools have paid less for transportation, and said the teachers have done a great job keeping supply purchases low. Any money not spent by the end of the year will be put into the interlocal agreement between the elementary and high schools, which can be used to fund other projects, Barbachano told the board.
The board voted to hire Janet Hauptman and Darcy Schindler as Deans of Students for the elementary and high schools.
Commission nixes county-wide dog ordinance idea
At their May 12 meeting, Granite County Commissioners discussed correspondence from Anna Provost about dogs running at large in the county.
Provost noted there is a leash law in the town of Philipsburg, and that the Whiskey Flats subdivision, where her property is, has a Homeowner’s Association. While the plots are private property, the roads are public, and “people let their dogs run around,” Provost told the commissioners.
She asked if there county be some regulations about dogs running off-leash in the county. Provost pointed out that she loves dogs, but wants dog owners to be responsible and care for their dogs.
“I don’t think we need a dog pound or anything like that,” Provost said.
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