April 14- 20, 2022
Granite High School’s prom was held last Thursday, on an especially hot and sunny spring day.
Courthouse moves planned
Forget spring cleaning— what about a spring move?
For several offices at the Granite County Courthouse, that will be just the thing.
Pending approval from the Justice of the Peace, who was not present at last Tuesday’s Commission meeting, several offices in the courthouse will be moved around to better serve the folks in those offices.
Commission Executive Assistant Billie Ann Kulaski’s office will be moved from the lowest level, up to the Commission room, on the second level of the courthouse. The Justice of the Peace, Debbie Fratzke’s office will then move into Kulaski’s old office, and the Healthy Granite County Network will move into the Justice of the Peace’s office. The Public Health office will move to the original room they had when they moved into the courthouse.
Pandemic exacerbates 'paramedic paradox' in rural areas
Even after she’s clocked out, Sarah Lewin keeps a Ford Explorer outfitted with medical gear parked outside her house. As one of just four paramedics covering five counties across vast, sprawling eastern Montana, she knows a call that someone had a heart attack, was in a serious car crash, or needs life support and is 100-plus miles away from the nearest hospital can come at any time.
“I’ve had as much as 100 hours of overtime in a two-week period,” said Lewin, the battalion chief for the Miles City Fire and Rescue department. “Other people have had more.”
Paramedics are often the most highly skilled medical providers on emergency response crews, and their presence can make a lifesaving difference in rural areas where health services are scarce. Paramedics are trained to administer specialized care from the field, such as placing a breathing tube in a blocked airway or decompressing a collapsed lung. Such procedures are beyond the training of emergency medical technicians.
Drummond takes first, third in Hot Springs track meet
Top Team Scores: Drummond 97, Seeley 74, Superior 66, Anaconda 62, Granite 52
The Lady Trojans took first at the 50th Annual Dave Tripp Memorial Track Meet on Friday that previously was held in Hot Springs but now hosted by Polson High School. And it was a great day for several individuals from DHS, to start with Jessie Struna broke the school record and won the Javelin with a fine throw of 121’ 9, and two other Lady Trojans eclipsed the 5’0 mark in the high jump, both jumping 5’ even, Lexi Nelson and Delaney Wagner, Lexi taking first and Delaney 2nd on misses. Maddie Yakos ran a 6:07 Mile and took first and her sister Gracie took 2nd in the 300 M. Hurdles (55.99) and 4th in the 100 M. Hurdles (19.86). In the 400 Meters Macie Williams took 3rd (1:06) and Bailey Parke 4th (1:07), the 4 x 400 Meter Relay team of Cyleigh Langton, Payton Rasor, Struna and Mercedes Vedder took 2nd (4:45) and the 4 x 100 Relay team of Yakos, Yakos, Williams and Parke took 4th (54.64). In the Pole Vault, Maddie Yakos took 3rd (7’0), Bailey Parke 4th (6’6), Lexi Nelson 6th (6’0).
On the Boys side the team took 3rd with 69 points, Jefferson won with 176 and Seeley was 2nd with 83. Scott Parke ran some strong races in his distance events, taking first in the 3200 Meters (11:17) and second in the 1600 Meters (4:58), and following him was Jonathan Pfendler taking second in the 3200 Meters (12:26). Samuel Bryant had a good beginning in his first meet taking 2nd in the 800 Meters (2:16) , 3rd in the 110 M. Hurdles (16.67), fourth in the 300 M. Hurdles (45.56), and 5th in the 400 Meters (56.75), now that is a tough group of events on a normal day and this one got to be on the windy side, good job! Caleb Parke took first in the Pole Vault (11’0), Scott Parke 6th (8’6) and Chase Goldade 8th (8’0). Colt Parsons took 6th in the Triple Jump (35’9.5), Brody Rasor 11th (34’5), Trey Phillips 9th in the Discus (110’7), Cooper Bradshaw 12th in the Shot Put (37’3), Chance Dunkerson 15th (36’2), and the two relay teams took 7th, the 4x 100 of Caleb Parke Tyler Burden, Goldade and Parsons (47;97) and the 4 x 400 consisted of Grady Radtke, C. Parke, S. Parke and Pfendler (4:11).
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Courthouse moves planned
Forget spring cleaning— what about a spring move?
For several offices at the Granite County Courthouse, that will be just the thing.
Pending approval from the Justice of the Peace, who was not present at last Tuesday’s Commission meeting, several offices in the courthouse will be moved around to better serve the folks in those offices.
Commission Executive Assistant Billie Ann Kulaski’s office will be moved from the lowest level, up to the Commission room, on the second level of the courthouse. The Justice of the Peace, Debbie Fratzke’s office will then move into Kulaski’s old office, and the Healthy Granite County Network will move into the Justice of the Peace’s office. The Public Health office will move to the original room they had when they moved into the courthouse.
Pandemic exacerbates 'paramedic paradox' in rural areas
Even after she’s clocked out, Sarah Lewin keeps a Ford Explorer outfitted with medical gear parked outside her house. As one of just four paramedics covering five counties across vast, sprawling eastern Montana, she knows a call that someone had a heart attack, was in a serious car crash, or needs life support and is 100-plus miles away from the nearest hospital can come at any time.
“I’ve had as much as 100 hours of overtime in a two-week period,” said Lewin, the battalion chief for the Miles City Fire and Rescue department. “Other people have had more.”
Paramedics are often the most highly skilled medical providers on emergency response crews, and their presence can make a lifesaving difference in rural areas where health services are scarce. Paramedics are trained to administer specialized care from the field, such as placing a breathing tube in a blocked airway or decompressing a collapsed lung. Such procedures are beyond the training of emergency medical technicians.
Drummond takes first, third in Hot Springs track meet
Top Team Scores: Drummond 97, Seeley 74, Superior 66, Anaconda 62, Granite 52
The Lady Trojans took first at the 50th Annual Dave Tripp Memorial Track Meet on Friday that previously was held in Hot Springs but now hosted by Polson High School. And it was a great day for several individuals from DHS, to start with Jessie Struna broke the school record and won the Javelin with a fine throw of 121’ 9, and two other Lady Trojans eclipsed the 5’0 mark in the high jump, both jumping 5’ even, Lexi Nelson and Delaney Wagner, Lexi taking first and Delaney 2nd on misses. Maddie Yakos ran a 6:07 Mile and took first and her sister Gracie took 2nd in the 300 M. Hurdles (55.99) and 4th in the 100 M. Hurdles (19.86). In the 400 Meters Macie Williams took 3rd (1:06) and Bailey Parke 4th (1:07), the 4 x 400 Meter Relay team of Cyleigh Langton, Payton Rasor, Struna and Mercedes Vedder took 2nd (4:45) and the 4 x 100 Relay team of Yakos, Yakos, Williams and Parke took 4th (54.64). In the Pole Vault, Maddie Yakos took 3rd (7’0), Bailey Parke 4th (6’6), Lexi Nelson 6th (6’0).
On the Boys side the team took 3rd with 69 points, Jefferson won with 176 and Seeley was 2nd with 83. Scott Parke ran some strong races in his distance events, taking first in the 3200 Meters (11:17) and second in the 1600 Meters (4:58), and following him was Jonathan Pfendler taking second in the 3200 Meters (12:26). Samuel Bryant had a good beginning in his first meet taking 2nd in the 800 Meters (2:16) , 3rd in the 110 M. Hurdles (16.67), fourth in the 300 M. Hurdles (45.56), and 5th in the 400 Meters (56.75), now that is a tough group of events on a normal day and this one got to be on the windy side, good job! Caleb Parke took first in the Pole Vault (11’0), Scott Parke 6th (8’6) and Chase Goldade 8th (8’0). Colt Parsons took 6th in the Triple Jump (35’9.5), Brody Rasor 11th (34’5), Trey Phillips 9th in the Discus (110’7), Cooper Bradshaw 12th in the Shot Put (37’3), Chance Dunkerson 15th (36’2), and the two relay teams took 7th, the 4x 100 of Caleb Parke Tyler Burden, Goldade and Parsons (47;97) and the 4 x 400 consisted of Grady Radtke, C. Parke, S. Parke and Pfendler (4:11).
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