February 25-March 3, 2021
Preston Metesh swats Brody Rasor’s attempt at a basket during last week’s cross-county matchups for district basketball. For more from the games, see pages 7, 9 and 14.
Vaccines ramp up
Granite County Public Health Emergency Coordinator Dustin Muhly reported only one active case of COVID-19 in the county last week.
“I don’t know if there’s anybody in quarantine anymore, I think everybody is off. It’s looking quite a bit better for right now,” Muhly told the County Commissioners at their meeting last week.
Earlier this month, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte rescinded the statewide mask mandate. At that time Gianforte said that he trusted Montanans to protect their own health, but also encouraged people to continue to wear a mask saying, “we’re not out of the woods yet.”
During the County Board of Health portion of the Commissioners meeting, County Attorney Blaine Bradshaw said that individual counties have the discretion to impose stricter guidelines than those proposed by the Governor if they choose to do so.
Flint Creek Childcare Co. looks to expansion
“They just feel like the women who work here love them like you love them,” Samantha Motzko said of the caregivers at Flint Creek Childcare in Philipsburg.
“You couldn’t ask for better childcare,” she added.
Flint Creek Childcare LLC was founded two years ago in April. In October of 2019, they opened their doors to students.
After just over a year, the daycare is outgrowing its space.
As a group/home daycare, the center is approved for up to 12 kids, but Director Mary Hager usually caps that number at 10. With two teachers and 10 students in the small space, it can get chaotic, she explained.
Drummond students excited for Close Up alternative
COVID-19 pandemic, the fate of Drummond’s Close Up program was up in the air. Last year’s program was canceled as the pandemic halted events and travel across the country.
Close Up advisor Jamie Parke wanted to ensure the dozen students planning on attending the program, which usually travels to Washington D.C., could still have an adventure and “a learning experience that will last a lifetime.”
The Close Up Foundation, which leads schools across the country through programs, has not had any schools this year that were able to do the program due to various pandemic restrictions. As things have fluctuated between open and closed, it was unclear how the program would go forward.
Though the foundation gave a few extensions for the schools’ deposits, the deadline for the school to pull its money and use the funds for a different program was Feb. 1.
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Vaccines ramp up
Granite County Public Health Emergency Coordinator Dustin Muhly reported only one active case of COVID-19 in the county last week.
“I don’t know if there’s anybody in quarantine anymore, I think everybody is off. It’s looking quite a bit better for right now,” Muhly told the County Commissioners at their meeting last week.
Earlier this month, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte rescinded the statewide mask mandate. At that time Gianforte said that he trusted Montanans to protect their own health, but also encouraged people to continue to wear a mask saying, “we’re not out of the woods yet.”
During the County Board of Health portion of the Commissioners meeting, County Attorney Blaine Bradshaw said that individual counties have the discretion to impose stricter guidelines than those proposed by the Governor if they choose to do so.
Flint Creek Childcare Co. looks to expansion
“They just feel like the women who work here love them like you love them,” Samantha Motzko said of the caregivers at Flint Creek Childcare in Philipsburg.
“You couldn’t ask for better childcare,” she added.
Flint Creek Childcare LLC was founded two years ago in April. In October of 2019, they opened their doors to students.
After just over a year, the daycare is outgrowing its space.
As a group/home daycare, the center is approved for up to 12 kids, but Director Mary Hager usually caps that number at 10. With two teachers and 10 students in the small space, it can get chaotic, she explained.
Drummond students excited for Close Up alternative
COVID-19 pandemic, the fate of Drummond’s Close Up program was up in the air. Last year’s program was canceled as the pandemic halted events and travel across the country.
Close Up advisor Jamie Parke wanted to ensure the dozen students planning on attending the program, which usually travels to Washington D.C., could still have an adventure and “a learning experience that will last a lifetime.”
The Close Up Foundation, which leads schools across the country through programs, has not had any schools this year that were able to do the program due to various pandemic restrictions. As things have fluctuated between open and closed, it was unclear how the program would go forward.
Though the foundation gave a few extensions for the schools’ deposits, the deadline for the school to pull its money and use the funds for a different program was Feb. 1.
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