Philipsburg Mail

After asking the Granite County Hospital District Board and hospital CEO Jeff Prater about how the hospital intends to get funds for the purchase of a CT machine and the power upgrade to run it, Jenne Pugh asked if the hospital really needed CT and MRI services.
“Jeff do you analyze need?” asked Pugh.
“Do I analyze need? Yes,” replied Prater.The CEO went on to say that when considering whether there would be need for the services he looked at the number and types of traumas that are coming through the hospital. He also noted that through the services, lives may be saved.

The Granite County Commissioners have the numerical data from the Solid Waste rate study they need to convert the county’s solid waste measurement from volume to weight.
But before they’re ready to hold a hearing on the rate change and put it into effect, the Commissioners have to figure out when would be the best time for the change. The Montana Department of Revenue, which assesses units to structures, started their new tax year on January 1 while Granite County’s budget for next year won’t come about until June.

A.J. Michnevich told the Granite County Commissioners that the Planning Board had suggested different regulations for the road specifications for minor subdivisions. 
As the chairman of the Planning Board, Michnevich said that it took many meetings to come up with the idea and the Commissioners should not remove it without considering the impact removing it will have on developers.
“A developer is not going to come here,” said Michnevich.
According to the Planning Board’s proposal for updating subdivision regulations and road standards, the board believes that the road specifications for minor subdivisions of five lots or less should be reduced from a road width of 24 feet to 18 feet and surface material from six inches to four inches.

Margaret Okken was born on January 14, 1920 in Pretty Rock, North Dakota, to Horace T. and Mayme Storm.  She grew up in New Leipzig, North Dakota where she graduated from high school.  
On June 19, 1938, Margaret married Raymond Okken.  Soon afterwards, they made their home in Anaconda.  Margaret was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker, seamstress, poet and committed Christian.  When her children were ready to go to college, she went to work as a nurse’s aide and later became an LPN to help with college expenses. 

Brian Michael “Le Duke” Phillips, tipped his hat and rode into the sunset with the Lord on Wednesday, January 18, 2012.  He was 70.  The Duke was the son of Helen Mary Dupuie and John McIntosh Phillips. He was born on April 11, 1941 in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. 
 The youngest of four children, Le Duke joined the Air Force in 1957 at age 16 and was a Vietnam veteran.  He worked many different jobs: General Motors in Michigan, managed a co-op in Indiana and sold lumber while in Ft. Myers, Florida.