Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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The May 7 Courier also includes:
~ Students earn recognition and scholarships at Masonic dinner ~ Jefferson High juniors Janyssa Overturf and Cory Martini each received a $1000 scholarship presented by the Masonic lodge on April 30. Eight other JHS juniors were also honored at the awards dinner.
~ ‘Bikes for Books’ peddles enthusiasm for reading ~ A program designed to encourage young students to get excited about reading lit the faces of three Montana City elementary students last week.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Sports
Sports Plus
by Dan Sturdevant
WARREN POLE VAULTS TO NEW MEET RECORD IN ANACONDA
Competing against the best the region has to offer, Jefferson High track athletes placed in several events at the Top 8 meet in Great Falls this past week. Two days later, JHS senior Dani Warren set a new meet record with a pole vault of 10’ in Anaconda.
The successes came after a season filled with weather cancellations and one week before the district tournament.
TRACK TEAMS GET IN TWO MEETS
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tunnels closes mill for repairs
by Jan Anderson
A maintenance issue that arose over the weekend will close the Montana Tunnels Mine mill for a couple of weeks, Apollo Gold Corporation announced Monday.
Operations in the pit are expected to continue for about a week before pit crews are idled pending the mill repairs, the company said.
A crack in the shell of the ball mill at the Jefferson City area mine discovered over the weekend is expected to take about two weeks to repair.
R. David Russell,
Friday, April 11, 2008
Crowd turns out to support Tunnels expansion
by Jan Anderson, editor
Montana Tunnels Mine is a vital part of the community, a safe and environmentally friendly business that deserves to receive state approval for expansion. That was the message voiced over and over Wednesday night when the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Bureau of Land Management held a public hearing at the Clancy School.
Nearly 150 people signed in at the hearing, many employed by the mine or its vendors, and everyone who spoke in the
Thursday, March 13, 2008
‘Lucky’ teacher honored by former student
by Jan Anderson, editor
Montana City School teacher Peggy Chamberlain is not often surprised over anything that happens in her classroom. After many years on the job, she has just about seen it all and come to take the twists and turns of elementary teaching in stride.
She was caught off stride, though, last week when a former student popped in, accompanied by representatives of the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the Helena Foundation.
Now a high school senior,