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Thursday, 09 April 2009 05:55 |
This weekend the High School Golf Team traveled to Missoula for their tournament.
The first day of play took place at Larchmont Golf Course. “Warming up took a bit of patience on the range inundated with huge snowflakes,” said Coach Kim Hofstad.
During putting practice, the golf balls grew as they rolled through the snow. Even with the interesting warm up time, golfers were able to tee off by 9:30 and had a pretty nice day. “The last hour, a bitter wind made golfing chilly,” she said.
Despite the conditions, the golfers did well.
At the end of the first day, Kyle Ellis sat in ninth with an 87, Nate Gage followed with an 88, Rhett Orcutt was in with a 99, Ramsey Offerdal shot a 107, and Douglas Peters a 112.
The team sat in third place behind Three Forks and Loyola and one stroke ahead of Fairfield at the end of the first day. (a Field of 11 teams)
Kylee Schlepp shot a 114 for the day. She was the only girl playing this weekend for Conrad.
Saturday, the course had a 1-½ inch blanket of snow at 8:30 a.m. “Officials said to return after an hour for a decision,” said Hofstad.
At 9:30, the snowy blanket was still just as thick.
“The course manager said if it was OK by noon, we’d still play 18. If not, and it was OK by 1 p.m. we’d play nine or they would cancel it at that time. We were riding with Cut Bank on their bus and decided, with the look of the course that we would forego possibly playing and head home” she commented Eureka also withdrew along with a number of individual players.
Those teams remaining did end up playing nine holes in super soggy conditions. |
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 12:51 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 YUCKY DAY Sunday was not a particularly good day to be out and about as most of Montana was hammered with a winter storm, dropping several inches of wet snow. It caused several roadways to be closed and visibility for driving was almost zero. Barely visible here are the elevator grain towers in Conrad. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
The purpose of the event was to go over the NRCS annual report which was given by Stacy Eneboe, pass out two very coveted awards and take in a program presented by Extension Agent Dan Picard and his wife Marliss, and County Commissioner Cyndi Johnson and her husband Ken.
They were part of a group that earlier in the year went on a trade mission to China.
A slide show, “Follow the Grain-Trade Mission China,” for those who hadn’t seen or read about it before, was an eye-opening experience to the Asian country on the Pacific Rim.
Before the slide show presentation, George and Wyatt Wood were presented with the unparalleled PCCD Conservationist of the Year award and Paul Kronebusch was given a special distinguished service plaque for 30 years of service.
The annual report covered the activities and accomplishments of the PCCD for the year, and they were many.
Along with other entities on some, there were five educational events they hosted, including outdoor workshops, the Montana Range Days, and the giving of a $250 scholarship to Lane Judisch.
The PCCD administered three grants totaling close to $200,000 and board members attended key meetings in and out of the local area.
Some other activity during the course of the year included updating Pondera County ownership maps, monitoring weather stations and collecting data for drought information, coordinating tree orders and publishing a quarterly newsletter for the public so they can be kept updated on what is happening with the PCCD.
At this juncture, I’m taking a little editor’s license. I really didn’t expect to eat breakfast at the meeting, arriving a little before the awards were handed out and the annual report was given.
However, a hearty morning meal was brought out to me and I have to tell you, the cooks did a super job. It was scrumptious and appreciated. |
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 12:48 |
 THE KING AND QUEEN'S COURT Brach Newmiller and Whitney Bliss were named King and Queen of the Junior Prom. They are joined from left to right by Brandon Philipps and Bethany Grubb, Paul OBrien and Jenny Silvernale and Rhett Orcutt and Jayleen Harris. Photo courtesy of Kelly Martin
While at 14 years, this is not yet a 25 or 50 year anniversary, for example, however, in these trying economic times of stimulus bailouts and bigger than big corporate bonuses, it is just short of amazing that this is one program that remains viable and strong.
Between the Award’s Day at Conrad High School and the summer round of scholarship giving to upper level students, CHS graduates will receive more than $51,000 in post academic awards.
“Even in time of economic struggle, the fund managers with the local DFS organization are proud to see an increase in the amounts that will be awarded,” Dede Browns tells the I-O.
She goes on to add, “It is continued support that CHS grads are depending upon.”
This local success is at odds with the national averages of endowment assets for colleges’ and universities.
Scholarship awards are issued based on interest and dividends off of endowment funds.
For example, Montana State University’s Foundation saw the value of their endowment funds drop 2.7 percent from the previous year (2008 NACUBO Endowment Study).
In a statement from an article viewed at Missoulian.com, Mick Hanson, the UofM’s financial aid director says, “High school seniors graduating next May will have a tougher time securing scholarships than in the past because of the uncertain economy.”
He went on to add, “You couldn’t pick a worse time to graduate, and we hope we won’t have to reduce the number of scholarships very much.”
The Missoulian report stated, ‘Of the UofM Foundation’s 535 endowed scholarships, 70 percent are in trouble.’
At one point in UofM Foundation fiscal reporting, they showed a loss of 6.6 percent in their investment portfolio. That equates to a loss of $7.9 million!
In a mid-March report from the Great Falls Tribune, the UofM Foundation has asked its 47 member staff to take unpaid furloughs. UofM Foundation staff will also see cutbacks in contributions to employee retirement plans.
These reductions were necessary because of the economic condition and stock market declines.
In comparison, Conrad Dollars for Scholars has zero paid employees to drain endowment fund dividends. Administrative expenses for 2008 totaled just $233.
Conrad High School graduates who apply for a Dollars for Scholars award, along with DFS donors, can have confidence due to the fact that DFS investing is of a conservative policy. In short, Dollars for Scholars scholarship giving continues to grow. |
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