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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
Saturday, the place to be is downtown Conrad as the Harvest Festival, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, begins their activities at 2 p.m.
Main St. will be lined with 19 vendors. More than likely you can get some early Christmas shopping done here.
Two more folks have been added to the lineup for a chance to “smooch” a piglet later in the afternoon. And they would be IGA store manager Jamey Byrnes and that effervescent mayor of Shelby, Larry Bonderud.
They join an already popular lineup of Conrad characters that include CofC executive secretary Barbi “Baby” Killion, County Commissioner Cynthia “the president” Johnson, Scott “French fries” Arvidson, the silent man, Mark Leys, Conrad’s very own Mayor John Shevlin, Sheriff’s Deputy Carl “nutcracker” Suta, ITB Manager Ron “flight-line man” Cook, and those wild and crazy guys from the District 10 School Administration, school principals Craig Barringer and Greg Jensen.
You can vote for any or all of these folks at the IGA store. Ballot stuffing is not only legal, like a Chicago election, it is encouraged.
The winner of the “Kiss n’ Squeal” will be announced at 5:30 p.m. at the stoplight at the intersection of Main St. and 4th Ave.
A major attraction of the Harvest Festival of course is the Beef and Bison Cook-off. There will be seven businesses, with six of them, vying to knock off last year’s champion G&D Hardware and take away their traveling trophy.
Putting out their very best in culinary skills, trying to win your vote, will be crews from Mountain View Co-op, Farm Credit Services, Pure Bliss Cycle, Funtronics, Gary and Leo’s IGA, Stockman Bank, and Big Sky Equipment
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
In an oil company settlement of back taxes, Pondera County, along with six other counties, shared almost $1.8 million in back taxes, penalties and interest.
Pondera County’s portion from the law suit is $204,121. The other counties are Blaine ($7,917), Glacier ($11,036), Liberty ($502,931), Teton ($83,394), Toole ($269,810), and the state ($320,792).
Commission Chairman Joe Christiaens told the I-O, “It’s been a long time coming.”
A Shelby oil company, William F. Fulton, Fulton Fuel Co. and other affiliates agreed to pay the state $1.4 million at the time of the settlement in July with the rest, $392,000 being paid by Jan. 26, 2008.
For Pondera County, Treasurer Jeanne Moon indicated the settlement will be allocated to various county funds.
For example, Conrad High School will be allocated $42, 637.79, the elementary schools $27,252.68, and the general fund $34,349.06. Remaining funds will be disbursed into other county funds such as the road and weed departments and others.
The settlement was actually made this past summer in July; however, the Revenue Department reports they could not comment on the action until all of the counties involved were in agreement on a joint press release.
In the latter part of September a settle agreement was released to a committee of the Revenue and Transportation departments.
It should be noted; these are not “windfall” funds. The settlement is money that should have been received earlier. It all represents unpaid taxes. |
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
 FIND A HOLE – Cowboy running back Colter Knox, number 36, looks for a hole behind the blocking of Cowboy linemen during the scrimmage game with Shelby on Saturday. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
The win moved them into second place in conference play with a 2-1 record, right behind Cut Bank who leads the conference with a 2-0 record.
On the opening kickoff, the Coyotes tried a bit of trickery with a reverse, but the ball was fumbled and while they recovered, Shelby was starting at the 14-yard line. They couldn’t move the ball and punted.
Conrad got good field position at the 49-yard line but couldn’t move the ball either and Shelby took over at mid-field off a bad snap on a punting play.
Later in the first period, Lane Judisch picked up 40 yards on a swing pass in the flat from Josiah Moerkerke but the team couldn’t move the ball after that and the Coyotes again took possession on downs.
Eric Norby picked off a pass in the first period but the quarter ended in a 0-0 tie.
In the second quarter, after a big sack by Andy Springer, Norby picked off his second pass of the contest. Once more, the Cowboys went three and out, turning the ball back to Shelby, which up to now had a game being played between the 30-yard lines.
Midway through the period, Logan Erickson picked off a Shelby pass and raced 30 yards to the homeland for six points. Norby spun his way into the end zone on a two-point PAT play for an 8-0 Cowboy lead. That score would stand up to the intermission.
Shelby recovered a fumble early in the third period and punched in a score on a fourth down play from the one-yard line. Their two-point PAT try was good and the contest was tied at 8-8. However, the Cowboys came right back and were working an eight-play drive when Judisch took a handoff from Moerkerke, picked up a couple of key blocks and raced up the middle of the field for a 45-yard TD with just over four minutes to play.
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