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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
 THERMO UNIT – Deputy Carl Suta shows the new Thermo unit that the Pondera County Sheriff’s Department received through a homeland grant. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
This program was created by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“Eligibility for the CEDAP grant is limited to law enforcement agencies, fire, and other emergency responder organizations with specific financial and capability needs,” said Deputy Jeff Pruttis of the PCSD.
The cost of the Thermal Imager, valued at $18,000, and the training provided in operating the imager, was covered through the grant.
Equipment and training awards are offered in five categories: personal protective equipment, thermal imaging, night vision, and video surveillance tools, chemical and biological detection tools, information technology and risk management tools, and interoperable communications equipment.
The Thermal Imager can be used for many applications including: Search and Rescue, fugitive searches, vehicle pursuits, perimeter surveillance, officer safety, disturbed surface scenarios, environmental concerns, hidden compartments in vehicles and accident investigations.
“This will be a very useful tool that has been added to the PCSD,” says Pruttis. |
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
 Pondera County 4-H member Dirk Elings was honored with a State Project Award for leadership in the area of Teen Leadership during the Montana 4-H Congress award banquet at MSU-Bozeman on July 12.
Elings was one of only six youth in the entire state to receive one of these prestigious awards this year, and competition was at a very high level.
The application for these awards is a rigorous process covering all of their achievements and areas of growth for the past three years. In addition to several pages of narrative, youth also submitted a creative digital presentation.
A few of the achievements that helped Elings earn this coveted award were serving as a Teen Leader and Ambassador, teaching dog members how to train and show their dogs; giving many leadership workshops at the county, district, and state levels; helping organize and lead several 4-H camps; and generally helping out anytime and every time he was asked.
In addition to working at a high level of achievement and service for the past three years, Elings needed to communicate well through his narrative, his video presentation, and his written application.
The seven criteria upon which the awards is based are communications, project goals, learning, leadership, citizenship, the applicant’s 4-H story, photo pages, and creative work. Within these categories, applicants explained their participation in regard to their project area, within 4-H and outside 4-H. The few successful applicants needed to demonstrate that they had a broad spectrum of service and learning.
Elings has worked hard to serve and promote 4-H in Pondera County and throughout the state.
The Extension staff in the county was thrilled to learn that the young man whom they knew deserved to be recognized received this honor at a state level. This award earns Elings the right to attend the National 4-H Congress.
Elings also, was one of nine candidates who participated in a rigorous two-day selection process for State Ambassador Officer Team.
He was one of five selected to represent the Montana 4-H Ambassadors on a state level. Elings will serve on the Montana Extension Advisory Council (MEAC) as part of his office responsibilities.
He is the son of Gordon and Maria Elings of Conrad. |
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
 MAKING WAVES – Taryn Erickson swam to a seventh place finish in the breast stroke at the Hamilton meet this past weekend. She placed eighth in the 50 fly and eighth in the 50 back in the Junior division.
The orders looked like this: 1st Bitterroot, 2nd Columbia Falls, 3rd. Conrad, 4th Cut Bank, 5th Shelby, 6h Plains, 7th Fort Benton, 8th Choteau, 9th Chester, 10th Sunburst.
Highlighting the meet for Conrad were Jenny Silvernale and Makayla Barringer, both earning High Point honors in the Intermediate and Junior divisions respectively.
Silvernale placed first in the 200 IM, 100 breast and 100 backstroke events.
On Saturday, she set a new pool record in the 100 breast with a time of 1:20.03. Then on Sunday she broke her own record in the same event with a clocking of 1:19.23. She also set a pool record in the backstroke with a time of 1:11.0.
Barringer placed first in the 50 free, 100 breast and 50 fly events. She also set a new pool record in the 100 breast in a time of 1:16.91.
In the other team members individual and relays, places went like this:
BANTAMS
Kinsey Harris 2nd, 25-free, 3rd 50-free, 5th25-fly; Nicole Erickson 6th 25-free, 9th 25-back, 3rd 25-fly’ Raelynn Jones 5th 25-free; Shawn Cassidy 2nd 25-free, 3rd 50-free, 2nd 25-back; Brad Vanderbush 9th 25-free, 12th 50-free; Dania Jones 1st 25 breast, 6th 50 free, 4th 100-IM; Jerry Cassidy 8th 50-free, 7th 25-back, 4th 25-fly.
The 100 Free Relay team of Dania Jones, Raelynn Jones, Kinsey Harris and Nicole Erickson took second. The 100 Medley team of R. Jones. D. Jones, Erickson and Harris were also in second.
MIDGETS
Krista Judisch 2nd 100-IM, 6th 50-breast, 1st 50-back; Kyleigh Salois 6th 100-IM, 5th 50-free, 4th 50-fly; Emily Harwood 7th 50-free, 7th 50-brest, 5th 50-back; Delaney Gilbert 4th 50-free, 11th 50-breast, 7th 50-back; Eric Harwood 10th 50-free, 9th 100-free, 11th 50-back; Molly Gianarelli 10th 50-breast; Lacey Jones 1st 50-breast, 3rd 100-free, 2nd 50-back.
In the 100 Free Relay, the team of Eric Harwood, Jerry Cassidy, Brad Vanderbush and Shawn Cassidy took third.
JUNIORS
Makayla Barringer 1st 200-IM, 1st 50-free, 1st 50-back; Kelci Watterud 5th 200-IM, 9th 50-beast, 9th 50-fly; Jayde Richardson 4th 50-free, 4th 50-breast, 7th 50-fly; Teagan Tucker 5th 50-fre, 1st 50-breat, 2n 50-back; Taryn Erickson 7th 50-breast, 8th 50-back, 8th 50-fly; Skylar Shirley 6th 50-breast; Shannon Herring 12th 100-free, 10th 50-fly; Samantha Turnquist 10th 100-free, 12th 50-back.
In the 200 A Free Relay, the team of Richardson, Erickson, Barringer and Tucker placed first. In the 200 Free B, the team of Turnquist, Herring, Shirley and Watterud were sixth.
The 200 Medley A team of Tucker, Erickson, Barringer and Richardson were first and the 200 B team of Herring, Shirley, Watterud and Turnquist placed sixth.
INTERMEDIATE
Jenny Silvernale 1st 200-IM, 1st 100-breast, 1st 100-back. Three pool records.
SENIORS
Cheney Gianarelli 7th 400-free, 11th 100-free; Logan Erickson 10th 50-free, 9th 100-free; Andrew Lehnerz 3rd 50-free, 4th 1—free, 4th 100-back; Melissa Barringer 1st 50-free, 1st 100-breast, 2nd 50-fly.
This weekend the swim team goes to Fort Benton for a meet.
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