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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
By Gen McCracken
When Lent began, it was time for the contest to see who could hide the most eggs before the Easter egg dying, blowing and decorating day came.
As we were evenly divided, the contest was between boys and girls. It was a great honor to bring in the most eggs and be able to choose the egg you wanted of the decorated ones. And, if the Easter Bunny brought a special egg, that was even more wonderful.
We knew that the Easter Bunny laid the eggs because one morning Dad called us to the window to show us a big white rabbit sticking his nose into a little green nest of Easter candy eggs out in our yard—positive proof!
The rivalry was strongest amount the older ones in the family, and we younger ones were begged, bribed, and bullied not to tell anything we saw or heard to the opposite team.
When Mom needed eggs, she called, and all had to stay in the house while the designated one brought in the needed eggs. They were then credited with the amount of eggs they had brought in. If their eggs were stolen at a later date, those would be all the credit they would have – and if the eggs were frozen, all they got was a scolding.
The one time I really remember this tradition well was when I discovered Frank and Rolly’s nest and told Inez and Sarah about it. The boys had dug a deep hole, lined it with straw and rags, put a board over the top, and covered it with lots of straw.
The girls waited until late in the night before the contest ended to move the eggs in a basket and hid it under their bed. When the boys found out that I was the informer, I was very unpopular.
I was sorry I had told because Frank and Russell were really my playmates instead of the girls. But the girls gave me the lovely blown egg that Inez had decorated and I kept it for many years.
Mary hadn’t been in the contest, but she let me help make the big cake and help out on the decorations.
Easter was a joyous day after all, but I don’t remember that the contest was held again. I guess we moved to town so the bigger children could attend high school, and then we had church to go to on Easter instead.
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
The Conrad High School golf team had their first varsity tournament on Friday at the Marias Valley Country Club in Shelby.
Coach Kim Hofstad “We did well in the first outing, it was tough waiting out a two hour frost delay before the golfers were able to get on the course.”
The Cowgirl team placed second behind Cut Bank. Team scores looked like this: Cut Bank 400, Conrad 432, Malta 445, Choteau 448, Valier 464, Harlem 466, Fort Benton 471.
Kylee Schlepp tied for tenth place with a 101. Kenley King and Jenny Silvernale both shot a 106, Cassie Peters had a 119 and Andrea Spicher came in with a round of 134.
 HANGING LOOSE -- Members of the Cowgirl golf team wait for a chance to warm up on the Marias Valley Golf and Country Club on Friday. The Cowgirls placed second in the opening tourney of the season. From the left is Coach Kim Hofstad, Kylee Schlepp (behind King), Kenley King, Andrea Spicher, Jenny Silvernale, and Cassie Peters. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Nathan Gage tied for ninth with an 84 on the scorecard. Eric Norby followed with an 86, Rhett Orcutt shot an 87, Jace Moon had a 97 and Ryan Riewer was in with a 99.
The team score is taken on the top four scores out of the five players. Orcutt was number six on the roster, “So we couldn’t use his score for the team total,” noted Coach Hofstad.
Team scores and places went like this: Malta 328, Cut Bank 330, Fort Benton 335, Fairfield 346, Conrad 350, Shelby 356, Sunburst 374, Poplar 387, Centerville 388, Choteau 394, Valier 398, Harlem 440, Great Falls Central 444. |
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
By Chary Majerus for the I-O
Trustees at the March 22 District 28C school board meeting chose to take no action at this time on the controversial “five-member at-large trustee district” issue rather than cause further division between Brady and Dutton residents.
“I’m sorry some of you believe this was directed at Brady so that Dutton can gain control,” said Trustee Eric Doheny of Dutton. “I don’t believe it was ever intended to divide the communities.”
The District 28C board is composed of two representatives from the north precinct (Brady), two from the south precinct (Dutton) and one at-large member. All voters in the district are able to vote on both the north and south representatives.
According to business manager Betty Brumwell, this current arrangement is unlike any other in the state, and those involved at the time of consolidation felt this setup would be the most beneficial to everyone in the district.
“It was an experiment – they broke the mold trying this,” stated Brumwell.
Lance Melton, Executive Director of the Montana School Boards Association, verified in a phone interview that Dutton/Brady is unique among districts that have consolidated in the recent past.
However, he also said that, statewide, there are other districts with geographic representation.
“In Billings, no one is elected at-large – all are from specific geographic subsets within the district,” said Melton, explaining there had been a concern that people were being elected from the same area of Billings.
District 28C school board members have been evaluating whether or not to change representation to all members being elected on an at-large basis in order to address internal problems that have developed within the board.
“What started out as a feud between two people has escalated and blown completely out of proportion,” said Board Chairman Reid Michel, who also explained that there are misconceptions as to why the proposed change to a five-member at-large board was introduced. While some think it is a move to gain control based on geographic lines, in reality, the change was suggested as a way to deal with conflicts resulting from the feud.
“It came from a board member acting against an administrator,” said Michel, adding that board members are frustrated because they have no recourse against a board member who acts on his own.
Chairman Michel went on to say that, as board members, “We can’t act individually. We can’t investigate individually. We are to act as a group.”
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