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Not only will local residents have a chance to have a little fun next week in downtown Three Forks, but they will also have the opportunity to help out local children. The Three Forks Youth Recreation Task Force is hosting the Bunny Hop Poker Walk on Saturday, April 10. The fundraising event is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will start and finish at the Plaza Bar on Main Street. After having the program canceled in 2020 due to Covid-19, TFYRTF Board President Jill Peterson said she is almos...
The City of Three Forks has a new Council Member.Last week, the governing body voted to select Nancy Todd to fill the seat of Erin Schattauer, who retired earlier this month. Todd will serve in the position until the end of 2021. In a presentation before the vote, Todd said she grew up in Three Forks and raised her kids here. Todd added she would also be opening a bakery in town soon with one of her daughters. Todd said she likes to know who her neighbor is in Three Forks and to feel safe...
I've learned it is never an excellent idea to go grocery shopping when you are hungry. It's also a terrible idea to watch the Food Network when between meals. As much as I know either one is not a great idea, I still do both. When it is not eating before the store, my basket is never healthy. It instead is probably more akin to what a college-aged kid would buy at the store after his parents left $100 bucks because they were going out of town for a few days. Think lots of frozen pizzas and...
The long wait is finally over for the Three Forks High School track and field team. After missing the 2020 season, Three Forks officially opens their 2021 campaign this week. Head Coach Tracy Welter said the coaches and athletes are super excited to get back on the track. “It has been a long two years since we got to compete, and we are very anxious to see what all our returners, as well as fresh faces, can accomplish this year,” she said. Welter said junior Jasmyn Murphy is the main returning athlete for the girls’ team and had an amazi...
It was a strong start to the season for the Three Forks High School Track and Field Team. Competing at the Columbus Invite, the Wolves boys team finished in third place and the girls ended the day in seventh. Just moments after the meet, Head Coach Tracy Welter praised her team's performance who was able to compete for the first time since the 2019 season. "Even though the weather and road to get there was less than ideal, the kids really stepped up to compete. There is a lot of smiles on the...
There has been an excellent turnout for the 2021 Three Forks High School golf team, with over 40 kids on the Wolves roster, who will open their season on April 8 at Townsend. Head Coach Aaron Harkins said he is super excited to get the kids back on the golf course and have them be able to participate in practices and tournaments this school year. “These last 12 months have been a challenge for all of us, and I think extracurriculars like golf really help give the kids a fun way to release some stress that may have built up over the last y...
The Three Forks area could soon be home to a new Montana Department of Transportation Rest Area. The Bozeman Rest Area Replacement Project may lead to a new facility at the Interstate 90 Exit 274 in Broadwater County. According to MDT Butte District Administrator William Fogarty, the two current proposed locations are on the westside of U.S. HWY 287, including one south of Town Pump. The new facility will replace the existing structure located at North 19th Avenue in Bozeman. According to the...
An official groundbreaking is on the way for the Three Forks School District Addition and Renovation Project. Andy Becker, Project Manager for Hulteng CCM, reported at last week's school board meeting that they are through the project's design process, and construction documents were completed right on schedule. He added this is a really exciting time as they are now in the project's bidding phase, with a subcontractor bid walkthrough taking place last Friday. Becker told the board bids will be...
My first couple of summer jobs were both at fast-food restaurants. After a stint the summer after I graduated high school as a glorified gopher at a Days Inn, I found myself employed at a McDonalds the summer after my first year at the University of Wyoming. By the time I reached the summer before the first of three or four senior years, I knew that I needed to make a lot more money and would have to ditch the comfortable and stinky familiarity of fast food. It turns out I would not have to search for it as a family member was able to help me...
The future will be bright for the Three Forks High School boys basketball team. The Wolves will return nearly their entire varsity roster, including their top three scorers Owen Long, Austin Allen, and Jacob Buchignani. Other varsity players returning will be Walker Page, Ayden Warren, Collin Stone, Rylan Koch, Mayson Shively, Caleb Van Vleet, and Shane Williams. Following the season, Head Coach Terry Hauser said his goals for 2021 season of getting to the Divisional Tournament and playing at...
What the Three Forks High School wrestling team has accomplished since the program was re-established in 2017 has been astonishing. Over the first three seasons, the program slowly started to build its numbers. With some talented newcomers, they were able to finish third in Class B at the recent State Tournament that included two individual champions and two fourth-place finishers. The fact Three Forks was able to finish third with just six wrestlers at state says a lot about the talent in the wrestling room. The hard-working coaches are also p...
With the Covid-19 pandemic creating challenges for the Headwaters Community Arts Institute (HCAI), the 501c3 recognized nonprofit to support local youth arts is eager for a return to normalcy. According to Shelly Williams, the early Covid regulations pretty much shut HCAI down, and the first few months were terrifying. "We tried to stay open for our competition team, attempting a hybrid model of in-person and mostly online instruction. We hoped the lockdown would be a short one and that they...
For many people, getting home and going straight to the kitchen is probably not their idea of fun. While there are certainly probably one or two nights a week, I want nothing to do with cooking dinner. For the most part, I do enjoy cooking. Having an ice-cold adult beverage while I'm cooking is about as relaxing as it gets for me. It's my own in-home Zen garden without the sand everywhere and a rake to step on. I have a few tried and true recipes that I will use over time, but I also like to...
It was a program-defining moment last weekend for the Three Forks High School wrestling team. Competing with six wrestlers, the Wolves brought home a team trophy with a third-place finish in Class B at the State Tournament in Shelby. The phenomenal weekend of results included Brayden Linville at 103 pounds and Coy Cohenour at 160, both capping off an unbeaten season with State Championships. Cole Rogers at 103 pounds and Levi Wagner at 138 points both finished in fourth place. In the Class B... Full story
While there were times business was slow at the Wheat Montana Deli locations during the early stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic, things stayed strong in the mill and bakery located in Three Forks. According to Customer Service Manager Amy Danielsen, because Wheat Montana is an essential business, they were allowed to keep the mill and bakery running normally, with some employee precautions. "Most people were very supportive and patient during the lockdown. Luckily while the deli business was... Full story
The older I get, the less patience I have for people who are being ridiculous. The teenage version of myself most likely would have described the current version of myself as a cranky jerk who likes to yell at vehicles as they pass him, going way too fast on the Interstate. Social media can be the absolute worst for someone who gets riled up about things. For whatever reason, I always like to open social media right after I wake up, and it usually gets me fuming about politics or something else, and is no way to start the day. I’ve seen many p...
The Three Forks High School boys basketball team had their season come to an end at last week's Southern Divisional Tournament Billings. A furious second-half rally by the Wolves team fell just short in a 65-59 loss to the top seed from 4B Huntley Project on March 3, and the Wolves were eliminated with a 52-28 loss March 5 to conference foe Townsend. The Wolves trailed 44-24 in the third quarter and 52-38 in the fourth before storming back into the game and pulling as close as 56-53 with two...
The Three Forks School District will soon have a new Superintendent. According to Elementary School Principal Steve Fanning, Rhonda Uthlaut was offered the job Monday, and she accepted. The School Board must officially approve at a special meeting March 4. Uthlaut will take over for current Superintendent Jeff Elliott, whose last day on the job is June 30. The Three Forks School Board and Administration met last week to review four applicants and selected Uthlaut and Nick Schumacher as the two... Full story
Local business owner Reid Olinger is always thinking of ways to give back to the community. A recent conversation at an auto parts store set in motion a donation for the Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department. The co-owner of KO Concrete Coatings, a company specializing in floor coatings using polymer products, Olinger ended up having a conversation with a member of the fire department about their floor. Olinger said once he visited the department and saw the floor, he wanted them to have a better atmosphere. He talked with Fire Chief Keith...
According to Plaza Bar owner Eric Raube, the early stages of the Covid-19 shutdown drastically affected his business located at 204 S. Main. He was also able to witness what he described as amazing community support of the Plaza and its employees. "That has been a very positive outcome of the whole pandemic, the community coming together and supporting each other," he said. When the pandemic hit, the Plaza Bar was able to stay open and operate as a liquor store, but Raube said that is just a...
The February 17 issue of the Voice included an article from the City of Three Forks officials thanking those who donated $156,760 to five projects in 2020. A large portion of the donations was for the new bleachers at the rodeo grounds. Other contributions were for the new ice staking rink, expansion of the Headwaters Trail System, the fire department volunteers, and library programs. An article in this week’s Voice also includes a story about the donation of a new floor for the fire department by a local business. There is so much negative n...
Throughout my newspaper career, I have seen a little bit of everything. A majority of it has been a positive experience, and this is what I want to be doing, but my previous job as a publisher certainly added some gray hairs. Most of the people I dealt with were easy to work with, but I had a few that were not. On one occasion, an elected official came into the office very upset about a letter to the editor. He started screaming and yelling at me, and I politely kept telling him that I did not write the letter. The madder he got, the less he li...
The Three Forks High School girls basketball team had their season come to an end Friday, February 26, in a 48-30 5B District Tournament elimination game loss to Manhattan. It was all Manhattan in the first half as the Tigers took an 11-0 lead before Three Forks scored their first points of the game and only points of the first quarter on two Jayden Woodland free throws with 1:04 remaining. Manhattan continued their dominant play in the second quarter taking a 25-4 lead into halftime. Three...
U.S. Senator John Tester announced last week the State of Montana would this week receive an increase of 2,340 Pfizer vaccines over the previous week's supply, for a total of 23,270 first doses of the vaccine. "This is great news for folks in every corner of Montana-more vaccines means we're that much closer to reopening our economy and getting folks back to work," said Tester. "Our state has proven that we have the capacity to distribute more vaccines than we're getting, so I'm proud to have...
Just moments after the Three Forks High School boys basketball teams 59-35 5B District semifinal loss February 25 at Manhattan, Head Coach Terry Hauser said he was unsure how his team would bounce back. It turned out the Wolves would face adversity like a champion in their elimination game on February 26 and defeat Boulder 75-56. The following day, they would defeat Big Timber 50-47 to finish third at the 5B Tournament and advance to the Southern B Divisional Tournament for the fourth straight... Full story
